Product Synchronization: General Information

MYOB Acumatica Retail Connectors provides you with the ability to export product data (that is, data of stock and non-stock items) from MYOB Acumatica to the Shopify store.

Learning Objectives

In this chapter, you will learn how to export stock and non-stock items to the Shopify store.

Applicable Scenarios

You export items from MYOB Acumatica to an external system in the following cases:

  • When you are initially configuring the external system and need to transfer stock and non-stock items that have already been defined in MYOB Acumatica
  • If you manage product information in MYOB Acumatica, have updated any of the item settings after the item was synchronized with the external system, and need the changes to be reflected in the product settings in the system

Configuration of Product Synchronization

Before exporting stock and non-stock items defined in MYOB Acumatica to the Shopify store, you need to perform the following general steps:

  1. Activate the Stock Item and Non-Stock Item entities. To do this, on the Shopify Stores (BC201010) form, you select the store, and on the Entity Settings tab, you select the Active check box for the Stock Item and Non-Stock Item entities.
  2. Configure the default visibility and purchasability settings for items exported to the Shopify store. For details, see Product Synchronization: Default Store Settings.
  3. Determine which items should be exported and define the visibility and purchasability settings for individual items. For details, see Product Synchronization: Settings of Individual Items.

Synchronization of Stock and Non-Stock Items

Depending on the item type, the settings of an item in the Shopify store are updated as part of the synchronization of the Stock Item or Non-Stock Item entity.

During the export, the system updates the availability and visibility settings of each item exported to Shopify based on the settings specified for the item on the eCommerce tab of the Non-Stock Items or Stock Items form and for the store on the Inventory Settings tab of the Shopify Stores (BC201010) form.

For details about the information exported to the Shopify store during the synchronization of a stock and non-stock item, see Stock Item Entity and Non-Stock Item Entity.

Export of Sales Categories as Tags

You can cause the system to export sales categories assigned to a stock or non-stock item in MYOB Acumatica to be exported to the Shopify store as product tags during the synchronization of the item. To do this, on the Inventory Settings tab of the Shopify Stores (BC201010) form, you set Sales Category Export to Export as Product Tags. You can view sales categories on the Item Sales Categories (IN204060) form.

Synchronization of Non-Stock Items Requiring Shipment

In the Shopify store, a product that can be shipped is marked as a physical product. That is, in the Shipping section of the product management page, the This is a physical product check box is selected for this product.

For stock items that you export to the Shopify store, the system automatically selects the This is a physical product check box. For exported non-stock items, the state of the check box is determined as follows:

  • If the Require Shipment check box is selected for the non-stock item on the General tab of the Non-Stock Items (IN202000) form, the This is a physical product check box is selected.
  • If the Require Shipment check box is cleared, This is a physical product check box is cleared.