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Example: Master and sales catalogs

You can insert, replace, or delete the master and sales catalog using the data load utility at the same time. These examples uses a CSV file to demonstrate how to insert, replace, or delete your master and sales catalog.

CSV file column definitions

Identifier

(Mandatory, String) The catalog identifier. This field cannot be null in Insert and it must be unique. In Replace or Delete, either this field or the CatalogUniqueId is required.

CatalogUniqueId

(Mandatory, BigInt) The internal unique reference number of the catalog. In Replace or Delete, either this field or the Identifier is required.

Name

(String) The language sensitive display name of this catalog.

Description

(String) A language sensitive description of this catalog.

ShortDescription

(String) A language sensitive short description of this catalog.

LongDescription

(String) A language sensitive long description of this catalog.

Thumbnail

(String) The language sensitive thumbnail image path of this catalog. The forward slash '/' should be used in the path. Do not use backward slash '\'. For example, images/G1.jpg.

FullImage

(String)The language sensitive full image path of this catalog. The forward slash '/' should be used in the path. Do not use backward slash '\'. For example, images/G1.jpg .

MasterCatalog

(Boolean) A flag indicating whether the catalog is a master catalog. The default value is false.

Delete

(String) Indicates whether to delete. If you are performing a delete operation, specify this column. A value of "1", indicates that the row should be deleted.

CSV file with sample catalog data

Insert or replace

In this example, you insert four new catalog data. The file contains sample master and sales catalog data. Each column is delimited by a comma. CSV file with sample catalog data

Formatted CSV file with column headings

Identifier	Name	Description	ShortDescription	LongDescription	Thumbnail	FullImage	MasterCatalog
Example_master_cat	Example master catalog	Example master catalog description	Example master catalog short description	Example master catalog long description	master_thumb/image.jpg	master_full/image.jpg	true
Summer_sales_cat1	Summer sales catalog	Summer sales catalog description	Summer sales catalog short description	Summer sales catalog long description	summer_thumb/image.jpg	summer_full/image.jpg	false
Winter_sales_cat2	Winter sales catalog	Winter sales catalog description	Winter sales catalog short description	Winter sales catalog long description	Winter_thumb/image.jpg	Winter_full/image.jpg	false
Spring_sales_cat3	Spring sales catalog	Spring sales catalog description	Spring sales catalog short description	Spring sales catalog long description	Spring_thumb/image.jpg	Spring_full/image.jpg	false

Delete

In this example, the first three rows of data are deleted, and the fourth row replaces an existing data. Each column is delimited by a comma. CSV file with sample catalog data to be deleted or replaced

Formatted CSV file with column headings

Identifier	Name	Description	ShortDescription	LongDescription	Thumbnail	FullImage	MasterCatalog	Delete
Example_master_cat	Example master catalog	Example master catalog description	Example master catalog short description	Example master catalog long description	master_thumb/image.jpg	master_full/image.jpg	true	1
Summer_sales_cat1	Summer sales catalog	Summer sales catalog description	Summer sales catalog short description	Summer sales catalog long description	summer_thumb/image.jpg	summer_full/image.jpg	false	1
Winter_sales_cat2	Winter sales catalog	Winter sales catalog description	Winter sales catalog short description	Winter sales catalog long description	Winter_thumb/image.jpg	Winter_full/image.jpg	false	1
Spring_sales_cat3	Spring sales catalog	Spring sales catalog new description	Spring sales catalog new short description	Spring sales catalog new long description	Spring_thumb/image.jpg	Spring_full/image.jpg	false

Map data

The following code snippet from the catalog loader configuration file demonstrates how to map each value to a business object logical schema path.

<_config:DataMapping>     <_config:mapping xpath="CatalogIdentifier/ExternalIdentifier/Identifier" value="Identifier" valueFrom="InputData"/>     <_config:mapping xpath="CatalogIdentifier/UniqueID" value="CatalogUniqueId" valueFrom="InputData"/>     <_config:mapping xpath="primary" value="MasterCatalog" valueFrom="InputData" />     <_config:mapping xpath="Attributes/description" value="Description" valueFrom="InputData" />     <_config:mapping xpath="Description[0]/Name" value="Name" valueFrom="InputData" />     <_config:mapping xpath="Description[0]/ShortDescription" value="ShortDescription" valueFrom="InputData" />     <_config:mapping xpath="Description[0]/LongDescription" value="LongDescription" valueFrom="InputData" />     <_config:mapping xpath="Description[0]/Thumbnail" value="Thumbnail" valueFrom="InputData" />     <_config:mapping xpath="Description[0]/FullImage" value="FullImage" valueFrom="InputData" />     <_config:mapping xpath="" value="Delete" deleteValue="1"/>
</_config:DataMapping> 

If you are performing an insert or replace operation, do not specify the "Delete" column in the CSV file or you can leave the "Delete" column empty.

Business object mediator

The mediator class name is CatalogMediator. To initialize attribute dictionary for the store, see Initialize the attribute dictionary.

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