Texts Platform Copy
Texts Platform Copy copies the description texts of products from one platform to the other, for products that exist in both but whose text has been written in only one. This way you don’t write the same description twice. You find it in the menu Products → Texts Platform Copy.
It is the “sibling” tool of Product Platform Copy: that one transfers photos, related products and text, while this one transfers texts only.
When it is available
It applies to installations with two platforms (a main and a secondary one), which have their own product database and their own text files. If your installation has 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.
Which products are suggested for copying
A product appears in the list when:
- it exists with the same MPN in both platforms,
- one platform has a description text,
- the other has an empty text.
The direction is determined automatically: from the platform that has the text to the one that doesn’t. Unlike Product Platform Copy, stock and photos play no role here. Also, since only products with an empty text at the destination are suggested, existing text is never replaced.
The list
The page reads “Texts 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 (thumbnail) and the MPN of the product.
- Platform: the logos with an arrow from the source to the destination. Hover over them to see the product ID in each platform.
- Description of the product.
- 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.
- The text of each selected product is copied to the destination platform and you return to the tool’s page. The products that were copied no longer appear in the list.
What is copied and what is not
- Copied: the product description text, in full, as you wrote it in the editor (including formatting and, if present, the second language).
- Not changed: prices, stock, categories, the photo list or any other product data.
Note: if you need the photos as well, use Product Platform Copy.
Logging
Each product that is copied is recorded in the Log (“Copier text-only”, with the store, the ID and the MPN).