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The following blog post will help you retrace the evolution of the Improved Import & Export Magento 2 module. The article gathers updates associated with the extension’s each new version from the very beginning. At the time of 1.0.0, it was a basic import solution with an existing import jobs architecture and import cron automation. With the next few versions, the module got such enhancements as product attribute import on the fly, transfers from FTP, SFTP, URL, and Dropbox, custom mapping, etc. Each new release made the Improved Import stronger and stronger. However, it was still an import-only tool until 1.5.0 was released. With this version, our extension became capable of both import and export processes. You can peruse the detailed evolution of the module and see its latest features below. 

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3.8.6 (released 20.09.2023)

Features:

• Log Files Management Automation. The latest version provides the ability to clear import/export log files automatically. Two options are available: “Clear import/export logs by cron” and “Days Saved in Log”. 
• Developer Improvement. The “categoriesMapping” method is now public. 
• Product Online Import. The extension does not disable products when the “product_online” field is empty in the import file.
• Image Import. The following improvements to the image import process were introduced in 3.8.6:
  • A new product import option called “Keep original image name” is available. When enabled, it keeps the original image name when importing images by URL. 
  • Import images by URL when the URL contains a port number.
  • Import images by URL when the URL contains spaces.
• Products not in Import List. The “Update Products that are not in the import list” feature now has the following new options:
  • Set products to “Out of stock” status
  • Set products qty to 0
  • Set products to “Out of stock” status and set products qty to 0
• Google Drive Import. The extension now replaces the existing export file on Google Drive instead of creating a new file with a duplicated name.
• Order Import. Support for one-line addresses when importing orders.

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