How to configure my categories?

Summary

How can I activate my new PIM categories?

In the connector configuration page, in Category, you can choose to activate all new PIM categories in Adobe Commerce when importing:

Connector parameter Adobe Commerce information
Activate new categories Yes or No

How can I add my new PIM categories to my store website menu?

In the connector configuration page, in Category, you can include all new PIM categories in the store website menu when importing:

Connector parameter Adobe Commerce information
Include new categories in menu Yes or No

How can I set my new PIM categories in anchor mode?

In the connector configuration page, in Category, you can choose to set all new categories in anchor mode:

Connector parameter Adobe Commerce information
Set new categories in anchor mode Yes or No

How can I ignore a category tree during import?

In the connector configuration page, in Category, you can ignore selected category trees during import:

Connector parameter Adobe Commerce information
Ignore category during import Select categories you don't want to import

Does Akeneo data override content staging

Since the 101.7.0 version of the Akeneo Connector for Adobe Commerce, you can configure the connector's behavior depending on Adobe Commerce content staging feature, in the connector configuration page, in Category:

Connector parameter Adobe Commerce information
Does Akeneo data override content staging Yes or No

Note that this parameter will only be relevant on Adobe Commerce Enterprise Edition, as the content staging feature is specific to this version.

Adobe Commerce content staging is used to create scheduled versions of categories.

If set to Yes, Akeneo PIM data will override all category versions no matter what changes was scheduled. Categories will still have scheduled versions in Adobe Commerce, but if the name in Akeneo PIM has been modified in the scheduled versions, the value will be overridden by the name imported from Akeneo PIM.

If set to No, Akeneo PIM data will only update the "base" version of the categories and not the scheduled versions.

Does the connector crush additional categories in the eCommerce ?

No, if you have additional categories in Adobe Commerce (to manage ephemeral categories that you don't want to have in the PIM for example), they are not crushed by the connector. 

Products linked to these categories are also not crushed by the connector.