Use this topic to understand the considerations involved in importing catalog entities.

Use the import feature to import third-party catalog entities along with their initiative references.

Here's how you configure catalog import:

1. Prepare the import data file.

   For more information on preparing the import file, see Import Catalogs.

2. Go to Administration > Job Management and click Manage.

3. On the Job Management page, click Import Jobs.

4. On the Import Jobs page, click Create Import Job.

5. On the New Import Job page, click Select a file and select the JSON file that you have prepared.

6. Click Import.

When you create an import job, you receive an import job ID for the same along with a failure or success notification on job completion. For every import job, you can provide an initiative in the payload to be associated with the entities. You also have the flexibility to associate the entities of an import job to new or existing initiatives depending on your requirements.

Additionally, you can also check for any existing import jobs by the import file name, job ID, or submitted by option provided to you in the Search by type field on the Import Jobs page. Viewing an import job provides you with details such as Job ID, Submitted By, Input File, Status, Created and Completion dates, Status, Error Summary and Error File in case of an error, and an option to download the error JSON file.

After the import process completes successfully, the initiative, the product offer, and all its entities are available on your application. Go to the Offer List page to search and view the product offers that you have imported.

Use this topic to know how to export catalog entities from the Launch application.

You can only do initiative-based and entity-based export.

As an administrator, here's how you can initiate an export.

1. Go to Administration > Initiatives.

2. On the Initiatives page, select the initiative that needs to be exported and from the Actions drop-down list, click View.

3. On the initiatives page that you just selected, click Export. The export job gets triggered and the job ID is notified to you.

Here's how you can track the export job:

1. Go to Administration > Job Management and click Manage.

2. On the Job Management page, click Export Jobs.

3. On the Export Jobs page, search for your export job either by the Job ID or Submitted By options from the Search by type drop-down list or by the file name in the search bar.

The Export Jobs page lists all the export jobs that have been triggered. You can monitor and track the progress of the export job. View each job to get more details on the job. To download the exported content, once the export job succeeds, click Actions Download from.