Specifications

To manually add and edit certain features of a feed specification, follow these steps:

1. Go to Feed Management > Feed Specifications in the IRP Admin left navigation menu.
2. Click the Add New Feed Specification button.
3. Select either Download IRP World Feed Specification or Add New Feed Specification.
4. If you selected 'Download IRP World Feed Specification' you can then select a specific Feed to download using the drop-down list, give it an Admin Name and click the Download Feed Specification button. Once the feed has downloaded, you will be able to edit it, as described for the manual method in the steps that follow.
5. If you selected 'Add New Feed Specification' , fill in the information as follows:
• Specification ID: This is the unique identifier for the feed specification and is added automatically by IRP Admin.
• Active: Check this check box to make the feed active on the Feeds page.
• Admin Name: Give the feed specification a name.
• Country ISO: Select the country ISO for the feed.
• Feed Channel: Select a feed channel.
• Feed Type: Select a feed type of Product, Stock or Other.
• Is Facebook Product Feed: Check this box if the feed specification is a Facebook Product Catalog Feed. This, along with setting the correct Country ISO above, is essential for Facebook Dynamic Product Adverts. For more details of how to configure Facebook Dynamic Product Adverts, see the Feeds help topic.
• Is Google Shopping Feed: This is only used (and required) when Google Certified Shops is enabled via the Enable Google Certified Shops Application Setting. This will set this feed specification to the Google Shopping feed for this country. This must be selected for feeds that are submitted to Google that will be listed in Google Shopping results (this includes search feeds) when Google Certified Shops is enabled. If Google Shopping feeds are set up but not flagged then Google Certified Shops functionality will not work correctly. Only active feed specifications that are submitted to Google with shopping information should have this checked. Only one should be specified for each country ISO.
  NOTE: For more details of how to configure the Google Certified Shops feature, see the Feeds help topic.
• Google Shopping StockID Suffix: Both Google Shopping feeds and Facebook Product Catalog feeds must include the suffix that is used to identify the stock item. This will be different for each country and is typically the country ISO. This is the value used for the @IdIdentifier parameter in the SQL code below. If no suffix is needed for this feed, this can be left empty.
• Facebook Product Feed StockID Suffix: Both Facebook Product Catalog feeds and Google Shopping feeds must include the suffix that is used to identify the stock item. This will be different for each country and is typically the country ISO. This is the value used for the @IdIdentifier parameter in the SQL code below. If no suffix is needed for this feed, this can be left empty.
• Delimiters/File Type: Specify how the data is to be delimited – tab (TSV), comma (CSV), pipe or XML (if the SQL in the Feed Specification outputs XML).
• Include Headers: Check to specify if the first row of the feed should contain column names.
• SQL Code: The SQL Definition for the feed (required).
• Add New Placeholder: Placeholders allow you to place any unique content within feeds – i.e. a standard delivery message or marketing promotion that is relevant to clients on an individual basis. Some feeds allow this – some do not. For example, ‘Free Delivery UK on all Orders’, ‘Summer Sale Now On’. Placeholders will then appear under the feed section when you edit the feed. You will then be able to add the value of the placeholder. Define a Name and a Number for the placeholder and click 'Add Placeholder'.
  
6. Click on the Insert Feed Specification button to save your configuration.

When you click the Edit button on the FeedSpecifications.aspx page for a feed specification that has been downloaded from IRP World, you will see the following screen:

The sections are described in the sections that follow.

IRP World Options Section

Here you can see the following details:

• IRP World Auto Download Setting: Select the IRP Version you want to view - the Latest version or a Specific version. The version selected will not be saved unless you click the 'Update Feed Specification' button. If you select the option 'Specific...' you can go on to pick a particular version.
• IRP World Version: Select the IRP Version you want to view. The version selected will not be saved unless you click the 'Update Feed Specification' button.

Feed Specification Details Section

Here you can see the following details:

• Active: Only Active feeds will be active on the Feeds page.
• Admin Name: The Admin name of the feed.
• Country ISO: The country ISO for the feed.
• Feed Channels: The Feed Channel (required).
• Feed Types: The Feed type - Product, Stock or Other.
• Is Facebook Product Feed: If the feed specification is a Facebook Product Catalog Feed. This, along with setting the correct Country ISO above, is essential for Facebook Product Dynamic Ads.
• Is Google Shopping Feed: This is only used (and required) when Google certified shops is enabled. This will set this feed specification to the Google shopping feed for this country. This must be selected for feeds that are submitted to Google that will be listed in Google shopping results (this includes search feeds) when Google certified shops is enabled. If Google shopping feeds are set up but not flagged then Google certified shops functionality will not work correctly. Only active feed specifications that are submitted to Google with shopping information should have this checked. Only one should be specified for each country ISO.
• Delimiters / File Type: How the data is delimited - tab (TSV), comma (CSV), pipe or XML (if the SQL in the Feed Specification outputs XML).
• Include Headers: If the first row of the Feed should contain column names.

Feed SQL Definition Section

This shows the SQL Definition for the Feed.

Copy Into Custom Feed Section

Click the Copy button beside 'Create New Feed'. This will duplicate this feed from IRP World entirely, which will allow you to edit it. The IRP World Feed specification will still be active, but this will allow you to custom the feed specification as well.