File Format - Product Value Categories
Product Value Categories File Format
The first line of a Product Value Categories CSV file must be the header row.
A product value category instance is a group of rows in the CSV file that are sequential and include the same required fields. Data relating to fields specified under Base Headers and Multi-Column Headers must be specified in the first row of a product instance. Additional rows of a product instance may only include fields specified under Multi-Row Headers.
Spec
The following table shows the accepted CSV columns for the product value categories entity. Note that any columns including N denote a dynamic integer. A column specified as Field N signifies that you can use columns Field 1, Field 2, …, Field N to allow for multiple values per record of the given field, similar to an array.
| CSV Header | Data Type | Group | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Category ID | string | Yes | External identifier of the record | |
Parent Product Value Category | integerORstring | Product Value Categories | No | Array of Category IDs representing the Categories to which this Product belongs (externalId resolvable) |
Parent Product Value Category N | integerORstring | Product Value Categories N | No | Array of Category IDs representing the Categories to which this Product belongs (externalId resolvable) |
Localized Presentation | string | Localized Data | No | Presentation of the preference value localization (URL, Hex or String) |
Localized Language ID | integerORstring | Localized Data | No | Language ID for the language in which this value appears; use 0 if it is not localized (externalId resolvable) |
Localized Presentation N | string | Localized Data N | No | Presentation of the preference value localization (URL, Hex or String) |
Localized Language ID N | integerORstring | Localized Data N | No | Language ID for the language in which this value appears; use 0 if it is not localized (externalId resolvable) |
Groups
A group is a class of headers that relate to one another, and may allow for multiple pieces of information to be presented. For example, a customer can have multiple emails, addresses, phone numbers, and more.
Localized Data
There are two ways that localized data can be formatted in your CSV file: A Multi-Row Approach or Multi-Column Approach.
Multi-Row Approach
In this approach, one set of column headers is used alongside multiple rows of data. To allow for multiple rows of data, additional rows must include the same Required Headers fields.
Multi-Column Approach
In this approach, multiple sets of column headers may be used alongside one row (the first row) of an option value instance. To use these columns multiple times, an identifying number must exist for N and be unique for every new set of columns.
Columns from the Multi-Row Approach cannot be mixed with columns from the Multi-Column Approach in a CSV file for the Localized Data group.
The following columns may be included:
| Required | Multi-Row Approach Column Name | Multi-Column Approach Column Name | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Localized Presentation | Localized Presentation N | Actual text displayed for the product value category localized to the specified language | string |
| Yes* | Localized Language ID | Localized Language ID N | ID of the language in which the record appears. Integers will be resolved to internal identifiers | integer, string |
Where N is some positive integer.