Thread: mapping product to multiple categories

my client wants the ability to map a product to multiple categories.

I tried to do it within the product add/update. I have this existing code:

Code:

<Mappings AutoCleanup='True'>

<Entity EntityType='Category' XPath=' xxx/yyy/zzz' DisplayOrder = '1'/>");

 </Mappings>

Adding it here did not work. The second category overwrote the first.

So I'd like to do it using a separate mapping node :

Code:

<Mapping Action="Add|Delete" EntityType="Manufacturer|Distributor|Category|Section|Genre|Vector" EntityID="integer" EntityGUID="uniqueidentifier" ObjectType="Product" ObjectID="integer" ObjectGUID="uniqueidentifier" DisplayOrder=""/>

Is there any way to do that using the xpath instead of the id? Or a quick wat to get the id using the xpath?

Thanks a lot,
Chana

I would like to know this as well. Imagine you have an Arts & Crafts kit for making Christmas decorations. This kit could fit in multiple categories such as: arts & crafts, christmas crafts, and kids crafts. We have a separate landing page on our site for Kids Crafts but currently don't have a way to target those products.

You can do the same thing by using the <Product Action="Add|Update"> command and specify the mapping tag.

i.e.

<Product Action="Update" ID="1234">
<Mappings>
<Entity EntityType="Category" Name="Category 1" Xpath="" ID="">
</Mappings>
</Product>

The xml command above is just an example, you still have to follow the full syntax, as described in the manual.