Correlation of Concept

Concept in Sales Layer Concept in PrestaShop
Categories. For example, a funny T-shirts Categories
Products. For example, a T-shirt with a smile Products (identified by reference and name)
Variants. For example, a T-shirt with a smile, size L Combinations (identified by reference)

 

Glossary and abbreviations

 

SKU: Stock Maintenance Unit.

Characteristics: attributes that depend on the product, these are fixed to a product in such a way that they always rely on it.

Combinations: are modifications of products that add new attributes that can take different values depending on the variant or combination chosen for their attributes within a product.

API: software intermediary that allows two applications to communicate with each other.

Test environment/ staging environment: a test environment is an almost exact replica of a production environment.

Multishop: a single channel is configured in Sales Layer for many stores.

Custom fields: Client-defined fields that are not created by default in PrestaShop and must be added to the code. In Sales Layer, custom fields are created in the connector in the Connector Output Data tab for products and variants.