Category Mapping

You can define the category names or IDs for an interface, which correspond to the categories in your shop system or on a marketplace, by means of Category Mappings. Different "Category Mappings" can be stored for different interfaces.

Selection of the Interface and Category Mapping

Select the desired interface as well as the appropriate category mapping or set up a new category mapping first.

"'Select Interface'" - Select an interface for category mapping. Pre-defined interfaces can be activated in the "Subscriptions" area. You can create your own interfaces via the "Interfaces -> Individual Interfaces" area.

Select a category mapping set - Select one of your already created or create a new category mapping set. A category mapping set includes the internal categories of the data source and assign them to the categories of your selected export system. When exporting, the correct categories of your external system will be assigned to all products.

Attention!
Prerequisite for the creation of a category mapping: The data source must contain at least ONE Internal category with products.

Settings

• Category Mapping Name

Give this category mapping of your interface a meaningful name (freely choosable).

Category Mapping

On the left you will see the IDs and the Internal Category Names from your Data Pool. Enter the ID or the name of the corresponding category of your shop or marketplace for each of these internal categories. The entered values are transferred to your CSV file as a category assignment for each product data record.

Attention!
If you do not enter any values here, there are later no categories available in your export file - that is, the contents of the category columns remain empty. This then often results in error messages, when importing the CSV file into your shop system. Therefore, a category mapping should always be created.

eBay Category Mapping

The eBay categories must be assigned via the Data Pool -> Internal Categories area. Click on the category name and select the [eBay] tab.

Amazon Category Mapping

The Amazon categories must be assigned via the Data Pool -> Internal Categories area. Click on the category name and select the [Amazon] tab.

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Create Backup

Export a selected category mapping set. Open the exported file with MS-Excel or a suitable editor and then enter the category names / IDs of your shop in the designated columns.

Import Backup

Import the completed file back into the system. Please note that ID numbers and category names must match in the export and import file. Please pay attention to upper and lower case differences!

Delete

Delete this Category Mapping.