This document describes the supported feeds for the Catalog microservice.
Supported Feeds
The supported feeds for the Catalog microservice are as follows:
catalogimport Feed
This feed is used to import the Attributes, Products, SKUs, and Data models into the Catalog Admin by uploading the excel file (Extension of file: xlsx, xls). The frequency to run this feed is ONDEMAND. After the feed is completed, an email is notified to the registered email address(es) with the feed status.
In the admin console, you can,
- View the feed summary and history details
- View Running Details of a Feed Job Schedule
- Import Attributes
- Import Models
- Import Products, SKUs, and Attributes into the Master Catalog
- Import Products, SKUs, and Attributes into the Sales Catalog
catalogexport Feed
This feed is used to export the Attributes, Products, SKUs, and Data Models from the Catalog Admin in the excel file (Extension of file: xlsx, xls). Users can extract all the data. The frequency to run this feed is ONDEMAND. After the feed is completed, an email is notified to the registered email address(es) with the feed status.
In the admin console, you can,
- View the feed summary and history details
- View Running Details of a Feed Job Schedule
- Export all Attributes
- Export Models
- Export Products
- Export SKUs
catalogmapping Feed
This feed is used to map a Product and/or SKU and its dependencies (attributes, models) from the Master catalog to the Sales catalog. Mapping is done once the feed is executed. The frequency to run this feed is ONDEMAND.
In the admin console, you can,
- execute the feed in two methods, for detailed information see Importing Products, SKUs, Attributes into a Sales Catalog
- View the feed summary and history details
- View Running Details of a Feed Job Schedule
catalogapproval Feed
This feed is used to approve the project and save the data (such as products and SKUs) changes into the default project. Catalog approval feed sends the approved products/SKUs to the queue if we add “isdeltaindexenabled=true” in the feed job params. The frequency to run this feed is ONDEMAND. After the feed is completed, an email is notified to the registered email address(es) with the feed status.
In the admin console, you can,
- View the feed summary and approval history details
- View Running Details of a Feed Job Schedule
- manage and approve the projects in the admin console, see Projects and Approvals
modelvalueimport Feed
This feed is used to import the reference model values to the Products and SKU(s). The frequency to run this feed is ONDEMAND. After the feed is completed, an email is notified to the registered email address(es) with the feed status.
In the admin console, you can,
- View the feed summary and history details
- View Running Details of a Feed Job Schedule
- import model values, see Creating Model Values to Reference Model.
modelvalueexport Feed
This feed is used to export the reference model values. The frequency to run this feed is ONDEMAND. After the feed is completed, an email is notified to the registered email address(es) with the feed status.
In the admin console, you can,
- View the feed summary and history details
- View Running Details of a Feed Job Schedule
- Export the model values
catalogpublish Feed
This feed is used to clone the catalog-related data from the stage environment (authoring DB) to the production environment (live DB). There are three different types of publishing:
- FULL – Publishes the complete data from the authoring DB to the live DB.
Note: You need to run this type of feed when you have a complete change in the data. - INCREMENTAL – Publishes the incremental data from the authoring DB to the live DB.
Note: You need to run this type of feed when you have minimal updates in data. - ROLLBACK – Restore the data from the previous full version.
After the feed is completed, an email is notified to the registered email address(es) with the feed status. The frequency to run this feed is ONDEMAND. To view the feed summary and history details, see View Schedule History.
| Note: For detailed information about Feeds microservice, see here. |
Revision History
2022-11-18 | SW – Updated content for 8.13 release.
2020-02-03 | AN – Updated content for April 2020 release.
2019-06-08 | PLK – Minor copyedits.
2019-05-16 | JP – Minor copyedits.
2019-01-21 | PLK – Content uploaded.
