"Magento 2 import"

How to Solve The Magento 2 “URL Key for Specified Store Already Exists” Error

March 19, 2024 - E-Commerce, Magento 2

magento 2 url key for specified store already exists error

When creating or importing categories and products some may encounter the Magento 2 “URL key for specified store already exists” error message. It may be the URL rewrites, database issues, or other things not considered.

Anyways, if there is an error there will also be a solution. In this article, we talk about how to solve the Magento 2 “URL key for specified store already exists” error when importing products and categories to your store.

You will learn when the error occurs, exploring specific conditions that cause it. This article mentions three different cases that usually lead to the “URL key for specified store already exists.” Next, we focus on the most frequent reason – duplicate URLs. The value specified in the URL key field would generate a URL that already exists in Magento 2. You will find out how to get rid of duplicate URLs when importing data to Magento 2. The article provides separate examples for products and categories. After that, we emphasize other features related to the Improved Import & Export extension – the solution that we use to address the “URL key for specified store already exists” issue.

FPT Tax: How to Add and Import Fixed Product Tax in Magento 2

February 19, 2024 - E-Commerce, Magento 2

FPT tax in Magento 2: create, configure, import

Today, we are going to talk about the FPT tax. You will learn what FPT or Fixed Product Tax is and how it helps Magento 2 merchants sell products to different countries and different states adhering to local tax regulations. This tax is added in a bit of a peculiar way which may not be as obvious at first glance as it seems. In this post, we cover everything you need to know about the FPT tax and describe how to import fixed product tax to Magento 2.

How to Archive Files After Magento 2 Import

July 27, 2023 - Magento 2, Our extensions

In the following article, we describe a resource-saving feature for import-heavy websites. If you regularly receive updates, your storage may be full of data files. The bigger and more frequent your updates are, the more resources are consumed. However, you can dramatically reduce the use of space by adding update files to archives after every Magento 2 import. You will need the Improved Import & Export extension to get the desired functionality. The module offers the Archive file after import feature described below. So, let’s see how to archive all Magento 2 update files after import, and don’t forget to visit our Magento 2 Developer’s Cookbook for other useful tips. Continue Reading

How to Import Only Mapped Fields to Magento 2

July 3, 2023 - Magento 2, Our extensions

In the following article, we shed light on how to import only mapped attributes to Magento 2 when you transfer a data update to your e-commerce website. By default, Magento 2 imports all the fields from the data file that follow the internal platform’s requirements. However, you can easily reduce the number of imported fields, transferring those matched to the internal Magento 2 records. This functionality is associated with the Improved Import & Export Magento 2 extension and its import jobs. Below, you will learn how to use the module to import only mapped fields to Magento 2. You will discover more tips like this one in our Magento 2 Developer’s Cookbook.

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

April 27, 2023 - 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 import default attribute values for products via API in Magento 2

April 26, 2023 - Magento 2, Our extensions

Magento 2 Development; Magento 2 tutorial

Recently, we’ve discovered a discussion on Stack Exchange about Magento 2 API import. The author asks whether it is possible to import default attribute values for products via API in Magento 2. Although you cannot establish API transfers using the default import interface, the Improved Import & Export extension lets you obtain the desired functionality within a couple of clicks. Let’s explore the issue in more detail and then proceed to the solution. And don’t forget to follow our Magento 2 Cookbook for more information on how to run your e-commerce website smoothly. Continue Reading

The Complete Guide to Magento 2 Related Products, Upsell Products & Cross-Sell Products

February 21, 2021 - E-Commerce, Magento 2, Our extensions

Guide to magento 2 related products, magento 2 cross sell products, magento 2 upsell products

To sell effectively one must learn to predict and analyze. What are people looking for at my store? How can I make their search fruitful? At what point do the results become satisfying?

The answers to the questions lie within everyone’s reach — run through some behavior statistics and create the most relevant offers for your audience. And your Magento website is ready to help. By default, it offers lots of marketing tools that can dramatically improve sales. Today, we are going to discuss Magento 2 related products. Of course, it is impossible to talk about them without entering the territory of Magento 2 upsell products. And to complete the picture, we also shed light on Magento 2 cross-sell products. These are the very tools that can help you follow your customers’ needs, providing them with extended offers.

In this guide, we explain how to enrich a customer experience by using related items. You will find out what Magento related products are. Next, we define Magento upsells. And, of course, you will learn what Magento cross-sell items are and what makes them unique in comparison to other relation types.

You will learn how to use all these marketing tools. We explain how to associate particular products with related products, upsells, and cross-sells in Magento 2. The article sheds light on assigning them to product and cart pages.

Next, we describe the corresponding import and export processes. You will learn what attributes to add to a CSV table to import Magento 2 related products, upsells, and cross-sells in a single file. We quickly go through the native Magento 2 import and then focus on the extended procedure that Involves the Improved Import & Export extension.

The Improved Import / Export Magento 2 Extension by Firebear

February 20, 2020 - Magento 2, Our extensions

Below, you will see a brief description of our project aimed at improving the default Magento 2 import/export functionality. Although the basic processes are significantly refined now, they still lack some important features; therefore, we work on this Magento 2 extension with the aim to build a multi-purpose solution.

Improved Import extension for Magento 2 provides a possibility to transfer your CSV, XML, JSON, XLSX, ODS files with products data and product images to Magento 2 from a remote FTP server, Dropbox, Google Sheets, a direct URL of a source file, supports dedicated categories import, REST and SOAP APIs, on the fly import of product attribute values, import/export cron jobs, and many more features!

In the article below, you will find the extension’s shortened roadmap and brief description. We separately discuss the light version of the module and its entire stack as well as share use cases. Also, this blog post contains information on how to import data from Google Sheets, transfer categories to Magento 2, import product attributes, creating new attributes on the fly, etc. Other useful materials include Magento CLI import commands, import file samples, import fields mapping reference, etc. Continue Reading

How to import and export updates within Magento 2. Consecutive Export

December 13, 2019 - E-Commerce, Magento 2, Our extensions

Saving time is a priority when we deal with database updates. The most beneficial solution in the situation is to find an adequate method and tool that will reduce the number of backend actions and prevent errors and duplication.

In this guide, we will explore which processes can be used within Magento 2 to add new data to the one previously transferred without running countless imports and exports or recreating a whole new database.

Magento 2 import XSLT transformation – how to import any XML to Magento 2

May 8, 2018 - E-Commerce, Magento 2

When working with the suppliers, you often come across custom XML table formatting. Such tables cannot be imported to Magento 2 without giving all product attributes particular names.

Same applies to the export. Your CRM system probably accepts a set format of XML files. So as other software you might be using.

That’s why we are introducing XSLT support for Improved Import and Export extension. To help you get the required XML formatting for any needs you might have.