Glossary

Compact explanations of the key terms used in this documentation.

Term

Meaning

Admin API

Programming interface of Shopware 6 through which the connector exchanges all data.

Bearer token

Time-limited access token that the connector retrieves automatically and uses for API calls.

Web item

An item that is marked for transfer to Shopware (Web Artikel = Ja).

Web-ID

The unique ID of an object in Shopware (for example the product ID). It is filled automatically after the first upload.

Mapping / assignment

Link between a Shopware value and a BC value (for example tax rate, payment method, sales channel).

Load initial data

One-time download of master data from Shopware (taxes, currencies, channels, and so on) as the basis for mappings.

Sales channel

A Shopware sales channel (for example the storefront). Items can be assigned to several channels.

Parent / variant item

Parent item (configurator) with subordinate variants (for example size/color).

Property group

Shopware property group into which BC item attributes are translated.

Auto-increment

Consecutive number of a Shopware order; it controls the incremental order download.

Rule (price rule)

Shopware rule that ties a price to a customer group and, optionally, to a period.

Developer Log

Optional technical logging of the request and response for each API call.

Activity Log

Business log of all synchronizations with a success/error status.

Job Queue

BC mechanism for running uploads and downloads on a schedule.

B2B user

Contact person of a corporate customer who can log in and has a role (display, orderer, approval).