List channels
To see your current channels, go to Settings/Channels.
Create a channel
You must be granted a specific permission to be able to create a channel.
To create a channel:
- Go to Settings/Channels
- Click on the Create channel button
- The creation form of a channel is displayed
- Provide information for all the mandatory fields in the property tab such as:
- A unique code to identify the channel in the PIM
- The currencies for the channel
- The locales to activate for the channel: this information will be used to select which product information will be exported for this channel (via the selection of locales and currencies)
- The expected category tree for the channel: this information will be used to select which products will be exported for this channel (via the tree selection)
- The labels for the activated locales
- The conversion unit for each metric attribute that will be used for the product export
- Click on the Save button
The channel is now created.
One channel can only be linked to one category tree.
Edit a channel
To edit a channel:
- Go to Setting/Channels
- Click on the channel you would like to edit
- Make your changes
- Click on the Save button
The channel is updated accordingly. The changes will be reflected in the PIM in the next few minutes.
Check the channel history
Changes made on a channel are recorded and visible under the history tab of channels. For example: label change, attribute change, etc.
For each change, a version of the channel is created. The following information is tracked down for each version:
- The person or system that generated changes
- The date and time (down to seconds) at which the changes took place
- The old value and the new value of each modified field
To view the versions of a channel:
- Open & edit the channel tab
- Click on the History tab, the list of versions will be displayed.
Unlike products, you cannot revert changes made on a channel.
Delete a channel
This operation cannot be reverted.
You have two ways to proceed to delete a channel. Through the channel form:
- Go to Settings/Channels to list the channels
- Click on the channel to delete
- Click on ... for other actions and then Delete on the top right corner
- Confirm the action via the validation message
Through the Delete shortcut in the grid:
- Select the channel you want to remove from the channel grid
- Place your mouse over the line of channel in the grid, the button delete is prompted (trash can icon)
- Click on the trash can icon
- Confirm the action via the validation message
The channel will be removed from the PIM.