September 2021 Serenity updates

As soon as they were back to school, Akeneo teams have been busy to make sure that your Tailored Export experience would be even more complete. Also, you'll enjoy the new navigation of the Category and Option screens along with an improved Settings page.

Summary

Welcome to your new System Menu

Type: New  |  Feature: Productivity  |  Available in Serenity EE and GE since mid-August

This is your brand new System Menu. It is structured into two main categories: System Navigation and Users Management Navigation settings. This will be familiar, as it looks very much like its older sister, the Settings menu released a couple of months ago.

Improved Category Creation and Navigation

Type: New  |  Feature: Productivity  |  Available in Serenity EE and GE since mid-August

When creating a new category, you can now define its label for the current locale together with the code. This is quite a time saver as you no longer need to click around to access the label field. And there is more, when navigating through the categories, when going back to your category trees, you will see a collapsed view showing in which context the category you were editing is.

Not familiar with the context?
Here is a selection from our help center:
What is a category?

 

Improved Attribute Options Navigation

Type: New  |  Feature: Productivity  |  Available in Serenity EE and GE since mid-August

The navigation of the attribute options page is now much easier. When working on long lists of options, you can now search using an option code or label and directly fill in your option labels. This should be quite handy when handling numerous options for your attributes.

Not familiar with the context?
Here is a selection from our help center:
How to manage attribute options

 

Duplicate Import and Export Profiles

Type: New  |  Feature: Productivity  |  Available in Serenity EE only since mid-September  |  📖 Read the doc

Oftentimes the data that you export for your distributors is similar. Therefore being able to duplicate your Tailored Export profile in a single click and adapt it according to the requirements for your new distributor, is quite the time-saver.

Not familiar with the context?
Here is a selection from our help center:
How to export your data

 

Four New Operations Available in Tailored Exports

Type: New  |  Feature: Productivity  |  Available in Serenity EE only since mid-September  |  📖 Read the doc

Sometimes your product information may live in separate attributes, so instead of combining them in spreadsheets after you've downloaded it, take advantage of the new concatenate feature in Tailored Exports. Concatenate up to four values from different sources into one column, convert measurement units, add a default value in an empty cell, and automatically clean up HTML tags without ever leaving the export profile UI.

Not familiar with the context?
Here is a selection from our help center:
What is a Tailored Exports

 

Tailored Exports Extended Capabilities

Type: New  |  Feature: Productivity  |  Available in Serenity EE only since mid-September

Tailored Exports now offer the same possibilities as any other export profile. Define the format, CSV or XLXS, and choose between exporting products or product models. With these extended capabilities, Tailored Export is a must-have in your Akeneo PIM toolbox.

Not familiar with the context?
Here is a selection from our help center:
What is a Tailored Export?