categories
Use the categories data format creator to export categories of the type Item and save this data in the cloud. Depending on the plentyBI edition that has been booked, the raw data file is stored in the cloud for 6 to 48 months. Therefore, the data must be processed before this period of time ends. More detailed information on the storage periods are available on the Managing reports page of the manual. The following tables contain further information about the format.
1. Technical specifications
See Table 1 for further information on the available properties and their corresponding values.
| Property | Meaning | Value | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
dataName |
Name |
categories |
Name of the creator process and prefix of the created file. |
fileFormat |
File format |
CSV, GZIP |
The data is provided as a GZIP-compressed CSV file (RFC 1952). |
limitPage |
Lines per request |
up to 4,000 |
The maximum number of data rows that is written into a single file. |
limitDay |
Lines per day |
up to 20,000 |
The maximum number of data rows that is written on one day in total. |
earliestPossibleDataDate |
Earliest point in time |
2020-01-01 |
Point in time as of which the raw data can be collected. The data is filtered by the date saved in the dataUpdatedAtColumnName column. |
filterType |
Filter type |
lastUpdate |
Data are filtered based on the last update. |
dataUpdatedAtColumnName |
Column header |
c_updated_at |
Name of the column that contains the time stamp of the last data update. |
defaultActive |
Activated by default |
no |
The data is only exported automatically in the background after you have activated the creator in the Setup » plentyBI » Raw data menu. |
interval |
Interval |
daily |
With this setting, all data that has been changed since the last run is exported once a day, usually during the night. |
storableFromPlan |
Storage starting from edition |
plentyBI XS |
Minimum fee plan required for saving the data in cloud storage and making it available via REST. |
processableFromPlan |
Usage starting from edition |
plentyBI L |
Minimum fee plan required for making the data available in plentyBI Data Warehouse, i.e. for using, filtering and processing key figures. |
2. Data columns
See Table 2 for further information on the categories data columns included in the CSV file during raw data export.
| Property | Data type | Full name | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
plenty_id |
INTEGER NOT NULL |
plenty ID |
ID of the plentymarkets system |
c_id (Primary key) |
VARCHAR NOT NULL |
category ID |
Category ID |
c_parent_id |
VARCHAR |
category parent ID |
ID of the higher-ranking category. The field is empty for categories on level 1. |
c_level |
SMALLINT NOT NULL |
category level |
Category level |
c_type |
VARCHAR NOT NULL |
category type |
Category type |
c_name |
VARCHAR |
category name |
Category name |
c_updated_at |
TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL |
category updated at |
Time stamp of the last update |