How to Perform Automated Product Import with Magento Automated Product Import Addon
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Automated Product Import addon allows to automate product import from external sources into your store allowing you to automatically synchronize your products with your wholesale partner. Read more »»
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Import your products with Magento Automated Product Import Addon much faster and easier than you have ever done it before. Pay attention to the step-by-step instruction below in order to avoid any errors and woes.
Here is what you should do to import your products to your Magento store.1. To start your work with Automated Product Import Addon go to Store Manager for Magento and choose Addons section – Automated Import Addon.
The demo version is included in Store Manager for Magento by default. It allows you to import only 10 products, but to transfer more of them you need to purchase the registration key. Check the status of your Automated Import Addon in Settings – Preferences. You’ll see the window, where all the statuses of your addons are listed.
If Automated Product Import Addon is marked as unregistered, all you need to do is obtain the License Key. After you have received it in an e-mail, enter it in the corresponding field.
Now you can go back to the addon window and use all the functionality of this tool.2. The Automated Product Import Addon window consists of 2 main parts: Before Import and After Import. Before actually starting the import procedure you’ll be able to see the products from your store as they are at the moment.
3. Before you start importing the data you need to specify certain configurations. Click on Create or Modify Import Configuration button. The window will appear where you can specify the import source: local .csv file, .csv via http URL or FTP URL. Depending on the way you choose you’ll need to either select the local file, enter its URL address or fill in all the required fields for establishing FTP connection.
4. The next thing you need to do is specify delimiter characters that will separate fields data. This step is very important so make sure you do everything right. Here you can also choose what to do with the images. It’s possible to substitute those already existing with the new ones.
What you need to do now is to assign columns from the .csv file to the corresponding fields. Choose the field from the list, select the corresponding column and move the data from there to the selected field. Database fields can be displayed with their frontend labels or attribute codes.
Choose whichever of these options depending on what is more comfortable for you. You can also create additional fields (e.g. Colour, Texture) by clicking on the corresponding button and entering the name of the field.
You can also use Auto set option if your columns in the file are given the names of the fields. In this case the columns will be assigned to the corresponding database fields automatically.
You can undo everything by clicking on Clear All Relations button.
5. Having accomplished all the previous steps will lead you to Import Preview. Check the info about your products as it will be imported to your database. If everything is right, click Next.
6. The next section is Import Options. Here you are to make sure that the option Reindex product data is selected. It is most advisable to perform reindexing during the import process. This will guarantee that all the products in your store are displayed correctly. Moreover, it takes much less time to reindex product data during the import procedure than reindexing the whole catalogue afterwards. Import Options section also allows to clear relations among products. Having set all the necessary fields, click Save to preserve Import settings.
7. Create the schedule of your import by adding scheduler tasks. Choose the start time and the period for repeating the Automated Product Import. From now on Import procedure will start automatically due to the schedule you’ve arranged.
If you want to start Import immediately or at any other time, press the button Run Import in Automated Product Import Addon window.
8. When the process of Automated Product Import is over, you will see all the changes and updates in After Import section.
This is it. As you see, import of products is much easier when you use Automated Product Import Addon. Set up all the settings once and don’t bother about product import anymore.
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