Example: Insert and replace non-ATP inventory

We can insert and replace non-ATP inventory using the Data Load utility. This example uses a CSV file to demonstrate how to insert and replace your inventory information.

This example uses a CSV file to demonstrate how to insert, replace, or delete your data. We can also create and use an XML formatted file to insert, replace, or delete your data. If you choose to create and use an XML formatted file, ensure that your XML elements use the same names as are used for CSV column names.


Prerequisites

PartNumber Quantity QuantityUnit CatEntryStoreIdentifier
A0000101 1000 C62 10701
A0000106 300 C62
A0000107


CSV column and XML element definitions

Other optional fields not included in the example are:


Mapping data

The following snippet from the sample configuration file demonstrates how to map each column of data in the source CSV file to a value.

The following snippet from the sample configuration file demonstrates how to map each column of the data in the CSV file to a business object logical schema path. The attribute 'value' represents the name of a column of the CSV file, which is defined in the configuration snippet above. Each column in the CSV file must have a mapping to the logical schema path. If the optional fields specified above are present in the CSV file, the mapping for them must be added. The mapping logical schema path is specified in the following table.


Business object mediator

The mediator class name is com.ibm.commerce.catalog.dataload.mediator.CatalogEntryMediator.

Note: When we use a mediator that is provided with WebSphere Commerce with the Data Load utility, the utility assumes that we are loading data for all columns for a business object. To update the data in only specific columns, configure a column exclusion list for the load process. A column exclusion list causes the Data Load utility to ignore specific columns during the load operation. If you do not use a column exclusion list, the utility updates all columns in the row of a database table row when the utility updates the row. If no value is set in the input file, the utility can replace the existing column value with a default value or set the value to be null. See Configure a column exclusion list.