Configuration guide:

Google Manufacturer Configuration

General

• Website Link

The website link will appear in the <link> node in the resulting XML file.

Example :

<link>http://your-website.com</link>

• Level of acceptance

Google Manufacturer Connector has 3 levels of acceptance. Those levels will trigger different validation processes depending on your needs.

The lowest level will disable all the Google Manufacturer custom validation process and only use the Akeneo PIM native ones.

The medium level will check the requirements of product data depending on Google Manufacturer requirements.

The highest level will check the requirements of Google Manufacturer but also some extra-validations such as length, size, typo etc...

Mandatory attributes

This section is listing all the Mandatory attributes for Google Manufacturer system.

You have to define each corresponding attributes in your Akeneo PIM instance for those Mandatory attributes.

Optional attributes

This section is listing all the Optional attributes for Google Manufacturer system.

You can define each corresponding attributes in your Akeneo PIM instance for those Optional attributes.

If you don't define a corresponding attribute for one of them, the attribute will not be exported in the XML file for Google Manufacturer.

Grouped attributes

The Grouped attributes section allows you to configure the Product Detail nodes and the Feature Description nodes for Google Manufacturer.

You can define multiple Product Detail nodes and Feature Description nodes for each of your export jobs.

Result example for Feature Description:

<g:feature_description>
    <g:headline>Wireless Bluetooth Streaming</g:headline>
    <g:text>Wirelessly connect up to 3 smartphones or tablets to the speaker and take turns playing earth-shaking, powerful stereo sound.</g:text>
    <g:image_link>http://example.com/image1.png</g:image_link>
</g:feature_description>

Result example for Product Detail:

<g:product_detail>
    <g:section_name>General</g:section_name>
    <g:attribute_name>Product Type</g:attribute_name>
    <g:attribute_value>Digital player</g:attribute_value>
</g:product_detail>

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