Catalog import

The catalog import is one of the predefined pipelines, which you can use after installing Pacemaker.

There are sample files, which can be used as a template for your data files or testing purposes

Pipeline definition

  • The catalog import pipeline is designed to import the whole catalog data at once

  • The following imports need to be handled in the same pipeline

    • Attribute Import (attributes)

    • Attribute Set Import (attribute-sets)

    • Category Import (categories)

    • Product Import (products)

Pipeline import steps

All of the following listed import steps are optional, and it depends on the given files, whether this data will get imported or not:
Stage Step Description

Prepare

move_files

Move import files to the working directory of the current pipeline

Transformation

product_transformation

This step has a dummy executor and gets customized for mapping and transformation purposes

Pre-Import

index_suspender_start

Activates delta index suspending to avoid cron based re-indexing during the import

Attribute Set Import

attribute_set_import

Create/Update attribute sets

Attribute Import

attribute_import

Create/Update attributes

Category Import

category_import

Create/Update categories

Product Import

product_import

Create/Update products

Post-Import

index_suspender_stop

Disable suspending of delta indexers