Data Feeds
We import and export a number of data feeds daily from various partners.
You can view the data feeds that are configured for your stock by visiting the Feeds tab on Composer Stock. The Feeds tab will show all import and export feeds that are configured for your account.
Once you login to Composer Stock clicking on the Feeds tab will take you to the feeds overview view, here you will see a number of options
- Feed Name = This is where the feed is being exported to
- Vehicles = This is how many vehicles are included within the feed
- Status = This tells you if the feed export is active or not
- Auto Include = This defines the default behavior of any new vehicles added to stock
- If Auto Include = Yes - Then any vehicles you add to stock will automatically be included with then feed
- If Auto Include = No - Then any vehicles you add to stock will not be included with the feed unless you specifically add the vehicle
There are two ways to include/exclude vehicles for a particular data feed using the feed manager or doing it individually per vehicle
Using the feed manager
On the feeds overview page, clicking the View button takes you to a view of all vehicles and allows you to quickly see which vehicles are part of the data feed and control the Auto Include rules.
Setting Auto Include rules
The Auto Include rules let you define exactly which vehicles you would like to be automatically included within the data feed.
At the top left hand side of the feed manager you will see an option for Confiture Auto Include Settings clicking on this opens up the Auto Include Settings panel.
From within this panel you can toggle Auto Include on/off and configure the rules
As you can see from this screenshot this feed has the Auto Include functionality turned on and has a rule which states that any vehicles with a status of Published should be included within this feed automatically.
Adding vehicles to feed manually
You are able to manually add any vehicles to the data feed manually by clicking on the Add Vehicles To Feed button
This opens up a vehicle search panel, from within this panel you can now add any vehicle that is held on Composer
NOTE: When a vehicle is updated/saved we check to see if it matches the Auto Include rules, if the vehicle does not meet the Auto Include rules then it will be removed from the data feed (even if you have manually added it in)