BigCommerce Akeneo Connector

• Create product categories from Akeneo.
• Export selected attributes as custom fields from Akeneo to the BigCommerce store.
• Send multiple images of a product including variations.
• Mention SEO information, inventory, pricing, shipping, and other details in products.
• Option to set fixed values for all exported products.
• With the help of UI Mapping Export Custom Field’s Default Value.
• Export the value of the variant in the custom field.
• Remove the 0s at the end of the number of the metric unit.
• Import Category, Attribute, Attribute Option, Family, Product and Product Model from BigCommerce to Akeneo.
• Able to export Metrics attribute type in the custom field.
• When exporting Metrics type, added the Unit to the end of the number.
• Ability to export multiple select field attribute types and each option is separated by a comma.
• You can add any number of credentials.
• This module is compatible with the latest Akeneo version 5.0.x
• Choose which products to export using various filters- category, family, completeness, time conditions, locale, and currency.
• Use identifier (SKU) for exporting specific products to the BigCommerce store.

For installing this module in Akeneo, please follow the below steps as mentioned:

1. Unzip the respective extension zip then merge the “src” folder into Akeneo project root directory.

2. Goto app/AppKernel.php and add a line

in function registerProjectBundles()

3. Goto app/config/routing.yml then add these lines at the top of the file

It might happen that even after proper installation, upon opening your Akeneo admin dashboard, you see a loading screen. In that case, do check for the following solution:

• Webpack Installation: If you get the below error
  It means that webpack is not installed in your system. Run the following command

   

  npm install --save-prod webpack npm install

  1 2	npm install --save-prod webpack npm install

• Module routing.yml is not configured properly. Re-check the routing.yml file as mentioned in the 3rd step of Module Installation
• Clear your browser cache.

After successfully installing the BigCommerce Akeneo Connector module, please log in to your Akeneo platform then navigate to BigCommerce Connector>Setup Credentials.

After that click on the Create Credentials. The following page appears, when you need to enter the following:

• API Path
• Client ID
• Client Secret
• Access Token

You need to do the attribute mapping of Akeneo attributes with BigCommerce product fields. While exporting products from Akeneo to BigCommerce, various information is sent to your e-commerce store. You can send the following product information from Akeneo:

• Name
• Price, Cost Price, Retail Price, Sale Price.
• Tax Provider Tax Code
• Product SKU
• Weight, If weight is zero, it will become a downloadable product in the BigCommerce store.
• Width, Height, and Depth
• Description
• Shipping – Free Shipping and Fixed Shipping Price
• Multiple Images
• Inventory Tracking – Current Stock Level and Low Stock Level
• Brand Name
• Product UPC/EAN Number
• Bin Picking Number
• Call for Pricing
• Search Keywords
• Visible
• Featured Product
• Sort Order
• Minimum Purchase Quantity and Maximum Purchase Quantity
• SEO – Page Title, Meta Keywords, Meta Description

Fixed Value for All Products

On the right, you can provide a fixed attribute value of the exported products. For example, if you want all the exported products to become visible on the BigCommerce store, you can enter the ‘Yes’ value for the ‘Is Visible’ attribute.

Other Mappings

In this section, you need to mention those Akeneo attributes which include the product images. Further, you need to specify those custom fields for BigCommerce products.

The attribute in BigCommerce:

Now you can also export the Akeneo attributes to BigCommerce custom fields in these attributes are supported like text, text area, metric type, simple-select, boolean, date, number, and multi-select.

Quick Export Currency Mapping

In this section, you can set the default currency while exporting the product via quick export.

Other Setting

Log setting

Log set is used for checking the API logs like what we have exported and imported in Akeneo. For it, You have to enable the request and response log.

Enable API request Logs: By enabling this, we can download and check all the import jobs.

Enable API response Logs: By enabling this, we can download and check all the export jobs.

Other Setting

In this, you can export metric value to the BigCommerce custom field. 

After setting up the BigCommerce Akeneo Connector module, you can export your products from Akeneo. In this section, I will explain to you how to create a product in Akeneo. If you have already created or imported your products to Akeneo, you can move on to the next section and skip this part.

To create a new product in Akeneo follow Products>Create then select the Product option. After that entered, SKU and then chooses a product family.

Add Product Details

Now, you need to fill in all the production information for this new product. Please note that only the mapped attributes product information will be sent from Akeneo to the BigCommerce store. So, kindly make sure all the product fields are correctly mapped with Akeneo attributes.

Select Attribute

For adding product information, select the attribute options you require. You can also create new options for the attribute. The following Attributes from Akeneo are supported for export:

• Text
• Text Area
• Number
• Date
• Boolean
• Select
• Price
• Metric
• Image
• Reference data select
• Reference data multi-select
• File

You can mention various information about the product – name, description, SEO information, inventory, shipping, pricing, and other details.

SEO Information – Mention page title, meta description, and meta keywords.

Pricing Information -Mention cost price, sale price, retail price, fixed shipping price, and normal price.

Add New Option Attribute

If an attribute option is missing for a select attribute type (simple or multi-select), you can directly add it to the Product Edit Form. Enter a Code and Label values, then click Save.

Upload Images

Upload multiple images of a product and export them to the BigCommerce store.

Multi-Lingual Information

Add information for other languages and store views.

Select Categories

Now you need to select a category for the product. You can also choose more than one category for a product. If a category is not available in Akeneo, the module will automatically create a new category in the BigCommerce store.

Once you have created or imported the products in Akeneo, you can now move forward with the export process. To do that please go to Exports>Create Export Profile then enter any code, label after that select the ‘BigCommerce Export Job‘ option.

After saving the profile go to the Content section and select the channel where your products will be exported. You can also choose the locales for deciding in what language you will be sending the content. Select currency according to your store.

In case you have too many products in Akeneo and want to export only a few products, you can use various filters. You can filter products based on family, status, completeness, category, and time condition. Further, if you want to export only one or more products, you can do that by entering the SKU value in the identifier section.

Once you have saved the export profile information, you can now click the Export Now button after that wait for the execution process to get completed.

You can see the progress of the export process as below. Moreover, if there is any error you can also see it here.

Thank you for reading this documentation. In case you find anything missing or not explained correctly, or you have any customization needs, reach out to us at [email protected]. You can also raise a ticket at our HelpDesk System.

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