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- MCS is a central OFBiz server (with one database, the central database where all products information are are maintained and where the consolidation is done)
- PSS is an instance of a server store (with one database, the store database where all store inventory information informations are stored)
- POS is an instance of a POS terminal (with one database, the POS database where POS terminal information are collected)
- The flow MCS -> PSS is used to update catalogs (, from the central database where the main catalogs are maintained) of , to the stores. This include roughly pricing, promotions, basic product info, etc.
- The flow PSS -> POS is used to roughly update catalogs of the POS terminals
- The flow POS -> PSS is used to roughly update orders, payments , etc. of the store
- The flow PSS -> MCS is used to roughly update orders, payments, inventory, etc. in the main database.
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In the commented examples the MCS update the PSS, hence POS catalogs, every 2 hours and . And the POS terminals update MCS database about orders every 5 minutes .
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