Import


Important Notes

  • The core intent of the import services/Magento module as outlined below are targeted towards mapping/data transfer from flexiPIM to Magento 1 and not vice versa. Any changes made on Magento will not be reflected in flexiPIM.

  • When a sync is done for the first time, all the items will be imported from flexiPIM to Magento. For subsequent syncs, only the updated items will be imported.

    For example, in category import, for the first time, all the categories from flexiPIM will be imported to Magento on update or insert basis i.e., If the category already exists in Magento, then it will be updated with new content from flexiPIM. If not, a new category will be created in Magento.

Import can be done in two ways,

  • Manual Import via Extension
  • Auto Import via Cron (Explained in the section Cron expression settings)

{info} Prerequisites Have the configurations set up based on needs.


Manual Import via Extension

Category Sync

By Clicking on the Import option, the user will be directed to the Import page. There you will find a dropdown with multiple options for import.

  • On clicking the Category option, you will find Reindex Data” & Cache Clear checkboxes along with the Execute button.
  • Choose Reindex Data & Cache Clear if the user wants to run Magento reindex and Magento cache flush functionality along with category sync. (We recommend to select these checkboxes whenever manual sync is required)

Then click on the Execute button to start manual category sync. After the successful completion of manual sync, you can check the category page on the Magento admin page for updated categories.

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Family Sync

This helps to synchronize the flexiPIM families to Attribute Sets on Magento 1

By Clicking on the Import option, the user will be directed to the Import page. There you will find a dropdown with multiple options for import.

  • On click of the Family option, you can find checkboxes for Reindex Data & Cache Clear along with the Execute button.
  • Choose Reindex Data & Cache Clear if the user wants to run Magento reindex and Magento cache flush functionality along with category sync. (We recommend to select these checkboxes whenever you run manual sync)

Then click on the Execute button to start manual family sync. After successful completion of manual sync, you can check Magento for appropriate updation of Attribute Sets.

{warning} The deletion of the family and/or attribute group in flexiPIM will not delete the attribute set and/or attribute group in Magento. In case of deletion, manual delete from Magento is to be performed.

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Attribute Group Mapping

After running the family sync, the families in flexiPIM are updated/created in Magento as Attribute Sets. Users need to map the flexiPIM attribute group with the Magento attribute group for each attribute set/family.

Clicking on the Attribute Group Mapping option from flexiPIM menu item on Magento directs the user to the mapping page.

By choosing the flexiPIM family from “Magento Attribute Set/flexiPIM family:”, the attribute group section gets refreshed depending upon the family selected.

In the Attribute Group section, the user needs to map flexiPIM attribute groups with the respective Magento attribute groups.

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Attribute Sync

By Clicking on the Import option, the user will be directed to the Import page. There, you can find a dropdown with multiple options for import.

  • On click of the Attribute option, you can find checkboxes for Reindex Data & Cache Clear along with the Execute button.
  • Choose Reindex Data & Cache Clearif the user wants to run Magento reindex and Magento cache flush functionality along with attribute sync. (We recommend to select these checkboxes whenever manual sync is required)

Then click on the Execute button to start manual attribute sync. After successful completion of manual sync, you can check in Magento if the attribute information is updated.

{warning} Deletion of attribute in flexiPIM will not delete the attribute in Magento

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Attribute Mapping

After running the attribute sync, users need to map flexiPIM attributes with Magento attributes. Clicking on the Attribute Mapping option from flexiPIM will direct the user to the Attribute Mapping page.

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Product Sync

By Clicking on the “Import” option, the user will be directed to the Import page. There, you can find a dropdown with multiple options for import.

  • On click of the Product option, you can find checkboxes for Reindex Data & Cache Clear along with the Execute button.
  • ChooseReindex Data & Cache Clear if the user wants to run Magento reindex and Magento cache flush functionality along with product sync. (We recommend to select these checkboxes whenever a manual sync is required)

Then click on the Execute button to start manual product sync. After successful completion of manual sync, you can check in the Magento catalog if the products information is updated

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Product Asset Sync

By Clicking on the Import option, the user will be directed to the Import page. There, you can find a dropdown with multiple options for import.

  • On click of the Product Assets option, you can find checkboxes for Reindex Data & Cache Clear along with the Execute button.
  • Choose Reindex Data & Cache Clear if the user wants to run Magento reindex and Magento cache flush functionality along with product assets sync. (We recommend to select these checkboxes whenever a manual sync is required)

Then click on the Execute button to start manual product assets sync. After the successful completion of manual sync, you can check in the Magento catalog if the product assets information is updated.

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