A Basket is submitted for validation with a flag indicating whether it is confirmed. This is most important for eCommerce integrations, or any integrtaion where a high volume of baskets started by customers may be abandoned.
Where a basket is abandoned - the promotions applied, coupon/vouchers that are utilized or issued and other information must not be captured. As a result, a basket is submitted with the Confirmed flag with a value of false until the customer has paid for their basket and the transaction is confirmed.
When a basket is submitted for validation with the Confirmed flag with a value of true, the engine will:
oCapture the promotions that have been applied so that they will be included in reporting statistics
oFor coupon/voucher codes that have been utilized, capture the utilization and where applicable update the code status.
oCapture the points issued for Loyalty
oUpdate transaction statistics for confirmed baskets
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