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An item is only transferred if it is marked as Web Item = Yes. In addition, the description, price, and the VAT Prod. Posting Group must be filled in, because the Shopware tax rate is derived from them. You start the upload via Actions → Shopware → Upload Product.
In most cases the sales channel assignment is missing: a product is only visible in the channels it is assigned to. Also check whether the item is active in Shopware and assigned to a category. See Sales Channels on the Item.
Yes. The Shopware Categories field allows a multi-category assignment, even though Business Central natively only provides for one category. This way a product appears in several shop categories at the same time.
Via the Marketing Text of the item, which is passed to Shopware as HTML. This preserves formatting such as bold, italic, or bulleted lists. See Marketing Text & Rich Content.
Yes. The connector matches existing products with the BC items based on the SKU/productNumber and links the Web ID. Pictures, attributes, and categories can be imported in the process. See Item Matching & Data Import from Shopware.
A parent (configurable) item bundles the variants via Option 1–3 (for example color, size). The connector creates the parent item and the associated variants in Shopware. For details, see Configurable Items.
Store several pictures on the item; the connector transfers them including the cover image and the sort order. See Item Pictures.
The name and description can be transferred per language – based on the item translations and the language-dependent marketing text. The language mapping is a prerequisite. See Multilingual Item Data.
The meta title, meta description, and keywords can be maintained per language and transferred to Shopware – for parent items and categories. See SEO Metadata.
Use the bulk upload report with the Open data only option to transfer changed items only. It is best to transfer large catalogs outside business hours.
On the Item Card in Business Central, set the Web Item = Yes field. Only items marked in this way are taken into account by the Shopware 6 API Connector. After the first successful upload, the Web ID is filled automatically and the item is linked to the Shopware product.
Common causes: the item is not assigned to a sales channel, it is not set to active in Shopware, a price for the respective channel is missing, or it is not assigned to a visible category. Also check whether the inventory and the visibility settings in the sales channel are correct.
A simple item is a single product without variants. A configurable item (variant item) has a parent item and several child items that are distinguished by properties such as color and size. The connector maps configurable items as a Shopware product with variants. For details, see Configurable Items and Match Variants (Color & Size).
Pictures are transferred from Business Central to the product in Shopware. You can store a default picture (cover) as well as additional pictures. Using the download path, you can also retrieve existing media assignments from Shopware. For details, see Item Pictures and Retrieve Product Images & Media Info.
Maintain translations for the name, description, and SEO fields per language in Business Central. The connector transfers the translations to the corresponding language variants of the Shopware sales channel. This gives international shops the correct content for each language. For details, see Multilingual Item Data.
Yes. Using AI support (Copilot), you can generate marketing texts and product descriptions directly in Business Central and then transfer them to Shopware. This saves time when maintaining the catalog. For details, see AI Support (Copilot).