Export

Product preview in the online shop

Using the action “Product review in the online shop” you can call up a preview which shows you how a selected product is displayed on a selected sales platform.

1. In the respective product data table, tick the product.
2. Click on thebutton in the footer to access the action menu.
3. Move the mouse cursor over the option “Export” to show the corresponding submenu.
4. Click on the option “Product review in the online shop” to call up the corresponding dialog box.
5. Select a sales platform from the menu.

• In order to finish the process, click on the APPLY button. A success message is shown.
• In order to cancel the process, click on the CANCEL button.

Export to destination

Using the action “Export to destination” you can export the product data of a product to a selected destination. For example, this action can be used to export product data to a particular sales channel outside the regular automatic data exports in order to update the product data threre promptly. To do so, proceed as follows:

1. In the respective product data table, tick the product whose product data you want to export. You can also tick multiple products.
2. Click on thebutton in the footer to access the action menu.
3. Move the mouse cursor over the option “Export” to show the corresponding submenu.
4. Click on the option “Export to destination” to call up the corresponding dialog box.
5. Select a destination from the menu.

• In order to finish the process, click on the APPLY button. A success message is shown.
• In order to cancel the process, click on the CANCEL button.

• The export destinations have to configured beforehand.
• In the “Taxonomies” app, the the option to select a destination was first introduced in version 5.5.3.

5. Enter an identifier in the "Task name" field . The identifier makes it easier to identify the export file in the "History" tab of the "Tasks" menu.
6. From the "Export format" menu , select an export format. You can choose between "CSV" for an export as a .csv file and "Excel" for an export as a .xslx file.
7. From the "Digital asset format" menu select the file format in which digital assets are to be exported. But there is also the option to exclude images from the export.
8. If you selected the export format "CSV", enter a separator in the "Separator" field . In the exported .csv file, the attribute values will be separated by this separator. Usually a semicolon is used for this purpose.
9. If you selected the export format "CSV", select an encoding from the "Encoding" menu .
10. Possibly tick the "Export headers" checkbox  to include the column headers in the export.
11. Possibly tick the "Only selected rows"* checkbox . Then only the selected rows will be included in the export. Otherwise all the table rows will be exported.

• In order to create the export file, click on the EXPORT button . If the process was successful, a corresponding message will appear. The export file can be downloaded in the “History” tab of the dialog box which can be accessed by clicking on the button in the header or in the “Processes” table of the "Tasks" app.
• In order to create the export file and download it directly, click on the DOWNLOAD button . If the process was successful, a corresponding message will appear. The export file can usually be found in your local download folder. Additionally, it can be downloaded in the "History" tab of the dialog box which can be accessed by clicking on the  button in the header or in the "Processes" table of the "Tasks" app.
• In order to cancel the process, click on the CANCEL button .

*This checkbox is only available if the respective table offers the option to tick table rows.

In general, the name of the export file is the name of the table from which the data was exported.

First introduced in version 5.6: When exporting a greater amount of data from tables that feature a pagination, the export dialog box features the “Export rows from all pages” checkbox which is used to determine if all the data is exported or if only the data shown on the visible page is exported.

Trigger datafeed

Using the “Trigger datafeed” action you can export the product data of selected products according to a datafeed. Datafeeds can be configurated in the iPIM Export module. In order to export the product data, proceed as follows.

1. In the respective product data table, tick the products whose product data you want to export.
2. Click on thebutton in the footer to access the action menu.
3. Move the mouse cursor over the option “Export” to show the corresponding submenu.
4. Click on the option “Trigger datafeed” to call up the corresponding dialog box.
5. Select a datafeed. For this purpose, click on the button in the “Datafeed” field. Then you will be directed to another slider where the available datafeeds are listed. Click on a datafeed to select it. Then you will directed back to the initial slider.
6. Select the desired data language from the “Locale” menu.

• In order to finish the process, click on the APPLY button. If the process is successful, a corresponding message will appear and the export file will be created. The export file can be downloaded in the “History” tab of the dialog box which can be accessed by clicking on the button in the header or in the “Tasks” app.
• In order to cancel the process, click on the CANCEL button.

If the applied datafeed is configured in a way that only valid products are retrieved, the export file contains only products whose period of validity includes the current date.

FAQ

What is the purpose of the separator when exporting as CSV?

In the exported .csv file, the attribute values will be separated by this separator. Usually a semicolon is used for this purpose.

What happens if the “Only selected rows” checkbox is not ticked when exporting?

If the checkbox is not ticked, all the table rows will be exported. If the checkbox is ticked, only the selected rows will be included in the export.

Where can a created export file be downloaded?

If the EXPORT button is used, the export file can be downloaded in the “History” tab of the dialog box, which can be accessed by clicking on the button in the header, or in the “Tasks” app. If the DOWNLOAD button is used instead, the export file can usually also be found directly in your local download folder.

What does the “Trigger datafeed” action do?

Using this action you can export the product data of selected products according to a datafeed. Datafeeds can be configurated in the iPIM Export module.

Why does an export file created via a datafeed sometimes not contain all selected products?

If the applied datafeed is configured in a way that only valid products are retrieved, the export file contains only products whose period of validity includes the current date.

What does the name of an export file usually correspond to?

In general, the name of the export file is the name of the table from which the data was exported.

Rights

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.