Category Import & Export
Categories are used to group the product, to import the existing categories get the template file by clicking here.
Once you have downloaded fill up the table, it will have the following items to be filled
| No | Column Name | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | id | Optional field | Id for the category. This has to be added in product import template |
| 2 | name* | eg: Milk, ?Milk | Name of the category.Two categories cannot be imported with the same name in the same file. FIND-OR-CREATE-MARKER(?) can also be used to provide a category name. |
| 3 | Description | ||
| 4 | isHidden | true,false | We can hide the category by setting the value true, else mark it as false |
| 5 | priority* | 0 to 50 Default vaulue= 0 | Based on the given priority category will show. Highest number having high priority |
| 6 | images | Name of Image Eg: tomato.jpg | Need to provide respective name of image for the category |
| 7 | hasCategory | trueorfalse | Category may have child categories, in that case need to set value as true. Those category can't have products, only the child category can have products |
| 8 | hasProduct | true or false | If the category creating is not having any child category mark hasProduct field as true, These two are Vice versa if hasCategory is true hasProduct must be false |
| 9 | parentId | Id of parent category |
Fields with ***** are mandatory fields.
Category Export
Using the category export option we can able to generate the csv file of all categories and their properties.