To connect Slack to Business Manager, a Slack administrator must acquire a Slack bot
token, also known as a Bot User OAuth Token, for your workspace. These steps must be
completed by a Slack admin before the workspace can be connected to Business
Manager.
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In Slack, open your workspace menu.
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For administrators, navigate to Settings &
Administration → Manage Apps.
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For all other users, navigate to Administration → Manage
Apps.
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In the new browser window, click Build.
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Select an existing app or click Create New App.
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Select From App manifest.
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Select your workspace and click Next.
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Use this file, replacing the name, description, background_color, display_name,
and always_online fields.
_metadata:
major_version: 1
minor_version: 1
display_information:
name: your_new_bot
description: SFCC ECommerce Bot
background_color: "#2d9c0b"
features:
bot_user:
display_name: ECommerce Bot
always_online: false
oauth_config:
scopes:
bot:
- groups:read
- channels:read
- chat:write
- chat:write.public
- team:read
Display_name is the name that your Bot uses to send messages under.
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Click Create.
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In the app homepage, select OAuth & Permissions and
click Allow,
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The OAuth & Permissions page now lists your token. Use this token when
connecting your Slack workspace to your commerce org.