How-to configure a datasource
Navigate to the feed you have set up
Select Data Sources to add a new datasource
Select your datasource type. Current available types are External Data Source (FTP, SFTP, S3), Storeroom Data Source and SQL Data Source
Common Datasource Fields:
Name - The name you are giving your datasource
Active? - Whether this datasource should be enabled and active. Note: this is checked by default, uncheck it to disable the datasource
Supplemental?
Priority
Status Behavior
How to Handle Duplicate Items? - Allows you to specify what action should be taken if there are duplicate items in a product feed. The two available actions are "Error & Stop the Import" and "Ignore Them"
Primary Attribute - The primary and unique ID for the feed/datasource
Primary Attribute Strategy - Allows you to select whether you want to use "None (default, use the raw value)" or "Hash (run the value through SHA256 hash)"
Additional Attributes - Allows you to map the feed attributes you added when creating the feed to attributes in the datasource. If the datasource attributes are named the same as your feed attributes, you can select the "Use Defaults" button to auto-populate these
External Data Source (FTP, SFTP, S3) Fields:
Connection
File Name
File Type
File Compression
Item Element
Storeroom Data Source Fields:
Source Feed - Select an existing feed from the same client to use as the datasource for this feed
Include Suppressed?
SQL Data Source Fields:
Database Type
Database Host
Database Port
Database User
Database Password
Remove the Password?
Database Name
Database Table (or View)
Columns
Configure your datasource details and click Save