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Deploy Content is a Commerce Vision multisite feature that must be enabled by Commerce Vision. Also requires:
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Overview
For multisite control, CMS Administrator and Content Administrator roles on deploying sites can copy over a product's details to destination sites. Note that this content is non-lockable. Roles with product editing permission on target sites can always roll back changes or add, edit or delete deployed product details.
What can be deployed?This is part of the CV ecommerce multisite content management feature. Learn more: multisite content management |
Overview
You can only deploy a product's details for products that are already on the target site.
Use case: CV Franchise HQ has added a whole host of custom product detail information to help customers make more informed choices. They want to populate this information to all franchisee sites selling these products. Franchisee sites will be able to alter the deployed product data.
Quick Guide
Source site feature setting: Deploy Content enabled.
Target site feature setting: none
Lockable content type: no. Deployed product details can be edited and deleted on target sites.
Deployable content type: yes.
What can be deployed?* all or part of a product's details NOT integrated from the ERP can be deployed.
*Also dependent on Product Maintenance modes set on source and target sites. See below.
Deployment notes: A product (product code) must already exist on the target site. If a product codes not recognised, the product's data will not be deployed.
Product Detail Data
In general, product details maintained
in Product Maintenanceonline
modecan 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-generated 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 destination target sites
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Non-deployable Product Details
- Products absent NOT already on a target site, i.e., product code does not exist.
- DeletionsProduct deletions on the source site
An SEO URL already that matches one used on the target site. This is to avoid If a duplicate . If is found, deployment of all content for the whole product (i.e., all its data) will fail.
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After deploying product data, check the deployment log record to make sure deployment was completely successful.
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Deploy Product
ContentIn 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,
Once Deploy Product Maintenance is enabled, you can deploy content from a single product or from multiple products.
2. Deploy a Single Product
To deploy content ofDetails
Product details for a single product multiple products can be deployed in one go.
To deploy a single product:
- Go to E-commerce 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.
- Toggle ON one or more destination sites.
- Click Next.
- Check that the data and destination sites are correct.
- To initiate deployment, click Deploy.
- The next screen displays Success or Failure details. If successful, you can click on the link to view the Content Deployment log entry for this deployment instance.
Additional Information
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Enable Deploy Product Details (Admin)
- 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.
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