Description:

This node allows you to add new entities, or update existing ones.

Full Syntax:

<Entity EntityType="Manufacturer|Distributor|Category|Section|Genre|Vector" Action="Add|Update|Delete|Nuke|Lookup" ID="integer" XPathLookup="x/y/z" GUID="uniqueidentifier" RemoveMappings="boolean">
<Name>string</Name>
<XPath>string</XPath>
<SE>
<SEName>string</SEName>
<SETitle>string</SETitle>
<SEKeywords>string</SEKeywords>
<SEDescription>string</SEDescription>
<SENoScript>string</SENoScript>
<SEAltText>string</SEAltText>
</SE>
<Address1>string</Address1>
<Address2>string</Address2>
<Suite>string</Suite>
<City>string</City>
<State>string</State>
<ZipCode>string</ZipCode>
<Country>string</Country>
<Phone>string</Phone>
<FAX>string</FAX>
<URL>string</URL>
<EMail>string</EMail>
<Summary>string</Summary>
<Description>string</Description>
<Display>
<XmlPackage>string</XmlPackage>
<ColWidth>integer</ColWidth>
<PageSize>integer</PageSize>
<SkinID>integer</SkinID>
<TemplateName>string</TemplateName>
</Display>
<Images>
<Icon Extension="gif|jpg|png|jpeg" Delete="boolean">base64 encoded image data here</Icon>
<Medium Extension="gif|jpg|png|jpeg" Delete="boolean">base64 encoded image data here</Medium>
<Large Extension="gif|jpg|png|jpeg" Delete="boolean">base64 encoded image data here</Large>
<ImageFilenameOverride></ImageFilenameOverride>
</Images>
<QuantityDiscount Name="string" ID="integer" GUID="uniqueidentifier"/>
<DisplayOrder>integer</DisplayOrder>
<Published>boolean</Published>
<Wholesale>boolean</Wholesale>
<ExtensionData>string</ExtensionData>
<StoreMappings AutoCleanup="boolean" PreserveExistingRecords="boolean">
<Store StoreId="int" StoreName="string" />
<Store StoreId="int" StoreName="string" />
</StoreMappings>
</Entity>

Notes:

• Entities can be nested, to form a parent-child relationship. In nested relationship, entities can be nested the way you want using the Xpath node (e.g. /ParentCat/SubCat/SubSubCat/etc). For example, if adding a category called 'SciFi' under an existing category of 'Books', setting the Xpath node to <XPath>/Books/SciFi</XPath> will add the new category as a child of the old one.
• On an update, if you want to set a field to NULL or "empty string" use an empty element syntax (e.g. <Summary>string</Summary>).
• On an update, if you want to NOT TOUCH the existing value on that field, omit the field from the Xml input document.
• Only name field is required. All other fields are optional. ML-encoded data can be included (<ml>....</ml>) to import values in multiple locales at once.
• If the XPathLookup attribute is not null, the software will look for the matching entity name & type at that xpath, rather than the root level.

Warnings:

Remember that entities are tied to many other elements within the store. Be fully aware of the changes you're making before doing them.

Example(s):

<Entity EntityType="Category " Action="Add">
<Name>Books</Name>
</Entity>

<Entity EntityType="Category " Action="Update" ID="14">
<Name>Books Updated</Name>
</Entity>

<Entity EntityType="Category " Action="Update" GUID="283F1634-6B3B-4452-B795-2B586B4D47DB">
<Name>Books Updated</Name>
</Entity>

<Entity EntityType="Category " Action="Update" ID="3">
<XmlPackage>entity.grid.xml.config</ XmlPackage >
</Entity>