Product Maintenance

18 | Import Products Scheduled Job

This article explains how to set up the Scheduled Job called "Import Products" within BackOffice.

This article explains how to set up the Scheduled Job called "Import Products" within BackOffice.

Prerequisites

  • Minimum Bepoz version of 4.6 and onwards
  • To setup the scheduled job, the applicable Operator Privileges will need to be enabled
    • Operator Maintenance 'General' Tab
      • System Setup: "Maintain Scheduled Jobs" Flag

Import Products Scheduled Job

  • Login to Backoffice and go to System Setup
  • Go to Scheduled Jobs and click on Add Job
  • Details are as follows:
    • Job Name: As per desire
    • Job Type: External DLL
    • DLL Name: Jobexport.Dll
    • ClassName: Import Products
    • Schedules: Set as per desire
    • Job Options:
      • Skip First Line: Sometimes the first line may be a header line, this will skip the first line
      • File contains Full Path Name: If the Filename of the URL does not fit into 100 characters. Then create a text file with the full path or URL as the first line and Set this flag and put the text files name in the Filename field
      • Continual Polling Mode: This will cause the Job to run continuously and look for an Import file according to the Polling Mode Seconds Field
      • Force Proper Case: All Text Fields will change to lower case except the first character being upper case
      • Filename to Import: Filename to Import
      • Extra Directory Info: If the full File Path name does not fit into the Filename field, the directory can be placed here
      • Archive Directory: The Imported file will be archived to this Dir
      • Import Format: Import Format
      • Polling Mode Seconds: If 'Continual Polling Mode' is set, this is the seconds between checks for a new imported file