Correlation of Concept

In Magento fields and concepts are mostly aligned with those of Sales Layer. Some considerations worth mentioning are the following:

• Categories: in Magento are identified by name, so it will not be possible to have two categories with the same name if they have the same parent category.
• Variants: all variants must have a parent product to create them correctly in Magento.
• Attribute sets: In Sales Layer are known as attribute sets in Magento and behave in the same way. 
• Images: Sales Layer can send multiple images, but Magento has special features to manage them. To get the most out of them you can check the following guides in Magento: https://docs.magento.com/user-guide/catalog/product-images-and-video.html and https://docs.magento.com/user-guide/catalog/product-image-upload.html.

Magento allows you to create additional fields for products or variants called "Product attributes" and "Configurable attributes" respectively, and it is possible to send them through the Sales Layer connector. However, it is necessary that these fields or attributes already exist in your Magento store before finishing the configuration. For more information on custom attributes, go to: 

• https://docs.magento.com/user-guide/catalog/product-create-configurable.html
• https://devdocs.magento.com/guides/v2.4/howdoi/custom-attributes/introduction.html
• https://docs.magento.com/user-guide/stores/attributes-input-types.html.

Glossary and abbreviations

API: it is the acronym for Application Programming Interface, which is a software intermediary that allows two applications to talk to each other.

Cron Job: is a programming tool that allows you to run a script or program on your Hosting automatically at a certain time or date, or even be programmed to run regularly at a certain frequency. They are usually used to automate tasks on your website that need to be done at specific times, so you do not have to execute them manually.

cURL extension: is a library that constitute the most powerful extension of PHP. It allows the user to create HTTP requests in PHP. The cURL library is used to communicate with other servers with the help of a wide range of protocols. cURL allows the user to send and receive data via URL syntax.