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Import Configurable Products

As far as we know, Magento 2 Configurable Products is a useful tool for both customers as well as store owners. If the products are configurable, it means that the customers can purchase them according to their needs, hobbies or the requirements from a list of available options easily. Thanks to it, there is a high chance that they make quicker purchase decisions, and stores can boost sales in no time.

Importing a single product in Magento 2 can be easy; however, the configurable products import process may seem more complicated to some businesses. Adding one by one is not a practical answer, so you still need a solution to help importing these data in bulk.

In this article, we will show you how to import configurable products in Magento 2. It is implemented according to three following steps.

3 Steps to Import Configurable Product in Magento 2, follow 3 steps:

Step 1: You need a CSV file to Import Configurable Product

You need your Magento 2 admin panel before downloading a sample CSV. Log into the backend and navigate to System > Import

Import Configurable Product

In here, the Import Settings tab will be displayed

Import Settings

In Import settings field, choose Products > click Download Sample CSV as image below:

Download Sample CSV

In the Import Behavior tab, choose Add/Update to import configurable products as the image above. All other configurations, set up as available default. In case you already have a CSV file, you can skip this step.

Step 2: Fulfill CSV file (Input your configurable product and simple product)

The sample configurable products after downloading:

Import Behavior

Some notes you need to know before filling in the CSV file

  • Need to list all children products before configurable product.
  • Make sure that the value in the ‘attribute_set_code’ column always matches the name of the Attribute Set.
  • You should list all the values of the attribute set for each child product from in the ‘additional_attributes’ column.
  • Follow the pattern in the file as the set of SKUs and Options in the ‘configurable_variations’ column.
  • Get the correlation between the Attribute code and the Label name in the ‘configurable_variation_labels’ column.

Step 3: Import CSV file

Now, navigate to System > Import. In the File to Import field, click on Choose File to upload your CSV file. Then, click on the Check Data button on the right corner.

Import CSV file

There will be a notified message if your CSV file has no errors like the image below:

image below

Next, click Import button, a successful notification will be shown as below:

notification

Finally, go to the frontend to check again.

Conclusion This is the fastest way to import configurable products in Magento 2. Be an intelligent store owner by meeting the satisfaction of the customers with only three simple steps. Do not hesitate anymore, follow those steps now!

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