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# Before You Begin

The following provides a high-level overview of the sequence of operations to perform when using the standard cart APIs.

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- [Enable GUIDs for Industries CPQ](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=ind.comms_enable_guids.htm&type=5)
- [Check Feature Compatibility](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/industries/cme/guide/review-the-considerations.md)
- [Known Limitations](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/industries/cme/guide/standard-cart-known-limitations.md)
- [Enable JSONAttribute V2 Schema](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/industries/cme/guide/enable-json-attributev2-schema.md)
- [Enable the Standard Cart APIs](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/industries/cme/guide/enable-standard-cart-apis.md)
- [Execute the Administration Tasks](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/industries/cme/guide/execute-administration-tasks.md)

**note:** When `UseAssetReferenceIdForParentAndRoot` is set to true, it improves performance by reducing DML statements in Add-to-Cart and other transactions.

See [CPQ Configuration Settings Reference](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=ind.comms_t_cpq_configuration_settings_reference_148927.htm&type=5).