Product Data Management

Everything you need to know about Product Data Management

Converting Single Product to Variation and Merging with Parent SKU

Often you will want to merge a selection of single products with an existing parent. This is really simple to do in StoreAutomator and can be undertaken directly using the UI or via a bulk action. Via StoreAutomator UI: 1- Find the parent and click ed...

Dry Run Mode for Channel Updates

Channel Updates Dry Run Mode StoreAutomator has a dry run mode for channel updates, that will produce feed files and show them in the Channel>History section. Please note that these feeds are only shown in the feeds section but they are not sent to the ...

Exporting Including Channels

Exporting Including Channels In StoreAutomator, you can export your items and see which channels they are included in. In the file you export, the channel name you have assigned will be presented. Below is a sample format showing that the product “Tests...

How to Personalize Your Product Table

How to personalize your product table You can personalize your product table according to your preferences. If you would like to display any product data fields on your product table, please select the fields by simply clicking the “Choose Columns but...

Product Search by Custom Field Value and Fast Custom Field Filtering

Product search by custom field value and fast custom field filtering You search products by their custom field value. First, select “Custom Fields” from the dropdown menu near the search bar, another box will pop up where you can select the custom fiel...

Product Inventory: a Summary or Detailed View

StoreAutomator’s inventory chart is one of the most popularly used metrics. If you would like to see the detail behind these inventory changes (including date and time) then you can simply switch to the inventory table view for a specific product. This ...

Quantity Adjustment

Quantity Adjustment Quantity can be adjusted via a bulk file and you can add or subtract any amount to the inventory of your products. To do this, you need to create a spreadsheet with two columns, which are productdata.sku and qty_adjust - as below scr...

Bulk Import New Taxonomies (New Categories)

Bulk Import New Taxonomies (New Categories) With the use of bulk action files, you can add several taxonomies to the StoreAutomator System and assign them to your items. Please see the sample format below for creating new taxonomies using a bulk file. Y...

Skubana Kit Creation Through StoreAutomator

Extensiv Order Manager (EOM) Kit Creation with StoreAutomator You can send the kits you have in StoreAutomator to EOM, without any additional data entry effort. This way, the kits will be automatically created in EOM and so you will not have to spend t...

Adding Option Sort Order Replacement to Content Settings

You can adjust your option types of sort orders with lookup lists. This way, you can send the specific sort order you want to the selected marketplace and create your variations according to that. This feature is only applicable for Shopify and BigComme...

How to Clear Browser's Local Storage If You are Unable to Load StoreAutomator

If you are facing a loading issue in any page on StoreAutomator, you can try to clear your browser’s local storage. You need to open the Developer Tools of your browser. It depends what browser you are using. For example, if you are using Chrome, it wou...

How to Enable-Disable Price Update for Specific Products

You can individually enable or disable price updates for a specific product and by using this, you don’t need to disable or enable quantity update in channel settings for all channels. You can use this feature either via the StoreAutomator UI or with b...

How to Enable-Disable Product Data Update for Specific Products

You can individually enable or disable product data updates for specific products and by using this, you don’t need to disable or enable product data updates in channel settings for all channels. You can use this feature either via the StoreAutomator U...

How to Enable-Disable Quantity Update for Specific Products

You can individually enable or disable quantity updates for a specific product and by using this you don’t need to disable or enable quantity update in channel settings for all channels. You can use this feature either via StoreAutomator UI or with bul...

LOOKUP Extension Method

LOOKUP Function Template Functions can be used to ‘program’ the template output through writing functions. The LOOKUP function could be very useful to create a custom field based using data from a variety of other fields or a lookup table. Example: The...

Convert Variation to Single in Table and Parent Variation Editor

You may want to convert a SKU created as a child in StoreAutomator to a single product, or it may be necessary for your sales structure. StoreAutomator allows you to convert a previously created child SKU into a single product. How you can do this., let...

Regex ,Normal & Extended Replacement

What is the difference between Regex, Normal & Extended Replacement? When you enter the Replacements menu you will encounter these terms. Let’s look closer! Normal: This option allows you to replace the letter, number or word with any other letter, num...

Replacements

Field Mapping: use the Replacements function to fix errors in bulk If the data for a specific field does not match the list of valid values for one of the channels, you can apply replacements to that specific field in your template without changing your...

Variation Theme Override

For eBay, Walmart, and Shopify, StoreAutomator has a feature that allows you to override the variation themes. As a result, you can send different variation types and options to your marketplaces. Please note that since variation themes are inherited fr...

How to Use Channel Specific Taxonomy for Different Marketplaces

Selecting Channel Taxonomy by Channel You can use this feature to assign a unique category tree (category taxonomy) to each of your channels. Your local category tree does not have to be used for your channels. What you must do is as follows: Create yo...

What Do Different Quantity Box Colors Represent in StoreAutomator

The color of the quantity box indicates whether it is out of stock or less than the inventory warning level you’ve entered. The colors may vary depending on the stock level, quantity level and your inventory level settings. If your product is not out of...

Tracking Updates Using DX Channel

Tracking Updates using Data Exchange (DX) Channel - FTP StoreAutomator can receive product data using DXprotocols. One of our DX channels, the FTP Channel, can be used to update your tracking numbers. FTP Channel transfers data over an FTP connection fr...

How to search Multiple SKUs on StoreAutomator

You can search for multiple SKUs in the search bar in your inventory, channel products and Repricer Details. This feature makes easy access for multiple SKU searches for quick displaying on screen rather than exporting the products to see them in a bulk...

Image Overrides for Specific Channel

You can use image overrides to send different images for different marketplaces. This is useful if you already have images that are set for a specific channel and therefore either you want or need to send different images to other channels. This feature...

Multi Sku Search on Repricer

You can now search multiple SKUs on Repricer by using comma separated SKUs. Using this method you can view multiple SKUs on-screen and without the need to export in bulk. This feature can only be used for the filter by Sku search. Here are the steps you...

How to Solve: Product IDs Displaying Incorrectly In StoreAutomator

Spreadsheet software will open with certain settings - either their defaults or personal settings you have chosen. As a result, this may affect your product data in StoreAutomator, especially product ids, as shown in the image below: where you can see t...

How to Delete Products from the Specific Warehouse

If you want to remove specific products from your warehouses, you can easily delete products with bulk action or from StoreAutomator UI. Via SA UI: Here are the steps you need to follow: 1- Go to the “Inventory>Warehouses” tab under the inventory and s...

How to Delete All Bulletpoints from StoreAutomator for Selected Items

You can delete all bullet points with the new feature on StoreAutomator. This is useful if you have more than 10 bullet points entered to limit them to the maximum. You can only use 5 bullet points in most of the marketplaces such as Amazon so merging t...

How to Delete All Search Terms from StoreAutomator for Selected Items

You can delete all search terms with the new feature on StoreAutomator. This is useful if you have more than 10 search terms and want to limit them to the maximum of 10. Most marketplaces, like Amazon, have limitations on tag fields. Therefore, merging ...

How to Delete All Target Audiences from StoreAutomator for Selected Items

You can delete all “target audiences” with the new feature on StoreAutomator. This is useful if you have more than 10 target audiences and want to limit them to the max of 10. Most marketplaces, like Amazon, have limitations on tag fields so merging ext...