--- title: "Prepare Your Product Data for Import" slug: "connect-product-catalog-prepare-product-data-for-import" description: "Checklist for preparing product data for a Product Catalog import: mandatory attributes, Enrichment Type, product images for Fashion labelling, and file checks." tags: ["Product Catalog", "Data Import"] updated: 2026-09-29T09:06:22Z published: 2026-09-29T09:06:22Z canonical: "docs.mapp.com/connect-product-catalog-prepare-product-data-for-import" --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.mapp.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Prepare Your Product Data for Import > [!NOTE] > Beta > > The Product Catalog is currently in Beta and is not yet available to all customers. Availability is being expanded gradually. Functionality, configuration, and behavior may change before general availability. ## Goal Prepare your product data so that it can be imported into a Product Catalog and, in Fashion-enabled catalogs, enriched by Mapp Fashion. --- ## Prerequisites - A Product Catalog in Connect. You need to know whether it runs in Standard mode or in Fashion-enabled mode. The catalog list marks Fashion-enabled catalogs with a Fashion indicator. - Access to an export of your product data, for example from your shop system or product information management system. > [!NOTE] > Note > > If Mapp prepares the import for you, use steps 1 to 5 as a checklist for the product data you send to Mapp. --- ## Procedure ### 1. Include All Mandatory Attributes Make sure that your Source Feed contains a value for every mandatory attribute of each variant. Which attributes are mandatory depends on the catalog mode: - **Standard mode:** all attributes with the State Mandatory. - **Fashion-enabled mode:** all attributes with the State Mandatory, plus all attributes with the State Mandatory for fashion for variants with the Enrichment Type `fashion`. New variants without an Enrichment Type are treated as `fashion`. For the full list, see [Predefined Attributes](/v1/docs/connect-product-catalog-product-attributes-model#predefined-attributes). ### 2. Set the Enrichment Type for Mixed Catalogs If your Fashion-enabled catalog contains fashion and non-fashion products, add a column for Enrichment Type. Use `fashion` for products that Mapp Fashion should enrich and `none` for all other products. If your catalog contains only fashion products, you can skip this step. For details, see [Mixed Catalogs and Enrichment Type](/v1/docs/connect-product-catalog-product-attributes-model#mixed-catalogs-and-enrichment-type). ### 3. Provide All Available Product Images In Fashion-enabled catalogs, Mapp Fashion labels each garment based on its images. Features that are not visible in any image cannot be labelled. For each variant, include all product images that are available in your shop, ideally with different views: - Product only: front, back, and side view - On a model: front, back, and side view - Close-ups on a model, for example of the front or back - Colour swatch If possible, include at least one front view, either of the product only or on a model. For details, see [Recommended Image Coverage](/v1/docs/connect-product-catalog-product-attributes-model#recommended-image-coverage). ### 4. Put All Image URLs in One Column Place all image URLs of a variant in the same row and in one column of your Source Feed. When you create the import job, map this column to **Image URL**. Do not use one column per view, because each file column can be mapped to only one attribute. For details, see [Providing Several Images in One Import](/v1/docs/connect-product-catalog-product-attributes-model#providing-several-images-in-one-import). ### 5. Check the Value Formats Some attributes require a specific format. Check in particular: - **Material:** a comma-separated list of fibre entries such as `95% cotton, 5% elastane`. See [Material](/v1/docs/connect-product-catalog-product-attributes-model#material). - **Localized attributes:** language, country, and currency codes that follow the ISO standards. See [Data Formats and Validation](/v1/docs/connect-product-catalog-product-attributes-model#data-formats-and-validation). ### 6. Check the File Requirements Save your Source Feed as a UTF-8 encoded CSV file with a header row and commas as delimiter. The file can be up to 50 MB. For all requirements, see [Import File Requirements](/v1/docs/connect-product-catalog-how-catalog-data-flows#import-file-requirements). ### 7. Import the File and Check the Result 1. Create an import job and map your columns to the Product Catalog attributes. See [Import Export](/v1/docs/connect-product-catalog-user-interface-reference-import-export). 2. Wait for the job to finish. If the status is Completed with warnings or Failed, open the error report from the email notification and correct the listed variants. See [Error Handling](/v1/docs/connect-product-catalog-how-catalog-data-flows#error-handling). 3. Export the catalog with the Image URL attribute and check that each variant lists all image URLs from your Source Feed. See [Export Behavior](/v1/docs/connect-product-catalog-how-catalog-data-flows#export-behavior). --- ## Result Your product data is in the Product Catalog. In Fashion-enabled catalogs, variants with the Enrichment Type `fashion` carry all available product images for labelling. --- ## Troubleshooting ### Your Source Feed Has Only One Image per Variant The import accepts variants with a single image URL, but labelling may be incomplete. Check whether your shop system or product information management system can export additional images, and add them to your Source Feed. If your export cannot include more images, contact your Mapp account contact or open a support request. ### Your Source Feed Has One Column per Image View Combine the image columns into one column before the import. Only one column can be mapped to Image URL. If you need help transforming your data, contact your Mapp account contact or open a support request. --- ## Next Steps For the complete attribute requirements, see [Product Attribute Model](/v1/docs/connect-product-catalog-product-attributes-model). For details on import, mapping, and validation, see [How Catalog Data Flows](/v1/docs/connect-product-catalog-how-catalog-data-flows).