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CSV Import: Color Swatches
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Written by Anna Verbichenko
Updated over 6 months ago

A CSV file for importing color swatches must have the name swatches-yyyy-mm-dd.csv, where the part -yyyy-mm-dd can be any date you want, or can be omitted.

Below is a list of supported fields and their respective value types for the import of product attribute values:

Field in CSV file

What this field describes

name*

Swatch name (e.g. red, blue, etc.)

String
Max. length: 255

position

Swatch position on the Color Swatches listing page (Catalog > Color swatches). May not be negative. A smaller number means a higher position on the list.

Integer

color*

Swatch color value (a HEX presentation of the color)

String

image

Swatch image location

String

* Required field.

** See CSV Field Notices for more info.

Here is a sample file for importing color swatches:

To import color swatches using existing global or product class attributes, you will need to use the basic CSV file format described in CSV import: Classes & Attributes with the field swatches added to the file.

Below is a sample file for importing global attributes with color swatches:

To import color swatches using existing product-specific attributes, you will need to use the basic CSV file format described in CSV import: Product attribute values with the field swatch added to the file.

Below is a sample file for importing a product-specific attribute with a color swatch option:

Please note that the images of sample import files use a minimum of required fields and are used for demonstration purposes only.

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