Description
Shopware 5 Akeneo Connector: With the help of Shopware Akeneo PIM Connector module, you can easily connect your Shopware store with the Akeneo PIM software and manage a wide range of products data easily. You can also create the product in the Akeneo and export it to Shopware store.
Please Note:
- If you want to use this extension on Akeneo EE Serenity mode, please contact us.
- For the Akeneo installation, your Akeneo server should meet these system requirements.
Highlighted Features
Sync Multiple Stores
This credential feature is used for exporting the product from Akeneo to Shopware. This module will help you in saving multiple Shopware stores.
Export Product and Product model
With this module, you can export the product and product model from Akeneo to Shopware.
Filter Data for Export
You can filter the products with channels, locale, currency, category, and identifier with this module.
Export Multilingual Content
You can export data in multi-languages with the help of this module.
Multiple Images Export
You will able to export the multiple assets (like images) with the product in this module. You can use different images for simple products and variant products.
Export Category
You can export the categories and sub-categories with this module.
Resources Mapping
The admin can map link and files attributes to export link and file from Akeneo to Shopware
Export Option Code/Lable
The admin can select attribute option or label and export selected option from Akeneo to Shopware
Compatibility with All Akeneo Edition
Akeneo PIM helps to centralize all your Product Information in a single place. You can create, manage, and enrich the product information and distribute it to various channels like ERP, eCommerce, Mobile App, POS, and Marketplaces. Webkul is the largest Akeneo solution provider in the World. We have covered more than ⅓ extensions among all the Akeneo extensions at their marketplace.
We have also started to provide the solution on the All Akeneo version including Akeneo Community Edition, Akeneo Growth, Akeneo Flexibility, and Akeneo Serenity Edition.
On Self-Hosted Server & PaaS(Platform as a Service)
Akeneo PIM provides open-source PIM software. Open-Source software is released under a license with source code and provides the rights to the users to modify the code. Anyone can easily access the code to create a set of tools or apps which are required for the integrations.
Akeneo Community Edition
Akeneo Community Edition is open-source. It is being trusted by many Enterprise Customers and downloaded more than 80K times. Akeneo Community Edition is the most popular PIM that can be hosted on any dedicated server which meets the installation requirements. We provide end-to-end support for Community Edition for Customization, Module Development, Support, and Training.
Akeneo Enterprise Flexibility Mode
Akeneo has an Enterprise version also. Akeneo Enterprise contains Akeneo Flexibility(PaaS) and Akeneo Serenity mode(SaaS). We do provide complete support for Akeneo Flexibility(PaaS). PaaS(Platform as a Service) is a service to allows customers to controls the software deployment with a limited option. The service provider provides the server, database, integration to the consumers. All the Webkul modules are compatible with the Akeneo Enterprise Flexibility.
SaaS-Based Akeneo
SaaS(Software as a service) is a software distribution model and a way of delivering the application over the internet. A SaaS product is centrally hosted and is licensed based on a subscription model. Saas is being popular as they are fast and bring limitless opportunities in development.
Akeneo Growth Edition
Akeneo Growth Edtion is a SaaS PIM. The Growth Edition provides Fast Deployment, Automatic Upgrades, Scalable, and Adaptable PIM solutions. All the Webkul Extension is compatible with the Akeneo Growth Edition. We do configure the Extension with Middleware software. It uses the Akeneo API for integration.
Akeneo Enterprise Serenity Mode
Akeneo Enterprise Serenity is also a SaaS-based like Growth. Akeneo EE has some advanced features like Asset Manager, Reference Entities, and Advance Rights Management. All the Webkul Extension is compatible with the Akeneo EE Serenity with Middleware software(Developed by Webkul).
What is Shopware and what is the need of Shopware Akeneo connector
Shopware is an eCommerce platform mostly used in Germany. It is popular for having the most live stores in Germany. It is growing fastly in native Germany and now starting to enter the European Nations.
Shopware provides the market-leading CMS solution, multi-warehouse support, and multi-store functionality which makes it better. The Shopware Akeneo connector is used to establish a connection Shopware store with the Akeneo PIM.
With this connector, the merchants can manage thousands of products easily and export products data from Akeneo to the Shopware. It works with simple and configurable types of products. The connector also exports the categories, products, and product images.
Product field Mapping
A product attribute is the characteristics of the product that gives information about the product. You can create many attributes and family that describe the product in your product catalog.
You can also use a product family for a similar type of product. For it, you need to map the attribute from Akeneo to Shopware fields.
- You can export Akeneo attributes from Akeneo to Shopware connector.
- You can create a new attribute for your needs.
Export categories
Categories help you to filter the similar product. You can choose a single category or multiple categories when you are going to export the product from Akeneo to Shopware.
A product can be classified in none, one or more categories. A product category classifies the product catalog. If you made changes in one category then you can export only that category.
- Send category and sub-category data
- Specific job profile for exporting categories
Product Filter
The Product filter is used to filter the product while exporting the product from Akeneo to Shopware. Merchant can refine the product or can export the selected product.
You can filer the product that you want to export to the Shopware product catalog. You can filter your product on the basis on:
- Family – You can select the product family which is indicating similar products.
- Time Condition – You can filter the product on the time like - Updated product from since this date.
- Category – You can filter the product based on product categories and sub-categories
Customer group
You need to divide your customers into different groups according to their needs. A customer group is a way of aggregating customers that are similar in some way which helps in exporting the product accordingly.
The Customer group is used to assign the customer in a group by which customers are categories according to the price and currency. Product price export will be according to the customer group from Akeneo to Shopware.
With the help of the customer group, admin can manage the customer.
- Can assign customer in a different group.
- Price and currency are managed according to customers.
Data Filter
Data filtering is used in Akeneo PIM for taking out information that is much necessary for the user. A merchant can choose the locale, attribute, and currency as per the need.
You can filter your product data according to your requirements. You can choose the attributes that you want to export to Shopware. You can filter with the help of Channel and Locales.
- Channel – You can select the channel where you want to export the product like E-commerce, Mobile, print catalog and ERP.
- Locales – You can select the locales in which you want to show the product content to the end-users.
- Attribute – You can select the attribute that you want to export.
Export SEO Information
You can send a search engine listing information with your products. We know SEO is crucial for getting maximum visibility and traffic to your website.
SEO provides higher brand credibility and take your business next level. You can mention the following information about a product:
- Meta Title
- Meta keyword
- Meta Description
Export Product and Product Variants
Admin can export the product and variants product in Akeneo to Shopware. You can create a product model in Akeneo and add information about its variants such as color, size.
When the product is exported to the Shopware store, the product variant attributes and information are also exported and mapped on the Shopware store. The variant product inherits all the features of the product information.
- Export variant product image.
- Add images in the variants.
- Variant product inventory.
- Auto-sync option names and option values.
Cross-Selling Mapping
Associativity of the products means a group of product that is closely related. An associative product can be the product with the same types, same price range, and the same customer types.
The admin wants to do a cross-selling mapping there are two types of cross-selling in this Similar item and Accessory item. In which admin can map this Association Product like-
- Cross-sell products - Cross-selling of the product involves the product of the same kind.
- Upsell Products - Upsell products typically involve trading up to a better version of what’s being purchased.
- Related products - Related products are similar in the category and types. It provides you with a huge number of options in addition to the main product.
Akeneo 7.0.x Compatible -
- In Akeneo Version 7, SKU is no longer mandatory to create a product and now UUID is the new product identifier. (CE, EE).
- Smoother mapping and faster importing. (CE, EE).
- Tailored export can help to improve the readability of your product information export by defining rounding operations for measurement values. (EE)
- In Akeneo Version 7, you can now map columns in your source data to additional attribute types. (EE)
- Tailored imports help you to clean up your HTML Characters (EE).
- Using Tailored imports, we can find and replace specific words in Text and Text Area Attributes. (EE).
- Now we are creating a table attribute you can take advantage of measurement. (EE).
- Now we can use reference entities as a column type in the table attribute(EE).
Support -
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