How to Automatically Assign Category Mapping Rules in Omnitron?

This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions for automatically assigning rules for category mapping operations in Omnitron.

Step 1: Access to Omnitron​

• Get access to the Omnitron panel.

• Enter your Username and Password, and then click the Sign In button.

Step 2: Navigate to Category Mapping Page​

• Follow the Products and Catalogs > Catalogs > Category Tree or Sales Channels > Category Management steps and click on the Auto Assign Rules button to reach the Category Mapping page.

• Category Mapping is used for automatically assigning the category node to products for related Sales Channel.

  • Category Mapping action can be taken for both marketplaces and web-type of sales channels. The path may change as above depending on the sales channel where the action will be taken.

Auto Assign Rules button, following Products and Catalogs > Catalogs > Category Tree steps

Auto Assign Rules button, following Sales Channels > Category Management steps

Step 3: View Category Mapping Page​

• By clicking on the Auto Assign Rules, the Category Mapping page can be seen.

• Category Mapping page includes two different tabs,

  • Category to Category tab

    • In which different categories from different catalogs can be mapped directly.

  • Rules (Product to Category) tab

    • In which rule-based product to category mapping can be made.

Category Mapping page, including Category to Category and Rules tabs

• Users can;

  • view the Source Category Tree for the Category to Category mapping,

  • view the Source Category Nodes and map these nodes to the selected Sales Channel’s Category Nodes (Target Category Nodes)

  • make Category to Category mapping ignored

  • filter Category to Category Mappings by Excluding Ignored Categories or Showing Categories That Need Mapping,

  • view the schema of the Target Category Nodes on the Category to Category tab.

Category to Category tab - details

• Users also can;

  • view, create, update and delete the Category Mapping Rules,

  • filter Rules with respect to the Status and Target Category Name on the Rules (Product to Category) tab.

Step 4: Add/Update “Category to Category” Mapping​

• After selecting a Source Category Tree and clicking on the Apply button, the selected Category Tree can be seen on the Category to Category tab.

Shop source category tree is selected for mapping Shop categories to Marketplace categories

• Listed source categories can be mapped

  • by clicking on the dropdown and selecting the target category nodes, or

  • by clicking on the schema icon and selecting the target category nodes.

• Mapped categories can be edited by the same steps above.

• Mapped categories can be deleted by clicking on the Delete Icon.

For products added to the catalog, category assignments are automatically made to the target category node with respect to the relevant Category to Category Mapping.

Creating / Updating “Category to Category Mapping” by clicking on the dropdown and selecting the target category nodes

Creating / Updating “Category to Category Mapping” by clicking on the schema icon and selecting the target category nodes.

Please note that the “adding products to the catalog” operation should be done after the Category to Category Mapping is completed.

Please note that only the “leaf” source and target categories can be mapped to each other (leaf categories: sub-category nodes that do not have any child category nodes).

Step 5: Add/Update Category Mapping Rule​

• Clicking on the Rules button on the Category Mapping page, Category Mapping Rules can be seen as a list.

• By clicking on the + New Category Mapping Rule button, or clicking on the Edit icon on the listed category mapping rules, Add / Edit Category Mapping Rule Form can be opened.

Add / Edit Category Mapping Rule Form

• Users can;

  • select a Target Category Name,

  • give rule(s) to the Target Category Node by selecting one or multiple Attribute Name, Condition Processor and Attribute Value for the Category Mapping Rule.

For products added to the catalog, category assignments are automatically made to the target category node with respect to the relevant Category Mapping Rule.

One Rule can include multiple Attribute Name, Condition, Attribute Value groups

The “adding products to the catalog” operation should be done after the Category Mapping Rule is created.

Only the “leaf” source and target categories can be mapped to each other (leaf categories: sub-category nodes that do not have any child category nodes).

Category to Category Mapping and Category Mapping Rules can be formed for the same Target Category Node. In this case, the product assignment to the Target Category Node, provided that the product has been added to the catalog, is automatically made with respect to both mapping rules.

Step 6: Delete Category Mapping Rule​

• Listed Category Mapping Rules can be deleted by selecting the “Delete Selected Items” option and clicking on the Apply button.

“Delete Selected Items” action on Category Mapping Rule List