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Alumio Integration App for Akeneo to Shopware

Version: 2.0
The Alumio Integration App for Akeneo to Shopware helps connect both applications in as less than just a day via the Alumio iPaaS (integration Platform as a Service). Swiftly establish a pre-configured connection between the APIs of the Akeneo PIM app and the Shopware e-commerce platform, in order to elaborately manage, refine, and streamline a wide range of products. Flexibly manage, transform, and grow the integration via the Alumio platform.

Connect Akeneo to Shopware in as less than just one day, using one Integration App!

The Alumio Integration App for Akeneo to Shopware 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 Shopware e-commerce platform. 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 Shopware connection in a scalable way, and without any loss of data integrity.

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

What the Alumio Integration App for Akeneo to Shopware 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 Shopware. 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 Shopware APIs, enabling the required authentications for both software to integrate. It not only instantly acquire all the information from the connected web services, but it can also be used for sending data between both software.

What the Integration App helps connect between Akeneo to Shopware

  • Products
    All Akeneo product entities are connected to Shopware products.

  • Product model Variants
    Akeneo product models are converted to Shopware product variants.

  • Realtime Property Groups (attributes)
    Upon communicating (create, update) products, properties are checked, updated, and created on Shopware as needed.

  • Custom fields (attributes)
    Communicate Akeneo attributes to Shopware custom fields.

  • Custom attributes value
    Communicate Akeneo attributes to Shopware custom fields.

  • Manufacturer data f.e. Tax, Scale Unit, Delivery Time value
    Akeneo attributes as mentioned to Shopware custom entities

  • Sales Channel
    Akeneo channel to Shopware sales channel to enable different information on channels.

  • Images
    Enable or disable sending images from Akeneo to Shopware​​​

  • PDFs
    Enabled or disable sending PDFs from Akeneo to Shopware

  • Prices (as part of the product entity)
    Send prices from Akeneo to Shopware via a separate transformer available to update prices and enable performance

  • Stock (as part of the product entity)
    Send stock from Akeneo Stock to Shopware via a separate transformer available to update stock and enable performance

  • Cross-sell products
    All Akeneo cross-sell groups are sent to Shopware by creating a 'cross-sell' group in Shopware.

  • Categories 
    Emulate Akeneo categories to Shopware categories by mapping existing category trees from Akeneo to Shopware’s category trees.

Integration overview Akeneo to Shopware

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

  • To run the Alumio Integration App for Akeneo to Shopware, you will also need an account on 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 Shopware 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 Shopware is developed in collaboration with Memo, Alumio experts and specialists for both apps, who can help set up the integration in as less than just one day. 

  • Work with your own your own Shopware, 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 Shopwaree, the following steps are suggested:

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

Buy an account and the Integration App via any of Alumio’s partners or on www.alumio.com

Step 2: Add credentials and mapping via the Alumio user-friendly 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 mapping
    Your implementation starts with defining which attributes are available in your source system and need to be mapped to your connected system. Use Alumio’s easy-to-use interface to create the mappings needed for your integration.

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 integration features that allow you to flexibly adjust or modify your integrations by yourself or via a partner.

Compatibility

The Alumio Integration App for Akeneo to Shopware is compatible with all versions of Akeneo up to PIM V.6 and V.7.0 and is compatible with Shopware 6 Community, Professional, and Enterprise Editions.

The Integration App is available on the Shopware, Alumio, and Akeneo Marketplace and can be used with both the Akeneo PIM Community Edition and Akeneo PIM Enterprise Edition. Note: Shopware 5 and Shopware Cloud editions are available upon request.|

For more information

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

Memo-ICT is a Shopware and Alumio-certified Dutch Digital Agency that has rich experience with integrating Akeneo with Shopware many times in the last few years. Leveraging this experience, Memo-ICT created this Integration App for the Alumio Integration Platform. This Integration App enables customers to easily map the desired fields and attributes from the API of Akeneo to Shopware. 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/over-ons/ 

About the Alumio integration platform 

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

For more information visit https://www.alumio.com/

Features and benefits of the Alumio integration platform

  • 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.
Documentation
Feature List : Akeneo PIM data/properties
Feature List : Connector/App capabilities
Feature List : Data synchronization