Optimizely + inriver Connector from Knowit

Knowit is the Nordics’ biggest e-commerce and digital marketing agency that helps companies transform their digital strategy into reality and business results.

The Optimizely (formerly Episerver) Connector for inriver from Knowit will allow you to organize your product data across systems and sync Episerver Commerce with the inriver cloud.

Solution description

Our connector is built to allow for seamless, near-real-time synchronization, dynamic field mapping, and full product and category management from inriver. By using a modular approach, the standardized core can be extended and adapted to fit virtually any workflows and customer-specific needs.

Knowit provides a simple yet extremely versatile connector for one-way product data synchronization from inriver to the EPI platform. The connector uses an intermediate storage in a separate database for the data send from inriver; this way information is not lost from inriver during server downtime. Errors encountered during imports are put back to the queue flagged with error for admins to easily investigate, while the connector continues with the next item in the queue.

The connector ships with an admin interface viewable via Optimizely that is used to setup and manage the connector. The interface also provides an overview of the log messages that are created during an import, the interface also includes a filterable overview of all imported CVLs (key and value) for every language handled by the connector.

Solution version

• Connector version: 1.0
• inriver version supported: inriver SaaS

Connector highlights

• Configurable for customer needs
• Flexible data model
• Lightweight – only sends the data that is needed
• Intermediate storage of data from inriver to minimize failing imports due to errors
• Episerver Admin UI to view CVLs, logs and configure the connector
• Transfer large amount of product data from inriver to Optimizely
• Automatically import and sync categories, products, and variants from inriver to Optimizely
• Automatically import and sync product assets, such as images, documents, and information from inriver to Optimizely

Benefits of the solution

• Fast time to market
• Saves development time
• Fast development
• Minimize errors and secure up-to-date product information
• Quality assurance
• Controlled product imports

Partner description

Knowit is the Nordics’ biggest e-commerce and digital marketing agency that helps companies transform their digital strategy into reality and business results. We create digital opportunities and long-term value for our customers business by combining strategic ability with a passion for technology and creative solutions.

Being long time Platinum Partner at inriver is a receipt that our partners and our customers trust us into understanding the needs and motive forces of users. We always focus on helping our customers to identify goals and desired effects, so that when we develop solutions like this connector, we create the maximum benefit possible. We support you all the way – from idea and development to implementation.

Founded in 1990, Knowit now employs a team of almost 600 e-commerce and marketing experts in over 25 offices around the Nordics. Knowit focuses on delivering solutions created for our customer specific operations correspond to their users’ needs and that the deliverables match the goals set. We create truly great experiences for your customers and support you all the way from idea to success. We go from Customer in focus to Customers focus!

You can find our customers in every type of sectors including fashion, retail, b2b, home electronics, interior design, wholesale, sports and lifestyle, children’s products and many more.

Partner contact

Website: www.knowit.se
Contact: Emelie Öhrn
Email: Emelie.ohrn@knowit.se
Phone: +46 735 953903