Advanced Product Feeds
v1.4.2

Welcome to the Advanced Product Feeds User Manual

Whether you are new to Advanced Product Feeds or an advanced user, you can find some useful information here.

In this guide, you'll learn how to:

How to install the extension

How to install the extension Back up your store's database and web directory. Log in to the SSH console of your server and navigate to the root directory of the Magento 2 store. Copy installation instructions from the page My Downloadable Products to t...

Manage templates

Manage templates To manage templates, go to Catalog → Advanced Product Feeds → Templates. The extension includes more than 45 ready-to-use templates for all the most popular price comparison engines (Google Shopping, Amazon, eBay, Shopzilla, etc.). ...

List of the pre-installed templates

List of the pre-installed templates Template name Format AdForm CSV AllYouNeed CSV AmazonAds TXT AmazonSellerCentral (example) TXT Awin TXT Become Europe CSV Belboon CSV Beslist XML Billiger.de CSV Bing Shopping TXT BizRate TXT ...

How to create a new data feed

How to create a new data feed Note Pre-installed templates may require additional attributes and settings due to specific information related to the items being sold or country location. Make a point of checking a given product's attribute requirements u...

How to configure an XML Feed

How to configure an XML Feed If you select the XML file type at the tab Content Settings, you can create/edit XML schema for your feed. By default, we provide templates for XML feeds, so you can easily copy and change it according to your requirements. Us...

How to configure CSV, TXT Feed

How to configure CSV, TXT Feed If you select a CSV or TXT file type at the tab Content Settings, you can create/edit attribute schema for your feed. Note When you use pre-installed templates, you need to verify that the attributes from the template respo...

FTP settings

FTP settings The extension can automatically deliver data feed files via FTP to the Shopping Engine Service. Note Check the marketplace merchant account for FTP details, or inquire about FTP credentials at the marketplace Support Center To configure FTP...

Schedule Task Settings

Schedule Task Settings You can configure your feed to generate the data feed file according to a set schedule. If the FTP settings are enabled, the feed will be automatically delivered to the marketplace after generation by the schedule. Note To generate...

Email Notifications

Email Notifications Open the feed's Additional tab on the feed's edit page. The extension can automatically send an email to the notifications for the following events: Successful Export Unsuccessful Export Successful Delivery Unsuccessful Delivery Fil...

Google Analytics Campaign

Google Analytics Campaign Note Google Analytics should be configured and activated in order to use this feature. The extension can automatically append Google Analytics campaign parameters to your product's URLs. To configure a Google Analytics Campaign...

Additional Settings

Additional Settings The extension allows you to set up additional settings for a feed export. Go to the feed tab Additional. Email Notifications Check the Email Notifications tab. Report the Configuration For each feed, you can enable/disable tracking cli...

Product Filters

Product Filters Filtering is one of the most important parts of the feed creation process. By using filters, you will not export products that have zero price or are out of stock, products without images, disabled products, etc. To create a new product fi...

List of Patterns

List of Patterns All patterns must be enclosed in curly brackets. In patterns, you can use codes of attributes, filters, links to parent products, base php functions, and calculations. The base pattern schema {{ entity.attribute | filter | filter }} Attri...

Filters

Filters Filters are simple methods that modify the output of numbers, strings, variables, and arrays. They are placed within an output tag {{ }} and are separated with a pipe character |. String/HTML Filters lowercase - converts a string into lowercase...

Dynamic attributes

Dynamic attributes The dynamic attribute is an attribute that can return values depending on particular conditions or the value of other attributes. To create a new dynamic attribute, follow these steps: Go to Product → Advanced Product Feeds → Dynam...

Dynamic variables

Dynamic variables The dynamic variable is a user-defined php code that must return a string value. The PHP code is stored on your server in your Magento installation folder. The extension fetches it from the file. To create a new dynamic variable, follow ...

Category Mapping

Category Mapping Note What is category mapping? The category names you are using in your Magento store aren't always the same as those used by Comparison Shopping Engines to reference your products. This means you have to find out which Shopping Engine c...

Reports

Reports The extension allows you to track the clicks and orders after the customer redirects from the marketplaces. Note The extension can track the clicks and orders only via special arguments ff= and fp=, which are appended to the product URLs. To enab...

Import/Export Data

Import/Export Data Go to Products > Import/Export Data. The extension allows you to import and export the following feed entities: Templates Filters Dynamic Attributes Dynamic Categories Dynamic Attributes Select the required tab and import/export th...

Command Line Interface

Command Line Interface Usage: php -f bin/magento [options] mirasvit:feed:export - generate all active feeds mirasvit:feed:export --id=<id> - generate feed with specified id mirasvit:feed:delivery - delivery of all active feeds mirasvit:feed:delive...

How to upgrade the extension

How to upgrade the extension To upgrade the extension, take the following steps: Back up your store's database and web directory. Log in to the SSH console of your server and navigate to the root directory of the Magento 2 store. Run this command to upda...

Disabling the Extension

Disabling the Extension Temporarily Disable To temporarily disable the extension, please take the following steps: Log in to the SSH console of your server and navigate to the root directory of the Magento 2 store. Run the command php -f bin/magento modu...

Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting This section describes the most common problems that customers report, and how they can be resolved: Blank page when I have navigate to the Catalog > Feeds I have added category filter by fews categories, but my feed doesn't contain an...

Change Log

Change Log 1.4.2 (2024-03-21) Improvements Check that the feed is generated before delivery Added ability to get the "Manage Stock" attribute Fixed Fixed the issue with custom static attributes Fixed the issue with export generation on Magent...