The Sandbox environment is an instance of 3PL Warehouse Manager and SmartScan that is separate from the live production environment you normally use to manage your warehouse operations. This article reviews the basics of using the Sandbox environment.

What Sandbox is used for

Sandbox is essentially an isolated test environment that enables you to do the following:

• Engage in development and integration work without risking unintended changes to your live data
• Experiment with different 3PL and customer configurations without impacting other users
• Take advantage of 30-day trials for premium features
• Gain early access and test new functionality in advance of production releases

What to expect when using Sandbox

When logged in to the 3PL Warehouse Manager Sandbox environment, the following message displays at the top of the page to indicate you are using Sandbox:

When logged in to the SmartScan Sandbox environment, a similar indicator is displayed.

When using Sandbox, it is important to understand how Sandbox differs from production:

• Performance is likely to be lesser than production (not intended for performance or load testing)
• Integrations are unavailable, including EDI, and shopping carts
• Some features are unavailable, including customer notifies, Support Portal, Order Summary Dashboard, and Outbound Productivity Dashboard
  • Please note that the Small Parcel cannot be enabled for the shipping labels in the Sandbox environment.

In addition, the Sandbox environment is currently populated with generic demo data. If you would like your instance of Sandbox to resemble your production data, you are more than welcome to manually import your customers' test data into Sandbox.

Please note that not all Sanbox have generic demo data. Moreover, Extensiv offers the following three types of Sandbox:

1. Clean Environment
2. Golden Demo Data
3. Copy of Production

The Clean Environment and Golden Demo Data are only for customers with Legacy subscriptions. If you wish to use the Copy of Production, you need to upgrade your subscription.