Types of fields in Channable

Import fields

Import fields are the fields that Channable finds in your product data. These fields identify information about your products like their descriptions, prices and categories. Your import fields might have different names compared to Channable's project fields.

Project fields

Project fields are standardized fields in Channable. We use these fields to organize your product data so that it matches what channels expect. In Setup > Import > [your import] > Edit mapping, you need to map your import fields to Channable's project fields.

Tip: Learn about how Channable manages import and project fields.

There are different types of project fields:

Text fields

• For words and phrases like product titles and descriptions
• Examples: title, description

Number fields

• For numeric values like prices and quantities
• Examples: price, stock

Date and time fields

• For time and scheduling information
• Examples: sale_start_date, availability_date

Tip: Learn more about how to use date and time fields in imports.

GTIN (Global Trade Item Number) fields

• For identifying products
• Examples: gtin, ean, upc, isbn

Object fields

• For nested data like JSON/XML
• Examples: variations, attributes