Categories

A sync of the type Categories allows you to import category data.

1. Fields for matching categories

Table 1 explains the fields that are available for matching category data. During the import, plentymarkets checks if the imported data record already exists based on the matching field.

Table 1. Matching fields for importing categories
Setting	Explanation
Category ID
Category name combined	Select the separator from the second drop-down list.
Category name level 1 - 6

2. Fields for mapping categories

Table 2 explains the fields that are available for mapping order data. During the import, plentymarkets checks if the imported data record already exists based on the matching field.

Table 2. Mapping fields for importing categories
Mapping field	Permitted import values	Explanation
Category
Parent category ID	Numeric (internal ID)
Parent category name	Alpha-numeric
Type	item container content blog (not used)
Show in link list	0 = No 1 = Yes
right	all = Category and all sub-categories are visible to the public customer = Category and all sub-categories are only visible to online store visitors that are logged in	Complies with back end setting Visible
Visible (sitemap)	0 = No 1 = Yes	Complies with back end setting Sitemap
Delete category	0 = No 1 = Yes
Details (mapping per combination of language and client (store))
Name	Alpha-numeric	Mandatory value
Description 1	Alpha-numeric
Description 2	Alpha-numeric
Short description	Alpha-numeric
Meta keywords	Alpha-numeric
Meta description	Alpha-numeric
Meta title	Alpha-numeric
URL name	Alpha-numeric
Position	Numeric
Template list	Alpha-numeric
Template product	Alpha-numeric
Template page	Alpha-numeric
Full text search	0 = No 1 = Yes
Robots	Alpha-numeric	all = Include the website of the category in search engine index and follow links on page. index = Include in search engine index. nofollow = Do not follow links on page. noindex = Do not include in search engine index. nofollow_noindex = Do not follow links and do not include webpage in search index.
Translate wildcard characters	Alpha-numeric	Y = Yes N = No L = Only template variables and template functions for links are translated
canonical	Alpha-numeric	URL of a category with the same content, max. 256 characters
Client (store) (mapping per client)
Active	0 = No 1 = Yes