Sales Category Entity

This topic provides reference information about the standard filtering and field mapping used for the Sales Category entity during the synchronization between MYOB Acumatica and BigCommerce. The topic also contains information about the merging of duplicate records during the synchronization.

Merging of Duplicates

During the synchronization of the Sales Category entity, a sales category in the source system is merged with an existing sales category in the destination system if [1]JaniceWe should be more specific--add a sentence that notes that the name can be found in the __ box (or whatever) of the __ form in Acumatica ERP, and [wherever] on the __ page in BigCommerce. We are, oddly, giving this sort of detail in some of this narrative text but just using general phrases in other text.zvy_fwq_4mb2020/05/1221:25:57-04:00nikolay.sobinovI think this would be more correct than just "their names". Information about where exactly in the system this information can be found is mentioned in the table below. Do you think we need to repeat it here as well?1zvy_fwq_4mb12020/08/0514:11:07+03:00both sales categories have the same name[2]nikolay.sobinovboth sales categories have the same name2020/08/0514:09:12+03:00the Name of the product category in BigCommerce[3]nikolay.sobinovinsert2020/08/0514:09:12+03:00 matches the Description of the item sales category in MYOB Acumatica.

Sales Category Mapping

The following table shows the mapping of MYOB Acumatica fields and BigCommerce fields that is used during the export of sales category data from MYOB Acumatica to BigCommerce and during the import from BigCommerce to MYOB Acumatica.

[4]nikolay.sobinov1*1.11*2020/08/0514:04:43+03:00[5]nikolay.sobinov1*1.49*2020/08/0514:04:43+03:00[6]nikolay.sobinov1*1*2020/08/0514:04:43+03:00[7]nikolay.sobinov1*1.57*2020/08/0514:04:43+03:00
Table 1. Sales Category Export and Import Mapping
BigCommerce MYOB Acumatica
Field Name Page Object Field Name Form Object
Name Edit Category page > Category Details section Description Item Sales Categories (IN204060)
Parent Category Edit Category page > Category Details section Parent Category Item Sales Categories

When the Sales Category entity is synchronized, the order in which item sales categories are displayed on the Item Sales Categories form in MYOB Acumatica and on the Product Category page in BigCommerce (and ultimately on the storefront) is also synchronized.