Shortcuts

The shortcuts that map the names of the operations to be performed.

Shortcut Description

validate

Performs an explicit validation of the data in the respective CSV file.

  • available for all entities

convert

Extracts the attributes or categories from given CSV files with products.

  • available for attributes and categories

add-update

New product data is added to the existing product data for the current entries in the database.

  • Except for SKU, all other import fields can get updated

  • New tax classes specified in the import data are created automatically

  • New SKUs specified in the import file get created automatically

replace

The existing product data get replaced with new data.

If an import data SKU matches the SKU of an existing entity, all fields, including the SKU, are deleted, and a new record gets created using the CSV data.

An error occurs if the CSV file references an SKU that does not exist in the database.

delete

Any entities in the import data already in the database get deleted.

  • delete ignores all columns in the import data, except for SKU.

  • Here, all other attributes in the data can get ignored.

An error occurs if the CSV file references an SKU that does not exist in the database.

Be careful when replacing data, as existing product data will be removed, and any related references in the system will be lost.