Sitecore Commerce 8.2.1 - Product details in catalog manager, Data flow and a few tips for the quick search.

There are two options to search the product in Sitecore commerce catalog, I personally prefer to use the advanced search, because we can search based on the category/store, Example below.

We can find the same Id in SQL db - Here are the details -

Sitecore Commerce 8.2.1 - Steps to import product catalog

Here are a few simple steps to import the product catalog.

Step 1 -  Open the import product catalog option -

Step 2 -  Define the file location.

Step 3 -  Review the summary and start the import.

Import file format -

First there should be a schema for the catalog  CatalogSchema, after that defination of Catalog and the last product defination.

Example format -

The import option is very easy if you want to do the first time setup or want to change a few items on-demand, We can create a custom service/recurring job to get the product and update in the Sitecore product catalog.