File transfer profiles are the connection settings for transferring product data which are used in various places. Among them are datafeed exports or the transfer of product data to sales channels or iPIM Web modules.

The table lists all the existing data transfer profiles. Using the column header tools you can filter table entries or adjust their sequence. In order to filter table entries you can also use the free-text search. And you can customize the selection of attributes that are shown in the table.
Create data transfer profiles
In order to create a new data transfer profile, proceed as follows:
- Click on the button to call up the corresponding dialog box.
- Enter an identifier in the field “ID”.
- Optional: Enter names for the different locales.
- Click on the button in the “Name” field. Then you will be directed to another slider that features individual input fields for the different locales.
- Enter the localized names in the respective input fields.
- Click on the button to get back to the previous slider.
- Optional: Enter short descriptions for the different locales.
- Click on the button in the “Description” field. Then you will be directed to another slider that features individual input fields for the different locales.
- Enter the localized short descriptions in the respective input fields.
- Click on the button to get back to the previous slider.

- Select a transfer type from the drop-down menu “Transfer type”:
- FTP
- SFTP
- SFTP (key authentification)
- FTPS (implicit encoding)
- FTPS (explicit encoding)
- WEBDAV
- Local
- Download
- Enter the directory path of the target folder in the input field “Folder”.
- Possibly enter the appropriate host in the input field host.
- Possibly enter the appropriate login name in the input field “Login”.
- Possibly enter the appropriate password in the input field “Passwort”
- Possibly enter the appropriate suffix in the input field “Suffix”.
- Possibly enter the appropriate proxy host in the input field “Proxy Host”.
- In order to finish the process, click on the button.
A success message is shown. The data transfer profile is now created. - In order to cancel the process, click on the button.
The selection of input fields depends on the selected transfer type.
Edit data transfer profiles
In order to edit a data transfer profile, proceed as follows:
- Double-click in the table cell you want to edit.
- Make the desired changes and leave the table cell.
- Possibly make further changes to other table cells.
- In order to save your changes, click on the button.
A success message is shown. - In order to dismiss your changes, click on the button.
Localized names and descriptions can be edited on the respective local levels. In order to unfold the locale levels of a particular data transfer profile, click on the
button in the respective table row.
Delete data transfer profiles
In order to delete a data transfer profile, proceed as follows:
- In the table, tick the file transfer profile you want to delete. You can also tick multiple entries.
- Click on the button in the footer.
The button is shown. - Click on the button to confirm the deleting of the file transfer profile.
A success message is shown.
Instead of using the button, you can also use the "Delete" icon (
) icon in the respective table row to delete resp. remove individual entries.
) icon in the respective table row to delete resp. remove individual entries.
Test the connection
In order to test the connection of a particular data transfer profile, proceed as follows:
- In the table row of the data transfer profile, click on the
button in the respective table row. If the process was successful, a corresponding success message appears. If the test fails, a corresponding error message appears. In this case, check the dta transfer profile settings such as the host, the login name or the password.
Use the action menu
Via the action menu in the footer you can apply different actions on the listed data transfer profiles . To do so, proceed as follows:
- To call up the action menu, click on the "Action menu" icon (
) in the footer. - To invert the selection of ticked table cells, click on the "Invert selection" option of the action menu.
- To export selected data transfer profiles as a .xlsx or .csv file, use the "Export" action. Further information you can find here.
- To copy selected data transfer profiles to the clipboard, use one of the "Clipboard" actions. Further information you can find here.
Rights
Apart from the basic rights listed here, a user needs the rights that are shown in the table.
The identifier of rights are not shown correctly here as hyphens are shown as half square dashs. In order to search for a particular right in iPIM CC, copy the key to the clipboard and search for the key.
| Key | Identifier | Description |
| ipim-cc.login | iPIM CC – Login | Login right for iPIM CC. The right is also required to access iPIM CC via the corresponding tile on the dashboard of iPIM Portal. |
| ipim-cc.system-setup.file-transfer-profiles | iPIM CC – System Setup – File Transfer Profiles | Right to use the “File Transfer Profile” are in the “System setup” section of iPIM CC |