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.
Required Headers
To successfully import a product value category CSV file, the following columns must be included in the header row:
| Column Name | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|
Category ID(Required) | Identification string for a product value category. Must be unique for each product value category, otherwise the category with the existing Category ID will be updated to match that data in that row. | string |
Parent Product Value Category | Used for nested groups. (Leave NULL if root category) | string |
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.
Product value categories groups include:
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:
| Multi-Row Approach Column Name | Multi-Column Approach Column Name | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
Localized Presentation | Localized Presentation N | Actual text displayed for the product value category localized to the specified language | string |
Localized Language ID(Required)* | 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. |