Goal

Thanks to the application, you can:

• import assets from a Bynder environment to an Akeneo PIM, and get the Bynder metadata
• import data from Akeneo to Bynder.metadata
• link a same asset to many products or product models (using the skus or codes)

The data exchanges use the API of both applications.

In the configuration of the application, you can set some filters to create assets in the right Akeneo asset family. the configuration will be used and send each asset in the corresponding asset family.

The link between the asset and the product can be created thanks to the Akeneo native “Product link rule” feature. With the application you can easily connect a same asset to many products/product models.

Automatically import visuals

The assets in the PIM will be created using only URLs and the binary will be left on Bynder side.

Thanks to this:

• We will display the product images in the PIM product list and product page.

• We will send to the channels the information and the binaries will be still on Bynder CDN.

• You can use the Akeneo Product Link Rules to automatically link an asset to a product : Documentation of the Product Link Rules

More information can be found : here

Asset for many products

If you want to assign a same asset to many different products but the Akeneo native feature is not enough for you, you can use the « Multiple Products Association » feature of the App.

It’s simple :

• In Bynder, fill a metadata with the SKUs you want to associate to your asset
• Let the App link the asset to theses products using the metadata information.

If you need more information, look at this web page : here

Automatically fill Bynder metadata

To enrich the filters into Bynder, you can use the application and configure it so your assets in Bynder will have some information from Akeneo.

You will have the possibility to create new filters into Bynder.

Known limitations

Due to the Akeneo’s cache system and the Bynder URLs not modified when the asset is modified, if a new version of an asset is updated in Bynder, in Akeneo, the thumbnail will not be updated.

If an asset is updated, the thumbnail in the PIM is not updated.

Performance

Between 75 and 100 assets updated / minute