Import / Export

This chapter describes the architecture and behaviour of imports and exports in your Akeneo PIM project.

Note

You can take a look at the cookbook section to practice through examples How to Customize Import / Export.

• Main Concepts
  • Overview
  • Connector
  • Job
  • JobParameters
  • Step
• Formats
  • Localized labels
  • Scopable labels
  • Association types data structure
  • Attribute data structure
  • Category data structure
  • Family data structure
  • Group data structure
  • Options data structure
  • Product CSV data structure
  • Variant group data structure
• How import works
  • Reader
  • Processor
  • Writer
• Understanding the Product Import
  • Definition of the Job
  • Charset Validation Step
  • Product Import Step
  • Product Reader
  • Product Processor
  • Product Writer
  • Product Association Import Step
• Understanding the Product Export
  • Definition of the Job
  • Product Export Step
  • Product Reader
  • Product Processor
  • Product Writer
• Akeneo Connectors
  • CSV Connector
  • XLSX Connector
  • Customizing connectors