Importing Brands from Turn14 Distribution
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Written by Anna Verbichenko
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Before your X-Cart store can import product data from Turn14 Distribution, it needs to import brands.

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Importing Brands

Before any brands have been imported into your X-Cart store from Turn14 Distribution, you will find that the Data Import page for Turn14 Distribution integration does not list any brands.

To import brands from Turn14:

  1. Go to the Data Import page for Turn14 Distribution integration in your X-Cart store's Admin area (Catalog > Turn14, Data Import tab).

  2. Click the Import Brands button.

    The integration will import brands data from Turn14 Distribution. You should expect to be informed about the progress of the import process via status messages at the top right-hand side of the screen. Note that the status information is not updated in real-time; to get the most up-to-date information about the current status of the brands import process, refresh the page.

    After refreshing the page, you will be able to see the imported brands as a list.

    For detailed info on the Turn14 brands list after brands import, see Importing Catalog Data from Turn14 Distribution.

    After catalog data import, brands from which products have been imported will be added to your store's general list of brands on the Brands page (Catalog > Brands).

    Please note that if the name of a brand imported from Turn14 Distribution fully matches the name of a brand already existing in your X-Cart store at the time of brand import, these brands will be merged.

Re-importing Brands

To keep your brands information in sync with the information in the Turn14 Distribution database, it is possible to do a re-import of brands.

To re-import brands from Turn14 Distribution:

  1. Go to the Data Import page for Turn14 Distribution integration in your X-Cart store's Admin area (Catalog > Turn14, Data Import tab).

  2. Click the Re-Import Brands button at the bottom of the screen.

    The integration will do a re-import of brands. You should expect to be informed about the progress of the re-import process via status messages at the top right-hand side of the screen. Note that the status information is not updated in real-time; to get the most up-to-date information about the current status of the brands re-import process, refresh the page. On completion of the re-import process, the status will be "Brand import completed":

    Note that the import process will not remove any brands from your X-Cart store; it will only add new brands and update existing ones. If a brand previously imported is no longer available in the Turn14 Distribution database, it will be marked as such in the brands list, indicating that you cannot import catalog data for that brand. Additionally, if a brand imported from Turn14 Distribution matches a brand name already present in your X-Cart store at the time of import, the brands will be merged.

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