Non-deployable Product Details
- Products NOT already on a target site, i.e., product code does not exist.
- Product deletions on the source site
An SEO URL that matches one used on the target site. If a duplicate is found, deployment of the whole product (i.e., all its data) will fail.
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Product Detail Data
In general, product details maintained online can be deployed.
- Product Information
- Category links for deployed products
- Product image and video files
CMS-maintained custom fields (data type and length of a defined field on target site must be the same)
Expand title More info... Custom field deployment rules:
Online-maintained custom fields only
Non-existent fields are added on destination sites
Existing fields on destination sites will be updated with deployed data if fields share the same name, type and length
- For "display type HTML" fields with images, these will be deployed as well.
- Deployment of custom fields for a product is all or nothing. You cannot choose to deploy one field and not another.
- Deletions cannot be deployed
After deployment, a dictionary refresh will automatically be done
SEO fields (only SEO fields that can be edited on the Maintain Product page
If Product Maintenance integration mode is default (ERP), uneditable ERP-integrated fields are not deployed. NOTE: Although product ribbons can only be edited in ERP-mode, a ribbon applied to a product will be deployed.
- Product Features
- Accessories
- Alternates
- Product Variant details
- Non-existent fields on target sites
Deploy Product Details
Product details for a single product multiple products can be deployed in one go.
To deploy multiple products,
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Step-by-step guide
1. Enable Deploy Product Content
- Go to Ecommerce → Products & Categories → Product Maintenance.
- Click Deploy.
To deploy a single product:
- Go to Ecommerce → Products & Categories → Product Maintenance.
- Use Search to find the product, then click Edit for the product.
- In the Maintain Product page, hover over Options, then select Deploy.
- Toggle ON the product data types to deploy.
- Click Next.
- Enter a name for the deployment (optional), then toggle to select one or more target sites.
- Click Next.
- Check that the data selections and target sites are correct.
- To initiate deployment, click Deploy.
- In the final step, click the link to check deployment results,
Troubleshooting Product Deployment
Deployed Product Missing on Target Site
A deployment will only add a product on the target site if the product code already exists there. NOTE - The deployment may still be flagged as successful.
Solution: Before deployment, check that products and their codes are on a target site. After deployment, check the deployment record.
Check these results details:
Deployment Content: 'No changes have been logged' - no product data for any product was deployed to any target site.
Target Site Log: data for the named product code was not deployed on the target site because it did not pre-exist there.
Enable Deploy Product Details (Admin)
On the source site:
- In the CMS, go to Settings → Settings → Feature Management → Content → Deploy Content.
- Ensure Deploy Content is enabled, then click Configure.
- In Deployment, toggle ON Product Maintenance. Also toggle ON Product Features if in use on your site,
- Click Save or Save & Exit.
Once Deploy Product Maintenance is enabled, you can deploy content from a single product or from multiple products.
2. Deploy Product Content
To deploy product features:
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