SFCC Import Profile


Thanks to the SFCC Environment details, communication with the server has been established. However, at this point, configuration is needed to specify the brand, website, and catalog within SFCC that will be utilized. Since multiple brands may be managed in Akeneo, SFCC catalogs may vary for each brand or channel. This will be achieved through the utilization of SFCC Import Profiles.

Field Description Sample
Akeneo Export Profile Here we link Akeneo and SFCC fm-ecommerce
SFCC Import Code The code that will be used to trigger catalog generation jobs by SFCC System Jobs. It’s mandatory to use a codename without spaces and special characters except hyphen (-). sfcc-fm-ecommerce
SFCC Master Catalog The master catalog id that’s defined within the Business Manager. master-catalog
SFCC Primary Category Keyword Even though there is no primary category concept in Akeneo, it's a crucial information for SFCC. The list of keywords defined here will be used by the app to mark one of the categories as primary if the category code contains any of the keywords. _men
_women
_kids
Website/Navigation Catalog List Some of the SFCC implementations rely on different navigation catalogs per website, FeatureMind app allows you to map navigation catalog id per website if needed. Website_AE=website-AE-nav-catalog
Website_US=website-US-nav-catalog
Locale List Locales defined in Akeneo differs from SFCC and Locale List input helps you to map them. en_AE=en
ar_AE=ar
Locale Website Map Site specific attributes plays an important role in SFCC and there might be a need to map certain information in Akeneo to a website in SFCC. For instance "en_AE" locale value of "Online Flag" in Akeneo may need to be set to "online-flag" for the website "Website_AE" en_AE=Website_AE
en_US=Website_US
Image Type List Various image types can be used in SFCC, in certain conditions an Akeneo asset might be needed to be placed against multiple image types. hi-res=*
swatch=_SW
External Call Secret Key The SFCC trigger job makes an Http request to FeatureMind app to initiate catalog generation. In order to validate and secure the call "Secret Key" needs to be passed along with the Http request. wdjKrUs21LasUKSr1o
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