Import and export a catalog

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In Optimizely Commerce Connect, you can import and export your catalogs. This helps in the following scenarios:

  • Importing products when setting up a Commerce Connect site.
  • Importing the product catalog when an external system adds new items.
  • Importing or exporting to move or copy catalogs between websites.

While you can manually create a catalog and add catalog entries, that option is difficult to maintain using a large catalog. Instead, use the Import or Export option to move products more efficiently.

Import a catalog

  1. Go to Settings > Import.

  2. Click Select File to add your file. You can only upload files with the extension .catalog.

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  3. Select your files to import on the Import Dashboard.

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  4. Click Import. You import only one file at a time. If you import more than one file, the others will have a Pending status until the import completes.

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When an import is Processing, you can click the X icon to cancel. If an import fails or you cancel it, you can click the Retry icon to re-import.

Export a catalog

  1. Go to Settings > Export.
  2. Click Select File.

  3. Select the catalogs to export.

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  4. Click Export. The Catalog Export window displays the export.

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  5. Click the Download icon beside the export. Your file will download to your device.

Use the dashboards

The Catalog Import and Catalog Export windows show you any previous import or export files and let you search, sort, and delete.

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You can search the list by file name or catalog name.

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Click a column to change the table's sort order.

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Select at least one item and click Delete.

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Use the API

You can also import and export catalogs programmatically using the import/export API or the Service API.