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Easy Catalog Adapter

Requirements

To use this adapter you do not need additional modules, only Export and Import modules are required. Easy catalog adapter is a lua script that will connect to pim, fetch data using Export module and push data using Import Module.

Install InDesign

Download the setup from https://helpx.adobe.com/fr/indesign/get-started.html. You need to have an adobe account to launch InDesign

Install Easy Catalog Plugin For InDesing

Download Setup for you Indesign version on this page https://www.65bit.com/download/reg/. After installation, launch InDesign, you will have to put a license key, and you will have the screen below.

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Install Adapter in InDesign

In the File menu, go to New -> EasyCatalog Panel -> Manage Enterprise Data Providers.

manage-enterprise-data-providers

Click on Import Button and select the script atrocore.lua on your local machine.

After that the adapter will be installed.

import-new-enterprise-data-provider

Fetching data from PIM

To fetch the data from PIM, the adapter will need the code of an active export feed. You can set any value in the field "Code" in the export feed detail page (this value must be unique in the system). You will have to set this value in the configuration of a new easy catalog data source.

You have to use the configurator to chose what data the pim will send to easy catalog. The feed must contain a column named "ID" that contains the id of the record.

Updating data from Easy Catalog

To update modified data in easy catalog datasource to PIM database, you need to configure an import feed. This feed must be active and have a code (this value must be unique in the system). You will have to set this value in the configuration of a new easy catalog data source.

You can create an import feed directly from an export feed by using the functionality "Duplicate as Import Feed"