BigCommerce - Category Mapping

It is possible to synchronized and add products to categories via the BigCommerce Connector. The most simple category mapping is like:

 

Mapping to field

Output Kind

Description

Mapping to field

Output Kind

Description

Name (Required)

Field

The name displayed for the category. If the Name are use as key, the Name must be unique. If Category Id (SyncID) are used as key the Name must be unique with respect to the category's siblings.

If the SyncID are mapped, the name will only be used as key if the SyncID is empty.

SyncID

Field

To use Category Id as key, map a string Feature to SyncID. When the SyncID is mapped, the connector will use Category Id a key.

To force the Name as key, set the setting parameter ‘BigCommerceCategoryKeyType’ to ‘Name’ and empty SyncID’s will be updated with Category Id’s.

SyncMsg

Field

SyncMsg will be used for reporting errors back to categories in Perfion.

SyncCollection

Field

If the SyncCollectionset has value different from “false”, the category will be synchronized.

If the SyncCollectionset is “false” or empty, then the category will not be synchronized.

If the SyncCollection is not mapped, all categories will be synchronized.

Description

Field

The product description, which can include HTML formatting.

Views

Field

Number of views the category has on the storefront.

Sort_Order

Field

The lower the number, the closer to the top of the results the category will be.

Page_Title

Field

Custom title for the category page. If not defined, the category name will be used.

Search_Keywords

Field

A comma-separated list or a multi featured list of keywords that can be used to locate the category when searching the store.

Meta_Keywords

Field

Custom meta keywords for the category page. Must be a multi featured list if more than one meta keyword. If not defined, the store's default keywords will be used.

Meta_Description

Field

Custom meta description for the category page. If not defined, the store's default meta description will be used.

Layout_File

Field

A html layout file. Please refer to the BigCommerce documentation for more information.

Is_Visible

Field

A boolean true/false to set the Category visible or not. Default value is true.

Default_Product_Sort

Field

Determines how the products are sorted on category page load.

Allowed values:

  • use_store_settings (Default)

  • featured

  • newest

  • best_selling

  • alpha_asc

  • alpha_desc

  • avg_customer_review

  • price_asc

  • price_desc

Image_Url

Field

Image URL used for this category on the storefront. Image URL must be a publicly accessible URL.

Image_Url

Image(Url)

An Image stored in Perfion used for this category on the storefront (Required the Perfion API is publicly available).

Custom_Url

Field

The custom URL for the category on the storefront.