Pimcore Data Director

File-based Imports
Monitoring of a directory and automatic import for new files, e.g. for: automatic asset imports into Pimcore (e.g. from a network drive) or automatic assignment of assets to Pimcore objects based on the file name.

Import Multiple Files
CSV/XML/Excel from a source directory with automatic deduplication possible.

Import From a URL as Data Source

Import Data From Pimcore Objects
Migration of data from one object field to another without data loss, dynamic mass data processing, which is not possible in the Pimcore grid (e.g. increase prices by 10%).

Import Documents
(Filling the Editables)

Starting Imports via Rest API

Generate Response Documents
E.g. success status of imported objects, recording import errors, invoking another import that depends on the current import; creating CSV, XML, JSON documents that can be used by other systems as import source; response documents for single-page applications/PWA frontend requests.

Skipping Records From the Import Source
E.g. if data are missing or their quality is insufficient.

Create Product Feeds
for Google Shopping/Merchant Center, Facebook etc.

Export Product Data to InDesign
for product catalogues, data sheets, etc.

Simple Import of Relations

Import of Object Hierarchies/Object Trees

Specification of the Parent Element Possible

Option to Optimise the Inheritance
Data is entered as high up in the object hierarchy as possible

Translation of Texts (Via Deepl or AWS API)

Connect to translation providers like Trados

Automatic Text Generation
with artificial intelligence (OpenAI.com API (ChatGPT), GPT-3, GPT-4)

Support of All Pimcore Data Types
incl. relations with metadata, object modules, field collections, etc.

Optimised Performance
If the source data has not changed, the import of the data set can be skipped; if data of an object is not changed in the import, it does not need to be saved.

Possibility to Take Back Imports
If an error has crept in during attribute mapping and as a result several thousand objects may have been filled with incorrect data (in this case only the fields mapped in the import are undone, only for the objects changed in the import - a great advantage compared to importing a complete backup).

Importing Data With the Pimcore Data Director

The Data Director has proven itself in many e-commerce, PIM and master data management projects and has been developed according to the requirements of our customers.

The goal of the Data Director is to import information from upstream systems into the objects of Pimcore, enrich it there with further information if necessary and publish it via Pimcore itself or via a downstream system such as an online store.