X-Cart's SEMA Data integration can import vehicle data from SEMA Data. This data will be used to populate your store's MMY configuration with combinations of specific Year, Make, Model, and Submodel/Trim that correspond to specific vehicles. For each combination of Year, Make, Model, and Submodel/Trim, there will be imported a set of attributes that will be used to determine the compatibility of the vehicle with specific products of the wheel/tire range.
Important: Before importing vehicle data, make sure your store's MMY configuration is Make/Model/Year/Submodel or Make/Model/Year/Trim. You can check and adjust your store's MMY configuration on the Vehicles & Fitments Settings page in the Admin backend (Catalog > Vehicles & Fitments, Settings tab). You are free to use any number of levels (2, 3, 4) and to arrange the levels in any order you prefer; just make sure the level names are Make, Model, Year and Submodel (or Trim).
To be able to import vehicle data, the integration needs to be connected to SEMA Data. The import of vehicle data can be done before, after, or at the same time as the import of other data types from SEMA Data (for example, the import of your approved brands or catalog data).
If, after importing vehicle data from SEMA Data, you need the vehicle data in your X-Cart store to be updated, you will be able to do a re-import of vehicles.
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Importing Vehicles
To import vehicles from SEMA Data:
Go to the SEMA Data Integration Data Import page in your X-Cart store's Admin area (Catalog > SEMA Data, Data Import tab).
Click the Import Vehicles button at the bottom of the screen.
The SEMA Data integration will import vehicle data from SEMA Data. You will be informed of the start of the import process via the respective status messages at the top right-hand side of the screen.
The import process may take some time to complete. To see the current status of import, refresh the page. As soon as you see the message at the top of the page saying "Vehicle data import completed," you can be sure the process is completed.
You can quickly access your store's vehicle data using the View vehicles link:
This link gets you to the All Vehicles tab of the Vehicles & Fitments page.
Re-importing Vehicles
To keep your vehicle data in sync with the information in SEMA Data, it is possible to do a re-import of vehicles.
To re-import vehicles from SEMA Data:
Go to the SEMA Data Integration Data Import page in your X-Cart store's Admin area (Catalog > SEMA Data, Data Import tab).
Click the Re-import Vehicles button at the bottom of the screen.
The SEMA Data integration will do a re-import of brands. You should be able to see the respective status messages at the top right-hand side of the screen.
The re-import process may take some time to complete. To see the current status, refresh the page. As soon as you see the message at the top of the page saying "Vehicle data import completed," you can be sure the process is completed.
As a result of the re-import process, vehicle data in your X-Cart store will be updated.
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