Bunches
Pacemaker also processes bunches (packages).
-
The bunch functionality is very helpful in a multi-threaded or multi-processing environment where packages can get imported in parallel
-
For bunches it is intended to give the developer an idea of how multi-processing functionality can get implemented
-
A bunch is a CSV file that represents only a part of a complete import
-
It does not matter what kind of data a bunch contains because the importer will process the data in the required order
-
-
The first step is to import all simple products included in a bunch.
-
After the bunch import, information such as created entity IDs is linked to the necessary imported SKUs to import all related product data
-
bundles -
configurable products -
images -
related products
-
It is now possible to import the associated released product data step by step and in parallel
- To split an import into multiple bunches, the bunch files MUST match the following patterns:
- <IMPORT-DIRECTORY>:
-
is by default the loation of your working directory
<ROOT-DIRECTORY>/var/pacemaker/import/-
The
var/pacemaker/importdirectory is not created after the installation by default
-
- PREFIX:
-
The
<PREFIX>of the import filename represents theproduct-importarea. - DELIMITER (
_): -
The mandatory Delimiter (
_) for the import filename between<PREFIX>and<FILENAME>is a underscore (_). - FILENAME:
-
The filename is a autogenerated combination of date and time.
-
As a result, the filename look like
product-import_20190608-114344_01.csv.
-
- DELIMITER (
_): -
The mandatory Delimiter (
_) for the structured filename between<FILENAME>and<COUNTER>is underscore (_). - COUNTER:
-
is a incremental number with two digits starting with
01. - SUFFIX (filename extension):
-
The Pacemaker Import Community uses the
<SUFFIX>.csvas default for the import files.
var/pacemaker/import/product-import_20170203-1234_01.csv
var/pacemaker/import/product-import_20170203-1234_02.csv
var/pacemaker/import/product-import_20170203-1234_03.csv
var/pacemaker/import/product-import_20170203-1234_04.csvWhen you start the import process by calling the appropriate import command, these files get imported as if they were a single file.
It is NOT necessary to call the importer four times.