CatalogEntryDescription

Use the CatalogEntryDescription keyword to load catalog entry descriptions into your HCL Commerce database.

Previously, you could load this data only in CSV formatted files. You can now load information in a CSV or XML formatted input file. Your input file must contain CSV column or XML element names and definitions that specify the characteristics of the business object type you are loading into your database.

CSV column and XML element definitions

PartNumber

(String) The part number of the catalog entry. Either this field or the CatalogEntryUniqueId is required. The part number for a catalog entry displays in Management Center as the value for the catalog entry Code property. If the CatalogEntryUniqueId is available, it should be used instead of the PartNumber for better performance.

CatalogEntryUniqueId

(Integer) The internal unique reference number of the catalog entry. Either this field or the PartNumber is required.

LanguageId

(Integer) The language ID for language-specific fields (Name, ShortDescription, LongDescription, AuxDescription1, AuxDescription2, Thumbnail, FullImage, Published, and Keyword). For instance:

-1 for English
-2 for French.

Name

(String) The language-specific display name of this catalog entry.

ShortDescription

(String) The language-specific short description of this catalog entry.

LongDescription

(String) The language-specific long description of this catalog entry.

Thumbnail

(String) The language-specific thumbnail image path of this catalog entry. For instance, images/thumbnails/G1preview.jpg.

FullImage

(String) The language-specific path to the full image of this catalog entry. For instance, images/G1.jpg. The path can be either a full path, or a relative path from your store directory.

AuxDescription1

(String) The language-specific auxiliary description of this catalog entry.

AuxDescription2

(String) The language-specific auxiliary description of this catalog entry.

Available

(Integer) Indicates the length of time of availability of this catalog entry. Do not use this column to indicate inventory levels. The default value is 1. HCL Commerce does not contain any default business logic for this column.

Published

(Integer) Indicates whether this catalog entry displays on the storefront:

0: Do not display this catalog entry.
1: Display this catalog entry.

AvailabilityDate

(Timestamp) The date this catalog entry becomes available. Use the format

yyyy-mm-dd
hh:mm:ss.millis

. HCL Commerce does not contain any default business logic for this column.

Keyword

(String) A language-specific keyword that is used for searching. If you are using a plain text editor and you want to include multiple keywords, which are separated by commas, include the entire string in double quotation marks. For instance,

"keyword 1, keyword 2,
keyword3"

. If you are using a spreadsheet editor, it is not necessary to include the entire string in double quotation marks.

URLKeyword

(String) The desktop URL keyword to use as a unique name for the catalog entry URL.

PageTitle

(String) The language-specific page title for this catalog entry. The title that you provide displays in the title bar in the customer's browser.

MetaDescription

(String) The language-specific meta description for the page. The meta description is used by a search engine to provide a description of your site and this catalog entry on a search results page.

ImageAltText

(String) The language-specific image alternative text for the page. The alt text describes the contents of the image for search engines to accurately rank and index the image.

Delete

(String) A flag that indicates whether to delete. To delete a row, specify 1.