category custom fields What category data are deployable?
NOTE - Category data is non-lockable. This means content managers/administrator roles on destination sites can always rollback your changes or make further edits.
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A top-level category must already exist on the destination site, otherwise category content deployment will fail. New top level categories (Category Codes) cannot be deployed. |
Deployable category data:
category image, deletion of category imagecategory banner, including imagecategory tree structure (excluding products) - Online mode on both deploying and destination sitescategory product hierarchy category productscategory detailscategory SEO details deploying destination Step-by-step guide
1. Enable Category Deploy
In the CMS, go to Settings → Settings → Feature Management → Content → Deploy Content.Ensure Deploy Content is enabled, then click Configure.Image RemovedIn Deployment, toggle ON deploy for Category Maintenance.Image RemovedClick Save or Save & Exit. 2. Category Data
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A top-level category must already exist on the destination site, otherwise category content deployment will fail. New top level categories (Category Codes) cannot be deployed. |
Only online maintained category data types can be deployed. You can select to deploy one or more category data types:
- category image, deletion of category image
- category banner, including image
- category tree structure (excluding products)
- category product hierarchy
- category products
- category details
- category SEO details
- category custom fields
Deploy category data
This step assumes you have category data ready to deploy. Only online-maintained data are deployable. If your deploying site is in Integrated Category Maintenance mode, some data types cannot be selected.
To deploy category data:
- Go to E-commerce → Products & Categories → Category Maintenance.
- Do you want to deploy data from a single category or the same data types from multiple categories? NOTE - The multiple categories option is only available when your site is in Online Mode.
- Online mode: Multiple categories - on the top right of the page, select Deploy the button. Single category - find the category, hover over its Options, then select Deploy.
- Integrated mode: Single category only - find the category, then click Edit next to it. In the Maintain Category page, hover over the Options button, then select Deploy.
- In the Deploy modal, toggle ON the data type(s) to deploy. If your site is in Integrated mode, category hierarchy data cannot be selected.
- Toggle ON the category to deploy. If you're deploying multiple categories, toggle ON each required category.
- Click Next.
- Toggle ON one or more valid destination sites.
- Click Next.
- Check the data and site selections are correct, then click Deploy.
In the next screen, check whether deployment was successful or failed,
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Related helpEnable Deploy Category (Admin)
- In the CMS, go to Settings → Settings → Feature Management → Content → Deploy Content.
- Ensure Deploy Content is enabled, then click Configure.
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- In Deployment, toggle ON deploy for Category Maintenance.
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- Click Save or Save & Exit.
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