Configuration of categories

Summary

How to define which PIM category trees I want to push to SFCC?

Within your Akeneo PIM instance, you may use different category trees to manage your product data. The Akeneo Connector for SFCC gives you the possibility to export one or several category trees per website.

In the connector configuration page, fill in the following parameter with the PIM categories ID of your choice:

Connector parameter PIM information
Akeneo main catalogs PIM categories ID

How to define the status of your SFCC category trees?

In the connector configuration page, select Yes for the parameter below if you want to push live the PIM category trees on your webstores directly. Otherwise, select No.

Connector parameter SFCC information
Akeneo Category Online Yes or No

How to automatically define the "Primary" category for my SFCC products?

In the connector configuration page, if you select Yes for the following parameter, the first category of products will become your "primary" category for that product. (Please refer to Salesforce documentation to better understand what a primary category is).

Connector parameter SFCC information
Akeneo Product Primary Flag Yes or No

How to not import PIM categories in SFCC?

In the connector configuration page, select Yes for the parameter below if you want to copy the PIM categories into SFCC. Otherwise, select No.

Connector parameter SFCC information
akeneoWriteCategories Yes (default value) or No