HowTo - Import Packaging Units

This HowTo provides the steps on how to extend the list of the packaging unit types available by default (box, bag, palette etc.) by importing packaging unit information and types using a .CSV file.

Importing Packaging Unit Types

The .CSV file for import must have a name field populated.

To import packaging units types, in the ProductPackagingUnitDataImport/data/import/product_packaging_unit.csv file, run the following command:

console data:import product-packaging-unit-type

If you want to import packaging unit types from your file, indicate a path to it:

console data:import product-packaging-unit-type -f path_to_file.csv

The imported packaging unit types will appear in the spy_product_packaging_unit_type database table.

Importing Packaging Units Information

You can import the following product packaging unit information using a .CSV file:

• Define a packaging unit for a specific product concrete by populating the concrete_sku and packaging_unit_type_name fields.
  Both fields are required.

• Define a lead product in the lead_product_sku field.

• Define the default amount (default_amount) included in the packaged product

• Set amount restrictions in the is_amount_variable field: 1 if the amount can be changed and 0 if it cannot be changed.

• Define the minimum and maximum amount of items in the amount_min and amount_max fields respectively.

• Set an interval of the amount that a customer can buy in the amount_interval field.

To import packaging units information from the ProductPackagingUnitDataImport/data/import/product_packaging_unit.csv file, run the following command:

console data:import product-packaging-unit

If you want to import packaging unit data from your file, indicate a path to it:

console data:import product-packaging-unit -f path_to_file.csv

The import will populate only spy_product_packaging_unit table with the respective data.

After the import, the packaging unit information is saved to the storage: in the Back Office, under the Maintenace > Storage menu, there are Redis keys: product_packaging_unit:{redis_key_suffix_column}.