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How to Import Products to Magento 2 & Remove Product Associations

- Magento 2, Our extensions

Imagine that the Magento 2 product import not only transfers product data to your e-commerce website but also removes the unnecessary information that is already available on your storefront. If you use the default import tool, you can only imagine that. However, dreams come true, especially within the Magento community. Today, we’d like to draw your attention to some advanced capabilities associated with a product import process based on the Improved Import & Export extension. This module provides the ability to remove product associations for grouped products when you import them. Below, we explore this feature and highlight the extension’s advantages over the standard tools. So, let’s see how to import grouped products to Magento 2, removing the existing product associations. You can find more useful tips like this one in our Magento 2 Developer’s Cookbook. 

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How to Clear Attribute Values via Magento 2 Product Import

- Magento 2, Our extensions

Using Magento’s default import tool is associated with basic functionalities only. In a nutshell, you can import a limited amount of entities by applying a few changes to them. However, Magento 2 import can easily become a powerful instrument that not only saves your time but also lets you manage your e-commerce store on a completely new level. In the following article, we explain how to clear attribute values when you import products to Magento 2. You no longer have to do that manually. While this functionality is not available by default, you can easily get this precious time-saver with the Improved Import & Export Magento 2 extension. So, let’s see how to clear attribute values in Magento 2 while importing products. You can find more useful tips like this one in our Magento 2 Developer’s Cookbook.  Continue Reading

How to import 100,000 products to Magento 2 in less than an hour 

- Magento 2, Our extensions

Magento 2 Development; Magento 2 tutorial

Magento 2 can easily handle more than 1 million products. However, the more products you need to import, the more time it will take to update your catalog. The amount of server resources also impacts the import performance. And it may take hours to update your catalog which consists of less than 100k items. However, there is a solution that lets you import 100,000 products to Magento 2 in less than an hour. Meet the Improved Import & Export extension. Below, we talk about the Magento 2 import speed that can be achieved with this module. But let’s take a look at average productivity issues associated with the default Magento 2 import.  Continue Reading

How to import CSV files from /var/import/ folder to Magento 2 automatically

- Magento 2, Our extensions

Magento 2 Development; Magento 2 tutorial

Today, we explain how to import CSV files from the /var/import/ folder to Magento 2 automatically. As usual, you will need Improved Import & Export to overcome the default platform’s limitations, such as the inability to create update schedules. Configure the extension as we describe below, and it will do all the daily data transfer tasks for you. For more tips like this one, follow our Magento 2 Developer’s Cookbook.  Continue Reading

How to create redirects from old URL keys to new ones via Magento 2 import

- Magento 2, Our extensions

Magento 2 Development; Magento 2 tutorial

Chances are, you’ve been in a situation when the updated URL keys in Magento 2 continued returning a 404 error. Importing them via a CSV file introduced new URL keys but didn’t affect the exact user experience. Consequently, you had to edit URL keys manually per each store page. 

Below, we describe how to avoid this problem. You will learn how to create redirects from old URL keys to new ones using a CSV import in Magento 2. You will need an additional instrument to smooth the angles of the default Magento 2 import and get what you want from importing URL redirects to Magento 2. For more tips like this one, follow our Magento 2 Developer’s Cookbook. So, how to create redirects from old URL keys to new ones using a CSV import in Magento 2? Let’s see. Continue Reading

How to send CC & BCC email notifications for Magento 2 import & export 

- Magento 2, Our extensions

Magento 2 Development; Magento 2 tutorial

You may not always be able to monitor your Magento 2 import and export processes in real time. And you may not need to do so with the Improved Import & Export extension. The module offers a robust system of email notifications so that you can always be in the know about the success of your data transfers. While most similar solutions let you send a notification to a single recipient only, our plugin offers a few other options. Below, we explain how to send CC and BCC email notifications for import and export processes in Magento 2. But let’s first explain what CC and BCC are.  Continue Reading

How to import and export attribute sets with multiple values in Magento 2

- Magento 2, Our extensions

Magento 2 Development; Magento 2 tutorial

In the following article, you will learn how to import and export attribute sets with multiple values in Magento 2. While previously you had to duplicate attribute rows per each specific attribute set, we’ve enhanced this process in the latest version of the Improved Import & Export extension. Now, you can reduce the size of your update file, since the attribute_set attribute can contain multiple values.  Continue Reading

How to update bundle product options using Magento 2 import

- Magento 2, Our extensions

Magento 2 Development; Magento 2 tutorial

What if you have numerous bundle products on your Magento 2 website and need to update them regularly? What if updates should impact only particular bundle product options? Well, you’ve come to the right place. Below, you will learn how to update bundle product options using Magento 2 import. Although the default Magento 2 import tool doesn’t let you update bundle products and choose the specific options that should be adjusted, you can rely on the Improved Import & Export Magento 2 module to achieve this goal.   Continue Reading

How to import products to Magento 2 and set their status to Out of Stock automatically

- Magento 2, Our extensions

Magento 2 Development; Magento 2 tutorial

Chances are, you import products to Magento 2 but their status doesn’t change to ‘out of stock’ if the imported quantity is 0. It may look confusing or cause issues in other processes that require this information. However, there is a way to address this issue without editing your data files or applying stock status changes manually. Below, we explain how to import products with 0 quantity to Magento 2 and set their status to ‘Out of Stock’ automatically. You will need the Improved Import & Export Magento 2 extension and a couple of minutes.  Continue Reading

How to import nested XML files to Magento 2

- Magento 2, Our extensions

Magento 2 Development; Magento 2 tutorial

Since Magento 2 supports only CSV files for data import, you get stuck when your product update is provided via XML. So is a file with customers or any entity that you may need to import to Magento 2. However, some third-party modules understand what XML files are. But it is not always enough. Especially when you deal with complex XML structures or nested XML files. 

If your XML file contains more than one nested level most third-party extensions cannot import it to Magento 2.  Unless it is the Improved Import & Export Magento 2 module. 

Below, we explain how to import data to Magento 2 using nested XML files if the update is hidden deep in their structure. To be honest, it is quite simple: you need to specify a path to the data within the file. But let’s first see what nested XML is.  Continue Reading