Category Data
Category Maintenance Mode
Check Category Maintenance mode
source site: online mode / target site: online mode
- deploy category data from a single or multiple categories in one go
- can deploy all deployable data
source site: Integrated mode / target site: Integrated mode
- deploy a single category's data at a time; cannot deploy multiple categories
- cannot deploy category hierarchy (tree structure) data
Source site: online mode / target site: Integrated mode
- deployment will fail. The Content Deployment Log will display this error message:
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
To deploy category data:
- Go to Ecommerce → Products & Categories → Category Maintenance.
- Deploy a single category or multiple categories? NOTE - The multiple category option is only available when a source 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 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.
Check deployment results,
Enable Deploy Category (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 deploy for Category Maintenance.
- Click Save or Save & Exit.
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