Linking categories between catalogs
Linking a category creates a reference to that
category in the catalog to which it was linked. All subcategories
and catalog entries in the category are also linked.
About this task
- This icon indicates that the linking is between a master category and a sales category.
- This icon indicates that the linking is between two sales categories.
A sales category can have multiple parent categories in the same catalog. For more information, see Adding a child category to a parent category.
Note: You cannot create a link that includes a rule-based
sales category. You can only copy rule-based sales categories into
other categories.
Note: After you link categories,
do not use Catalog Upload, or have an administrator use the Data Load
utility, to change the parent or child categories for a category that
is linked. The Catalog Upload feature and the Data Load utility do
not support synchronizing hierarchy data across linked categories.
If hierarchy changes are loaded for a category, the load process does
not synchronize the data for any linked categories. For example, if
you delete a child category or change the parent category, the changes
are not reflected in any linked categories. The linked categories
continue to have the original hierarchy. If the linked categories
are not updated with the changes separately, you can encounter errors
when you browse the categories on your store.
You can use Catalog Upload to add or remove catalog entries from a linked category. When you load changes to the catalog entry assignments for a category, the load process does synchronize the changes across any linked categories.