Features and downsides of the Magento 2 Import Export format. Showcasing the new format and use cases to import different product informations. Summary of our hackathon project #mhpad16

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Magento2
Product Import/Export
Benno Lippert cobby.io

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- Benno Lippert -
Founder
“Opportunities are to be found amidst difficulties.“
@bennolippert
Albert Einstein

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What‘s new?
• Import History
• Custom Options
• Bundles
• Downloadable
• External images
• Image attributes
• New format

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What‘s new?
Import History

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What‘s new?
Import History

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What‘s new?
Import History
• Restart import
• Log what was changed
Ideas to improve

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What‘s new?
New format
sku _type _attribute_set _product_websites name price description short_description qty …
attr1 attr2 attr3 attr4 attr5 attr6 attr7 attr8 … attr n
Old
+
New
sku store_view_code attribute_set_code product_type categories product_websites +74 associated_skus

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What‘s new?
New format
• 81 fixed columns
• UTF 8
• Fielddelimiter ,
• Multidimensional |

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How do I import?
Virtuals, Simples, Configurables, Grouped, Bundles, Custom Options,
Images, Productlinks

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How do I import?
Virtuals / Simples
• sku
• attribute_set_code
• product_type
• product_websites
• name
• price
sku attribute_set_code product_type product_websites name price
a Default virtual base Virtual 1.0000

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How do I import?
Custom Attributes
additional_attributes
• attrib_code
• value
… additional_attributes …
"color=Green,activity=Gym|Hiking"

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How do I import?
configurables
configurable_variations
• sku
• superAttribute
… configurable_variations …
“sku=WSH12-28-Green,color=Green,size=28|
sku=WSH12-28-Purple,color=Purple,size=28|
sku=WSH12-28-Red,color=Red,size=28“
configurable_variations
• superAttribute
• Label
… configurable_variation_labels …
“color=Color,size=Size”

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How do I import?
configurables
Attention!
• If the simple doesn‘t exits NO ERROR
• Removing associated simples doesn‘t work
• Backendproblem save configurable without simples

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How do I import?
grouped
associated_skus
• sku
• Default Qty
… associated_skus …
"24-WG085=0.0000,24-WG086=0.0000,24-WG087=0.0000"
Atttention!
• If the simple doesn‘t exits NO ERROR
• Removing associated simples doesn‘t work

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How do I import?
bundles
bundle_price_type
bundle_sku_type
bundle_price_view
bundle_weight_type
bundle_values
• name
• type
• required
• sku
• price
• default_qty
• price_type
… bundle_values …
"name=Sprite Stasis
Ball,type=radio,required=1,sku=24-
WG081-
blue,price=0.0000,default=1,default_
qty=1.0000, price_type=fixed|
name=Sprite Stasis
Ball,type=radio,required=1,sku=24-
WG082-
blue,price=0.0000,default=0,default_
qty=1.0000, price_type=fixed|
name=Sprite Stasis
Ball,type=radio,required=1,sku=24-
WG083-
blue,price=0.0000,default=0,default_
qty=1.0000, price_type=fixed"

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How do I import?
custom_options
custom_options
• name
• type
• required
• sku
• price
• price_type
• option_title
… custom_options …
"name=Group 1,type=drop_down,
required=1,price=2.0000,price_type=
fixed,sku=2,option_title=two|
name=Group 1,type=drop_down,
required=1,price=3.0000,price_type=
fixed,sku=3,option_title=three"
Beim Export wird aktuell die Gruppenreihenfolge vertauscht

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How do I import?
Images
base_image
base_image_label
small_image
small_image_label
thumbnail_image
thumbnail_image_label
swatch_image
swatch_image_label
… []_image []_label …
"http://sub.server.tld/base-image.jpg" “Alt text for Base“
"base-image.jpg" “Alt text for Base“
/pub/media/import

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How do I import?
Images
additional_images
additional_image_labels
hide_from_product_page
… additional_images additional_labels hide_from_product_page …
"img.jpg,img2.jpg" “Alt1,Alt2“ “img2.jpg“
/pub/media/import

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How do I import?
Images
additional_attributes
• attrib_code
• Value = Image
… additional_attributes …
"cust_img_attr=http://sub.server.tld/base-image.jpg"

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How do I import?
Images
Attention!
• Setting a video as Base Image is impossible
• Changing Base Image keep in mind to add it to the
additional images, otherwise it‘s gone

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How do I import?
Productlinks
related_skus
crosssell_skus
upsell_skus
… related_skus crosssell_skus upsell_skus …
„sku1,sku2" “sku3,sku4“ “sku5,sku6“

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How do I import?
Tier prices
Separate Format
sku,tier_price_website,"ALL GROUPS",tier_price_customer_group,
tier_price_qty,tier_price
24-MB01,1,1,0,1.0000,100.0000
24-MB01,1,1,0,20.0000,90.0000
24-MB01,2,1,0,1.0000,200.0000
24-MB01,2,1,0,20.0000,180.0000

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How do I import?
Downloadable
Not working at the moment!

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What else is not working?
Creation of new attribute options
Empty attribute values
Only update on of multiple storeviews
Video feature
Removing website association
Product reviews
Super attribut label feature is gone
Group Prices don‘t exist anymore

25. Thanks