These are tags that can be used to filter images and videos in Channels. For example, a tag of “swatch” could be assigned to an image and the tag then used to assign that image to the “swatch image” field in a Channel.
These are tags that can be used to filter images and videos in Channels. For example, a tag of “swatch” could be assigned to an image and the tag then used to assign that image to the “swatch image” field in a Channel.
An export is the act of sending data from Comestri to external systems using a channel. Data is often exported by a channel in CSV, JSON or XML formats.
Product status can be either active or inactive, and is mostly used in the Channel to filter products.
Channels can have either an active or inactive status. An active Channel will receive product/order updates pushed by the Comestri Heartbeat. Channels are normally left inactive during the configuration process.
Channels that are made inactive will complete all jobs that are currently queued to run, but will not run any further scheduled import or export jobs.
This is where Channels are configured and modified in Comestri.
The Channel Manager is one of the three components of Comestri, along with the PIM (Product Manager) and Order Manager.
Channel Item ID is a unique identifier generated by Comestri for each Channel Item across all channels. So once a Channel Item ID “789” has been generated within Comestri, it will not be re-used for any other channel item.
An Export Item, formerly known as a Channel Item, is an aspect of a product defined by a set of fields. Some channels also include Export Items for orders, brands and Categories.
The Stage is a function of the channel that tells the PIM to send all products to the Channel.
The Stage causes all products to be sent to the Channel; therefore, if you have many products in the PIM, a Stage can take some time. For this reason, you should only Stage a Channel when it is absolutely necessary. For example, a relevant time to Stage is when you first make the Channel active, because you need to ensure that the channel has received all products that meet the Channel’s filter criteria.
Note: Normally the Comestri Heartbeat will update products in all Channels. A Stage is therefore only really required when you change the Channel configuration.
Staging is the Comestri test environment for Channels and PIM structures. Normally, it is used for testing product data and Channel configuration before moving a tenant to their Production environment.
Catalogs are a feature in the PIM that is used for grouping products. Catalogs are then used primarily to filter products into Channels. For example, you may have a different Catalog for each marketplace or online platform.
Deltas are changes made since the last transmission of product data.
In the PIM, Deltas are product updates made since the last Comestri Heartbeat.
In Channels, Deltas are updates made since the last transmission of data to an external system such as a marketplace.
The Comestri Heartbeat is a regular communication between the PIM and the Channel Manager. The Heartbeat pushes changes on products in the PIM to channels at 10-minute intervals. During each Heartbeat, Comestri looks for changes (deltas) on product data and sends that information through to relevant channels.
A Lookup Table is a way of storing tabulated data in Comestri. When writing a Product Rule, you can use a Lookup Table to automatically populate a second Attribute value based on the value of a first Attribute. For example, in the PIM, a Lookup Table containing custom colours could be used to populate the Colour Family Attribute for a product.
In a Channel, Lookup Tables can be used with Liquid rules to populate field values. For example, A Channel Lookup Table could be used to convert Australian dress sizes to European dress sizes.
A filter is a Channel function that utilises conditional logic to set parameters that define whether products/orders are included or excluded from the Channel.
In a Channel, the Import Items tab contains a list of all the items that have been imported from the service the Channel connects to.
(Note: An Item is generally some kind of product detail imported from an external service, and can be related to prices, images, inventory, orders or categories.)
Import Items will vary between Channels.
In a Channel, the Import Jobs tab contains a list of all the past Import Channel jobs that have been run, as well as Import Channel jobs that are currently running, e.g. orders, products and images.
Import Jobs will vary between Channels.
An Import Channel can be used to import a variety of product data including whole products, images, prices and inventory information. The Import Channel can import data from FTP and SFTP servers, and also from Amazon S3 buckets. Data can be imported in the following formats: Excel or CSV files, URLs (for images), and from structured data in other text files.
An import is the act of pulling data into Comestri using either a CSV file or a Channel.
Channels are how Comestri imports and exports data. Comestri uses Channels to push products to marketplaces and receive orders. Comestri Channels connect to several types of platforms, such as e-commerce, 3PL, and others.
In a Channel, under the Reports tab, you can create CSV reports of staging and transmission errors, as well as transmission warnings. These reports can be downloaded from Comestri.
In addition to adding Media Items via the UI, Comestri users can: