Category Migration

Objective

  • When migrating on a new category tree, all products will be migrated to the corresponding category.
  • Primary categories, additional categories, and browse nodes will be synchronized.
    Critical Knowledge

    • The CSV file to be migrated can be split in no more than 10.000 rows.
    • The “Category Migration” script must run after the Sync Agent has updated the tree.
      • This means that the new category tree needs to be uploaded to the Shop backend system first.
      • After 30 minutes, the new category tree is automatically available in Seller Center after the scheduled synchronization task has run.
    • Once the category tree is updated, all products will be out of sync on primary categories, additional categories, and browse nodes.

    Rules

    • This functionality is only used to update old values. Is not possible to create new additional categories or browse nodes.
    • The category ID used as the primary category can’t be reused in the list of browse nodes or additional categories.
    • The additional categories must be children of the primary category.
    • Additional categories can’t be reused in the list of browse nodes.
    • Use the category ID from the Shop backend system in the “Category IDs” column.

     

     

    # Description Image
    1. Access from Admin > Category Setup > Migrate Category Screen Shot 2015-03-02 at 15.08.07
    2. Download CSV files with products inside of each main category and all the subcategories.

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    3.

    CSV file of a main category with all the products

    Use the Find and Replace functionality to replace old values with new ones.

    The IDs provided in the file are from the Shop backend database (they are not the IDs within the Seller Center category tree).
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    4. Import the updated CSV. Screen Shot 2015-02-24 at 14.28.36
    5. Now the products are connected with the correct category.