Connect Akeneo to ChannelEngine in as fast as one day, using one Integration App!

The Alumio Integration App for Akeneo to ChannelEngine is a pre-configured connection between both applications that can be swiftly established and managed via the Alumio iPaaS (integration Platform as a Service). As an API-driven solution, the Integration App helps facilitate real-time exchange between the Akeneo PIM app and ChannelEngine e-commerce marketplace listing software. The integration helps businesses manage, optimize, and improve listings of a wide range of products and ensures that products are always synced correctly without the need for additional plugins.

Connecting the two applications via an integration platform like Alumio provides flexible data mappers and transformers to build limitless customizations, workflow automation features, and real-time monitoring and logging. Most importantly, It allows businesses to seamlessly add more application integrations to the Akeneo and ChannelEngine connection in a scalable way, and without any loss of data integrity.

To learn more, visit: https://www.alumio.com/integration-apps

The Alumio Integration App for Akeneo to ChannelEngine delivers

• Integration data routes
  These pre-configured data routes are working ‘process flows’ that determine how the two integrated software interact with each other. For example, a properly configured data route determines that the ‘products’ from Akeneo sync correctly with ChannelEngine. In order to configure or modify these data routes, the Alumio iPaaS offers Mappers and Transformers that allow you to map incoming data from one software to another integrated software while transforming it into a format that works.  
  

• API Connectors
  API Connectors allow you to access and use the data provided by the APIs in order to create your own custom data routes. The API Connectors can be used to create a stable connection to the Akeneo and ChannelEngine APIs, enabling the required authentications for both software to integrate. The API Connectors not only instantly acquire all the information from the connected web services, but they can also be used for sending data between both applications.
  

What the Alumio Integration App helps Akeneo and ChannelEngine connect

• Base products
  All Akeneo product entities are connected to ChannelEngine standards.    
  

• Product extra data   
  Connect Akeneo attributes to ChannelEngine extra data.
  

• Product images
  Publicly available images can be communicated to ChannelEngine.
  Note: We developed a custom API for this since images in Akeneo are not publicly available. This is optional and not standard in this package.

• Stock
  Stock updates can be run from a different endpoint as a complete product update.
  

• Languages
  Dutch, German, and English are included in the connector while other languages can be added upon request.

• Public Akeneo Image API (optional)
  The images from Akeneo must be presented via a publicly available link.
  Note: We developed a module for Akeneo that can be delivered as an add-on service. This module is an API image endpoint that serves the images to a publicly available link.

Implement the Integration App via the Alumio iPaaS (integration Platform as a Service)  

• To run the Alumio Integration App for Akeneo to ChannelEngine, you will also need to choose a plan for the the Alumio cloud-native, low-code integration platform.
• To create an Alumio account that best suits your integration requirements, feel free to get in touch to get a tailored Alumio Pricing Plan →  
  
  

How to create your Akeneo to ChannelEngine configurations with Alumio

• Use the integration platform
  The Alumio iPaaS (integration Platform as a Service) provides a user-friendly, low-code interface that helps configure integrations via simple click-and-configure options, without the need for custom code.

• Get support from our integration partners
  The Alumio Integration App for Akeneo to ChannelEngine is developed in collaboration with Memo, Alumio experts and specialists for both apps, who can help set up the integration in as less than a day. 

• Work with your own your own ChannelEngine, Akeneo, or IT department
  Implement the Integration App via the Alumio platform with your own integration partner or IT department.  Freely configure the integration, add logic, and create customization using the advanced features of the Alumio iPaaS, such as transformers, mappers, and workflow automation.
  
  

How to implement the Alumio Integration App 

To implement the Alumio Integration App for Akeneo to ChannelEngine, the following steps are suggested:

Step 1: Sign up for the Alumio iPaaS and install the Integration App

Buy an Alumio account and the Integration App via an Alumio partner or directly from Alumio.

Step 2: Add credentials and mapping via Alumio’s interface

• Add basic configuration
  Configure basic information like adding credentials and connection URLs to the correct paths of the APIs using the Alumio iPaaS.

• Build mappings
  Define which attributes are available in your source system and need to be mapped between integrated systems. Create the mappings needed for your integration via the Alumio user-friendly web interface.

Step 3: Add edge cases 

The Alumio integration features allow you to add specific requests or business logic in the integration - if required.

Step 4: Final testing

After all the mappers are set up and all attributes are checked, you can conduct a final test to make sure everything is as expected.

Maintenance and customizations

After configuring the basic integration, Alumio provides robust monitoring and logging that automatically detects errors or anomalies. For customizations, Alumio provides advanced developer-friendly mappers and transformers that allow you to flexibly adjust or modify your integrations internally or via an integraiton partner.

Compatibility 

The Alumio Integration App for Akeneo to ChannelEngine is compatible with all versions of Akeneo up to PIM V.6 and V.7.0 and can be used with both the Akeneo PIM Community Edition and Akeneo PIM Enterprise Edition. ChannelEngine only has 1 API endpoint and all versions are compatible with the Integration App. The Integration App is available on Alumio, the Akeneo Marketplace, and the ChannelEngine Marketplace.

More Information

• Visit: https://www.alumio.com/integration-apps

• How-to video: Connecting Akeneo to ChannelEngine

• Request Demo: Alumio - Request Demo  

• Brochure: Brochure Alumio - Akeneo to ChannelEngine
  
  

About Memo-ICT, creator of the Alumio Integration App for Akeneo to ChannelEngine

Memo-ICT is a ChannelEngine and Alumio-certified Dutch Digital Agency that has rich experience with integrating Akeneo with ChannelEngine many times in the last few years. Leveraging this experience, Memo-ICT created this Integration App for the Alumio Integration Platform. This connector package enables customers to easily map the desired fields and attributes from the API of Akeneo to ChannelEngine. Memo-ICT runs integration projects as a service, but you can also buy the integration package from the store.

For more information, visit: https://memo-ict.nl

About the Alumio integration platform

Alumio is a cloud-native, low-code iPaaS (integration Platform as a Service). It helps orchestrate future-proof IT ecosystems by making it simple to integrate multiple systems, SaaS software, APIs, or data points. It helping create, monitor, and manage these integrations via a user-friendly interface, without custom code. Alumio also enables real-time data synchronization, flexible data transformation, and workflow automation between all integrated systems.

For more information visit www.alumio.com

Features and Benefits:

• Full integration visibility: Enable data centralization
  The Alumio low-code integration platform provides a clear visual overview of all your integrated data flows, provides integration health monitors, and unlocks data silos.
   
• Connector packages: Get faster time-to-market
  Apart from standard integration capabilities to connect any system or software via APIs, Alumio provides a rich library of connector packages to help build faster integrations with popular software.
   
• Automated Monitoring and Logging: Benefit from lower error cost
  The robust monitoring and logging system of Alumio enables real-time error detection and also provides security alerts to help prevent the expense of integration errors.
   
• Integration interchangeability: Build flexible and scalable integrations
  Interchange integrated systems flexibly without loss of data integrity, freely add new systems to existing integrations in a scalable way, and enable software connectivity for legacy systems.
   
• Be compliant and Secure: Ensure data security and privacy 
  Organize a secure and privacy-compliant IT landscape that is able to act upon any worst-case scenario. Buffer all data, benefit from reactivation procedures, and comply with privacy legislation like GDPR.