Product Platform Copy
Product Platform Copy (“Copy codes between platforms”) copies photos, texts and related products from one platform to the other, for products that exist in both. This way you don’t need to upload the same photos again in a second store. You find it in the menu Products → Product Platform Copy.
When it is available
The tool applies to installations with two platforms: a main and a secondary one (e.g. a second online store), with their own product database and their own photo folder. If your installation has only one platform, the tool does not work: the message “There are no 2 stores to copy the codes between” is displayed and you return to the Products List.
How it finds the products that are the same
Matching is done by MPN: a product is considered the same in both platforms when it has the same MPN code. That is why, for copying to work, the MPN must be the same in both.
Which products are suggested for copying
The list shows only the products that really need it. A product appears when all three conditions apply:
- it exists with the same MPN in both platforms,
- one platform has photos and the other doesn’t,
- the platform that has no photos has stock (quantity greater than 0).
In other words, the tool finds products that have a quantity but cannot be displayed in the store because they lack a photo, while the other platform already has them. The direction of copying is determined automatically: from the platform that has the photos to the one that doesn’t.
The list
The page states how many products were found (“Products to copy (N records)”). If there are more than 500, the first 500 are shown; after copying, look at the list again for the rest. Each row has:
- A selection checkbox (in the header you select all).
- Image: the thumbnail from the platform that has the photos.
- MPN and Description of the product.
- Platform: the logos with an arrow from the source to the destination. If you hover over them you see the product ID in each platform.
- Quantity: the pieces in both platforms (green when there is stock, red when it is 0).
How copying is done
- Tick the products you want (or all).
- Press Start. If you have not selected any, the message “You have not selected products to copy” appears.
- When it finishes, you return to the tool’s page and the products that were copied no longer appear in the list.
What is copied
- Photos: the image files (and their thumbnails) are copied to the photo folder of the destination platform, in the folder of the current month.
- In the destination product the photo list and the related products are updated.
- Text: the product description text is also copied, if it exists in the source.
Caution: if the destination product already has its own text, it is replaced by the text of the source. There is no undo, so check your selection before pressing Start.
What it does not touch
It does not change prices, stock, categories or other data of the products. It copies only photos, related products and text.
After copying
- Each product that is copied is recorded in the Log (“Copier photo-text”, with the store, the ID and the MPN).
- For the product to appear in the store of the destination platform, it must be published, with stock and a photo, and the store must be updated with the Product Store Updater (usually done automatically by the server).
Related tool
To transfer only texts (without photos) there is the corresponding tool Texts Platform Copy, with the same logic.