šŸŒŸ News and Releases in MERGADO

A new version of MERGADO

Deployment date and time

February 10, 2021, 15:30 GMT+1

News

  • :old_key: Keychain: If your Google Analytics account managed more than 1000 profiles, we didnā€™t display some of them when connecting to GA. We have solved this and we now display all profiles.
  • :candy: On the Products page, we fixed a bug in switching the view of tracked and hidden products.
  • :apple: Custom format: We continue in :mag: exploring and :broom: cleaning up ā€œbadā€ edge cases.
    • We focused on situations when the combination of custom format (on input) vs Shoptet format (on output) could lead to the fact that each time the converter rule was applied to the project, new and new elements were repeatedly created. We have now fixed this. :cherries:
    • Another update is that if the project contained multiple elements (e.g. GIFT|1, GIFT|2, etc.) to be exported (i.e. not hidden), but such elements were not known to the output custom format, the export ended in error. This is fixed and now such ā€œunknownā€ elements are exported correctly. :watermelon:
  • :hammer_and_pick: Format converters: We have handled various places in format converters where an error could have occurred if the name of the element being processed contained more | vertical bars than the converter expected.
  • :candle: On the Project Settings page, we added the option to select Google Sheets as feed generator :spiral_notepad: .

Platfrom

  • :chart: On the appā€™s Overview page (in MERGADO Store), we now load the number of running instances and the status of estimated sales asynchronously. This should reduce the occurrence of situations where for some reason we do not have time to calculate the data, and at the same time do not block the page loading.

You may notice minor outages of MERGADO during the release time. Thank you for your understanding and patience in deploying the new version.

If you have any questions, please contact us.

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A new version of MERGADO

Deployment date and time

March 2, 2021, 15:30 GMT+1

News

  • :star2: Redesign and new features on the Products page.
    • The part of the page with settings for different views on products has undergone a facelift and is now beautiful. :heart_eyes:
    • :watermelon: New features were published!
      • Product sorting
        • Products from the current query can now be sorted according to the selected element (for input queries, the input value of the element is used for sorting, for output queries its output value).
        • Sorting is not part of the query as such (i.e. sorting does not affect, for example, the order in which the rules are applied to the products in the query), it is just a way of displaying the results.
      • Export to CSV for the table view.
        • Only the elements of the selected columns are saved in the CSV.
  • News about formats :sun_behind_small_cloud:
    • :hammer_and_wrench: We support the new Idealo CSV format
      • Specifications here.
      • In addition, we have updated the current Idealo XML format according to the current specification.
    • It will no longer be possible to create projects with the input formats Scontofacile.it (service has expired) and Designforumshop (service has expired). :thinking:
  • :information_source: At the top of a page within the project (export), we now display a warning message about non-passing import or application of rules, if these processes have ended 2 or more times with an error in the last 24 hours.
  • :rainbow: We have improved the component for suggesting variables and values in the rule for bulk rewriting by values. At the same time, we corrected the bugs in highlighting, which may have occured in some edge cases.
  • :mailbox: We have improved the pasting of multiline values from the clipboard in the Rewrite, Bulk rewrite by values and Rename categories in bulk rules, where we now better recognize and insert values representing a regular expression.
  • :candy: A button to download the list as CSV has been added to the Elements and Variables page.
  • Data File Import Rule: When uploading a CSV file via a form, for ā€œmore exotic-looking CSV filesā€, we may misidentify their mime-type - and not allow such uploads. We have recently expanded the list of supported mime-types to eliminate these ā€œfalse negativeā€ situations as much as possible.
  • We fixed the incorrect behavior of the converter from the custom format in the case when the input is missing elements representing IMAGE elements.
  • We have removed the word XML from the subject of notification e-mails - MERGADO has long been able to process other data files than just XML.
  • Minor improvements in process names and breadcrumb navigation under Project History.
  • Lots of other minor fixes and improvements.

Platform :wrench:

  • :national_park: The app image for social networks, defined by the meta property = "og: image" element on the app detail page in the Mergado Store, can now be set for different locales.
    An online storeā€™s avatar URL field has been added to the online store information (e.g. GET http://api.mergado.com/shops/123456). :camping:
{
  "id": "123456",
  "name": "Some e-shop name",
  "owner_id": "1",
  "exported_items": 80000,
  "tariff_id": "2",
  "tariff_validity": "2022-10-31",
  "paid_tariff_id": "2",
  "created_at": "2020-09-17T12:29:42+00:00",
  "permissions": [],
  "avatar_url": "https://app.mergado.com/upload/8787f44a7f7da538ded3d7fc8d6bf7f3.png"
  // Or "avatar_url": null, if the online store does not have an avatar set.
}
  • :fried_egg: Added support for variables in URL rules - can be set in the rule administration of your app in Mergado Developers.
    • The known placeholders/variables that wrap in the URL in {curly_braces} are as follows:
      • project_id: Project ID.
      • apply_log_id: ID of the apply_log
      • rule_id: Rule ID
      • request_id: A random identification string unique to each request.
      • item_count: Number of items in the currently sent payload.
      • current_format: Current format - here it depends on whether the app rule is before or after the format converter rule.
    • Example of a newly valid URL: http://some-app.com/rule/{project_id}/{rule_id}?logId={apply_log_id}

You may notice minor outages of MERGADO during the release time. Thank you for your understanding and patience in deploying the new version.

If you have any questions, please contact us.

A new version of MERGADO

Deployment date and time

March 10, 2021, 15:30 GMT+1

News

  • :star2: Number of improvements in Feed audit:
    • We have updated the specifications for auditing the following formats:
      • :czech_republic: Heureka.cz and :slovakia: Heureka.sk
      • :czech_republic: ZboÅ¾Ć­.cz
      • :earth_americas: Google Shopping and Google DSA
      • :earth_americas: Facebook
      • :earth_africa: Glami format family
      • :slovakia: Pricemania.sk
      • :slovenia: Ceneje.si
    • At the same time, we have adjusted the descriptions and severity levels of many validators.
    • We fixed the behavior of the validator for detecting numbers in elements - The element does not contain a numeric value result will not be returned, if the element was in fact completely missing.
    • :building_construction: We have removed support for auditing the old format for ZboÅ¾Ć­.cz (i.e. the one that has discontinued support since 2016).
  • We have updated the :romania: Compari.ro format according to the latest specification.
    • The specification is available here.
    • At the same time, the specification for auditing this format was updated.
  • :rainbow: Optimization and acceleration - for importing feeds with the custom format on the input.
    • Exploring the possibilities of accelerating the MERGADO has brought more fruit :cherries: - we have identified inefficient code when importing feeds with a custom format.
    • For your project with a custom input format, this may or may not have happened - depending on the number of elements defined by the custom format, the size of the input feed, and the number of XML elements in the input XML feed itself.
    • :rocket: With the optimized code, in the worst cases we tracked up to 15 Ɨ acceleration of the import (i.e. import lasting e.g. 50 minutes now takes 3 minutes).
  • :hammer: We have modified the behavior of the Remove Accents rule when processing letters with trem for German formats. It is newly converted as follows:
    • Ƥ (Ƅ) ā†’ ae (AE) (instead of the original a)
    • ƶ (Ɩ) ā†’ oe (OE) (instead of the original o)
    • Ć¼ (Ɯ) ā†’ ue (UE) (instead of the original u)
  • :coffee: We have added two new generators that can be set for the project:
    • Rocketoo
    • JZShop 2
  • :adhesive_bandage: Since the last release, weā€™ve had an error with the :hungary: Argep.hu format, which didnā€™t produce the necessary elements on the output. This is now fixed.
  • :memo: For some text fields in the Mergada UI, we incorrectly handled HTML user-specified entities (e.g.   or &). This should be fixed.
  • When importing rules from project to project, it was possible to import a rule for the Heureka Watchdog app, which didnā€™t make sense - and now itā€™s fixed.
  • :candy: The field for setting UTM parameters within the project settings (which are then used to obtain statistics from connected Google Analytics) has a new button for resetting to the default value.
  • Lots of other minor adjustments and repairs.

Platform :wrench:

  • New endpoints to get information about where and when your app was turned on or off.
    • https://api.mergado.com/me/app/enabled/
      • Lists enabled or disabled instances of your app along with the entity ID (which is the ID of the project, shop, or user - depending on the type of app) - if the app has been turned on at least once for that entity.
      • API documentation here.
    • https://api.mergado.com/me/app/<int:entity_id>/
    • :information_source: These endpoints can only be accessed with an OFFLINE access token - that is, with an access token that represents the app itself (and not a specific MERGADO user - which would be an ONLINE token).
      • More about offline/online access token distribution here or here.

You may notice minor outages of MERGADO during the release time. Thank you for your understanding and patience in deploying the new version.

If you have any questions, please contact us.

A new version of MERGADO

Deployment date and time

March 24, 2021, 15:30 GMT+1

News

  • :star2: We are releasing a new iteration of the table view of products!
    • Weā€™ve added a new column for actions that correspond to product actions that are available for other view types.
    • Products that are hidden now appear grayed out.
  • :candy: Improved feed audit for Heureka.cz and Heureka.sk formats
    • We now validate the existence of mandatory parameters for a given product category.
  • :hammer_and_pick: Improvements to the data import rule, where the case of the element names that are defined in the CSV file is no longer important.
    • As a result, it means that (finally), e.g. the CSV column PARAM | COLOR can target the PARAM | Color element.
  • :earth_asia: We added support for new Kelkoo countries: Australia, Philippines, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Africa, South Korea, Canada, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Vietnam.
  • :hammer: We fixed the behavior of smart text fields (e.g. those that support variable suggesting), in which user input of HTML tags was not working correctly.
  • :spiral_notepad: For newly created connections with Google Sheets, the Google email of the user for whom the connection is created will be displayed in the Keychain app.
  • :skateboard: We can now load input CSV feeds with one column into MERGADO. :hugs:
  • We have corrected the texts of sent e-mails, where the names of user roles within the store were not translated. :sweat:
  • :partly_sunny: Weā€™ve modified the behavior of the data entry field in the rule scheduler so that the date older than the current day cannot be selected by mistake (other than by mistake, having a newly entered date in the past doesnā€™t make sense).
  • And a number of other minor fixes and improvements.

Platform :wrench:

  • For some specific endpoints, we now support a special GET parameter _plus, which can be used to obtain extra resources that are linked to the primary resource.
    • This makes it possible, for example, to reduce two queries - one for a project and the other for the store to which this project belongs - to one HTTP request using the _plus field.
      • e.g. the GET query on https://api.mergado.com/projects/123?_plus=eshop, which returns a response:
{
	"id": "123",
	"eshop_id": "456"
	...
	"_plus": {
		"shop": {
			"id": "456",
			"owner_id": "1",
			...
		}
	}
}
  • List of endpoints with their supported _plus values
    • https://api.mergado.com/shops/id/ supports .../?_plus=info
    • https://api.mergado.com/projects/id/ supports .../?_plus=shop,shop.info
    • https://api.mergado.com/elements/id/ supports .../?_plus=project
    • https://api.mergado.com/rules/id/ supports .../?_plus=project
    • https://api.mergado.com/queries/id/ supports .../?_plus=project
    • https://api.mergado.com/variables/id/ supports .../?_plus=project

You may notice minor outages of MERGADO during the release time. Thank you for your understanding and patience in deploying the new version.

If you have any questions, please contact us.

A new version of MERGADO

Deployment date and time

April 7, 2021, 15:30 GMT+2

News

  • :hungary: :heart: We are launching a new Hungarian localization of the MERGADO interface.
  • :dna: :czech_republic: Shoptet.cz format update.
    • We now map the ITEM_TYPE element to the MERGADO PRODUCT_TYPE element.
    • We map the shoptet ORIG_URL element to the MERGADO URL element.
    • We now know the Shoptet SUPPLIER element.
  • :star2: Weā€™ve added support for the new Billiger.de XML format.
    • Specifications here.
    • We have also updated the specifications of the Billiger.de CSV format.
  • :rainbow: New iteration of the table view on the Products page.
    • You can now move in the table using the keyboard - you can use the directional arrows (even in combination with CTRL), the tab, and the SHIFT + tab to move.
  • :truck: We added support for WEDO_HOME and WEDO_ULOZENKA carriers for the :czech_republic: ZboÅ¾Ć­.cz format.
  • :shield: For the MQL query form, we have improved the help for entering the character [, which triggers the element name suggestion - now the help is relevant, for example, for the Safari browser.
    • The [ character is now also clickable - after clicking, the [ character is inserted at the current cursor position in the text field. :candy:
  • :hammer_and_wrench: Weā€™ve improved the export of products to CSV on the Products page - weā€™ve optimized the export so now it shouldnā€™t have problems with a larger download package.
  • We fixed other details in smart text fields (these are the ones that, for example, support the variables suggestion) - for example, we now correctly display new lines at the end of the field value.
  • Weā€™ve added a short help to the table view on the Products page.
  • We have reviewed and updated the help in the rules form.
  • Other minor fixes and improvements.

You may notice minor outages of MERGADO during the release time. Thank you for your understanding and patience in deploying the new version.

If you have any questions, please contact us.

A new version of MERGADO

Deployment date and time

April 21, 2021, 15:30 GMT+2

News

  • :green_apple: We have updated the Srovname.cz format according to the valid specification.
    • We modified the converter, category tree and feed audit.
  • :apple: We have created a new, updated format for :czech_republic: Shopalike XML - and its other language versions.
    • For Austria and Germany, this current specification is available in the formats :austria: Ladenzeile.at XML and :de: Ladenzeile.de XML.
    • Formats for the older version of the specification remain (we marked them as ā€œoldā€), but they can no longer be used as output formats for newly created projects.
  • :tshirt: Feed audit: For the GLAMI format (for all countries), we now check that the value of the SIZE_SYSTEM parameter represents the GLAMI size system.
  • :star2: When creating a project, we rank the first few formats according to their popularity in the given country.
  • :hammer: In the table view on the Products page, after leaving the editor using the Esc it was not possible to use keys to move between cells. We fixed this.
  • :hammer_and_pick: Weā€™ve resolved a long-standing issue in MERGADO Keychain causing (in marginal cases) the connection to :bar_chart: Google Analytics to unreasonably disconnect.
  • :adhesive_bandage: We fixed the acquisition of product card suggestions from Heureka - the Heureka Watchdog app should again correctly suggest cards for product mapping.
  • For notification emails, we have added translations for :de: German and :hungary: Hungarian languages.

Platform :wrench:

  • In Mergado Developers, it is now possible to set labels for social networks for the app (this can be done for individual supported locales).

You may notice minor outages of MERGADO during the release time. Thank you for your understanding and patience in deploying the new version.

If you have any questions, please contact us.

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A new version of MERGADO

Deployment date and time

May 5, 2021, 15:30 GMT+2

News

  • :star: The table view on the Products page has a new upgrade - you can change the width of the columns.
    • Weā€™ve also removed ā€œflickeringā€ when paging products for this type of view. :candy:
  • :rocket: We have optimized the component for XML feed analysis (this analysis precedes the import itself). Thanks to this, the analysis of especially large or complicated XML feeds is many times faster.
  • :gear: For projects with a custom format on the output, elements with attributes can now also be exported.
    • Previously, exporting elements with attributes in the custom format failed :sweat:.
  • :star2: We have improved the format :slovenia: Ceneje.si:
    1. The converter can convert REGULARPRICE and PRICE elements.
    2. As part of the feed audit, we are newly validating the AVAILABILITY and STOCK elements.
  • :apple: Rename categories in bulk rule interface is now more user-friendly.
    • Information about the missing element for categories, on the basis of which the left side would be pre-filled, is visible immediately and not after clicking on the ā€œpre-fillā€ button.
    • For existing rules, you can filter the rows directly and not after ā€œre-clickingā€ the ā€œpre-fillā€ button.
    • If too many lines should be added with the ā€œpre-fillā€ button (which would affect the performance and response of your browser), then:
      • If 500 lines or more are added - a warning will be displayed.
      • If 2000 lines or more were added otherwise - a warning will be displayed and only the first 2000 rows will be loaded.
  • :cherries: On the main page with an overview of projects, it is now possible to collapse lines with projects for clarity - both for all stores on the page and for a specific store.
  • :spiral_notepad: When saving, form for the Rename categories in bulk rule again discards lines in which both sides are not filled in (this behavior has recently changed - and now we are changing it back based on user feedback).
  • :mantelpiece_clock: We operated with the wrong time zone for Feed audit start and finish times. This is now fixed and the times are displayed correctly.
  • :deciduous_tree: In the Rename categories in bulk rule, we did not suggest all categories from the category tree for the Compari.ro XML format. That is fixed now and we are suggesting all categories.
  • :hammer_and_pick: For the :poland: Nokaut.pl format converter, we converted the DELIVERY_DAYS element with the meaning INSTOCK (in stock). We fixed that and it doesnā€™t happen anymore.
  • :adhesive_bandage: The converter for :czech_republic: Shoptet kompletni, :czech_republic: HyperzboÅ¾Ć­.cz and :slovakia: Tovar.sk formats badly converted multiple elements. This is now fixed.
  • The Heureka Watchdog application had broken :link: product mapping based on Heureka product suggestions. This is now fixed.
  • :partly_sunny: When saving a form on the Product edit page (a separate page with a specific product editor that can be clicked via the pencil icon :pencil2: on the Products page), we may have lost information about the manual hidden element for that product. Weā€™ve fixed that now.
  • We added translations for some of the names of the countries we were missing.
  • Lots of other minor adjustments and repairs.

Platform :wrench:

  • We have removed the functionality for the old, deprecated version of the API.
    • In the old version, product statistics in the API were presented under keys without specifying a source of statistics - e.g. delivery_date instead of the currently supported heureka_delivery_date.
    • We now present the new data only in this second form.

You may notice minor outages of MERGADO during the release time. Thank you for your understanding and patience in deploying the new version.

If you have any questions, please contact us.

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A new version of MERGADO

Deployment date and time

May 19, 2021, 15:30 GMT+2

News

  • :star2: The table view on the Products page has more improvements.
    • We have added a button to reset selected columns in the table.
    • Weā€™ve fixed a few little things about focus behavior when editing cell contents.
    • When displaying larger images in a table, the text in the table cells is now centered correctly.
  • :green_apple: In the Feed audit we updated validators for the :slovenia: Ceneje format.
    • The content of the availability, gender and ageGroup elements will be newly validated.
  • :hammer: We fixed a bug in the format converter that converted the value 0 (zero) for the VAT element to the seemingly meaningless 0+E1. Newly, for VAT, 0 will be converted correctly as 0.
  • :adhesive_bandage: We fixed a corner case for the custom format, where the export of the output feed crashed if the custom format had a universal CHANNEL element mapped to a non-root element with an attribute.
  • :candy: UI: When trying to leave a page when editing a rule, variable or macro, a confirmation window is displayed to prevent the loss of unsaved changes.
  • :mag: UI: In the wizard for creating a new project, items can also be filtered by country name when selecting the output format (as is the case with selecting the input format).
    UI: We fixed the behavior of yellow information popups when opening and closing them, which sometimes behaved unpredictably.

You may notice minor outages of MERGADO during the release time. Thank you for your understanding and patience in deploying the new version.

If you have any questions, please contact us.

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A new version of MERGADO

Deployment date and time

June 2, 2021, 15:30 GMT+2

News

  • We have updated the specifications for the Geizhals format group. Specifically, these are:
  • :candy: Weā€™ve extended the timeout to detect the existence of an input feed when creating a new project.
    • We have unified the timeout time (before we ā€œgive upā€ downloading the input feed from the remote server) for the new project wizard with how our backend behaves - the time to download the input feed during project processing :hourglass_flowing_sand: is up to 240 seconds (i.e. 4 minutes).
  • :four_leaf_clover: We have completed the implementation of the ā€œlog out everywhereā€ mechanism.
    • The MERGADO UI will now fully respect ā€œlog out everywhereā€ (this button has been available in the security settings of your Mergado account for some time) - and will log out user sessions on other computers that are logged in as the same user within two minutes.
  • :coffin: The Idealo.pl format can no longer be selected as the output format for new projects - because this Idealo localization no longer works.
  • :adhesive_bandage: We fixed the behavior of multiple elements: EXTRA_MESSAGE and SHOP_DEPOTS in the ZboÅ¾Ć­.cz format converters.
  • :information_source: If a user in MERGADO has a project that uses an outdated format on the output (i.e. we do not allow creating new projects with this format on the output), a notification will be displayed in the project in the MERGADO UI.
  • :cry: Inadvertently, the links for setting up e-mail notifications and canceling the sending of e-mail notifications have disappeared in our notification emails. This is now fixed.

Platform :wrench:

  • The values of some fields for projects at the endpoint https://api.mergado.com/shops/<id>/projects/ returned null instead of the correct values. This is now fixed.
  • We removed the endpoint https://api.mergado.com/projects/<id>/info/, which has been deprecated since 2019.

You may notice minor outages of MERGADO during the release time. Thank you for your understanding and patience in deploying the new version.

If you have any questions, please contact us.

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A new version of MERGADO

Deployment date and time

June 16, 2021, 15:30 GMT+2

News

  • Weā€™ve added support for new countries for the FAVI format:
  • :coffin: The Tovar.sk format can no longer be selected as the output format for new projects - due to the fact that this service does not work.
  • :dollar: We fixed a bug that prevented us from downloading the current minimum CPC definitions for categories from Heureka.cz.
    • This affects, for example, the CPC Setting rule, which will now work correctly again in the minimum CPC mode - according to current price lists.
  • :adhesive_bandage: For UK formats we incorrectly had the currency in :eu: euros (EUR) instead of :pound: british pounds (GBP). We fixed that.
  • :evergreen_tree: In the project dashboard, we always displayed an information box for projects with the output custom format that the given custom format is not supported on the output. We fixed this and the box is no longer displayed in such a situation (custom format is by definition a user format and has no ā€œsupportā€ status).
  • :pineapple: On the Products page, we fixed the display of images for a product if the image URL contained a space.

You may notice minor outages of MERGADO during the release time. Thank you for your understanding and patience in deploying the new version.

If you have any questions, please contact us.

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A new version of MERGADO

Deployment date and time

June 30, 2021, 15:30 GMT+2

News

  • :star2: MERGADO supports a new format :de: Kaufland.de (CSV).
    • We can also audit this new format.
  • :apple: We updated the :czech_republic: Heureka.cz and :slovakia: Heureka.sk formats and integrated the latest news in feed specification.
    • Among other things, this means we support the new EXTENDED_WARRANTY (or EXTENDED_WARRANTY|DESC) and SPECIAL_SERVICE (which we also check during the feed audit).
    • For both language versions of the Heureka format, we have updated the lists of supported carriers (which we also check during the feed audit).
  • :green_apple: Weā€™ve modified the feed audit specification for Google Shopping format.
    • We will now accept the TITLE and G:TITLE and LINK and G:LINK elements - not just TITLE and LINK.
  • :candy: Gadget: Now you can select a specific source from which the data will be retrieved in the Analytics of a specific project.
    • Previously, data in Analytics was always aggregated according to the order of resource priorities defined by us - this option is of course still maintained.
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  • :hammer_and_wrench: We had a bug in tracking the product as it passed through the rules, preventing us from saving a change from ā€œsome valueā€ to ā€œempty valueā€ in the changes. Weā€™ve fixed it nowā€¦
  • A number of texts and translations in the Mergada UI have been revised.
  • And other minor improvements and fixes.

You may notice minor outages of MERGADO during the release time. Thank you for your understanding and patience in deploying the new version.

If you have any questions, please contact us.

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New version of MERGADO

Deployment date and time

Wednesday 13th of July 2021 15:30 GMT+2

News

:star2: New and improved form for creating and managing queries :star2:

  • new form letā€™s you create queries *with more conditions * easily, improved whisperer, intuitive operating and much moreā€¦
  • *fast * fulltext product *searching * without creating queries
  • obviously the possibility of writing your own MQL is still available
  • because this will be a major implementation *please give us feedback * - either via e-mail or *here, in the forum after the release *
  • an article about all the new features will be released later.

Preview of new form (including MQL)



New administration of queries

More news

  • now you can use the category whisperer for rules in the :de: Kaufland CSV format

Platform

  • we added an option of creating more development stages for you
  • for implementation contact our tech support

You may notice minor outages of MERGADO during the release time. Thank you for your understanding and patience in deploying the new version.

If you have any questions, please [contact us] (Contact na naŔe specialisty | Mergado.com).

A new version of MERGADO

Deployment date and time

July 28, 2021, 15:30 GMT+2

News

  • :candy: In the wizard for creating a new project, it is now better to see which step of the wizard the user is currently in thanks to the new icons.
  • :blue_book: We now correctly display product titles in Facebook formats, because we take the values of the TITLE and LINK elements in addition to G: TITLE and G: LINK.
  • :apple: Weā€™ve worked on better integration of MERGADO with MERGADO Pack.
  • :postal_horn: We are moving the sending of emails to welcome new users to MERGADO and about the approaching end of the trial period to the new system, which will serve as a comprehensive email guide for MERGADO users.
  • Other minor fixes.

You may notice minor outages of MERGADO during the release time. Thank you for your understanding and patience in deploying the new version.

If you have any questions, please contact us.

A new version of MERGADO

Deployment date and time

August 11, 2021, 15:30 GMT+2

News

  • :star2::green_apple: Based on user feedback :heart: we return the simple list of saved queries back to the Products main page next to the filter form.

    • :mag: You can search in the simple list, highlight the currently selected query, and see the number of items for each query. The entire list can also be hidden or revealed.
    • The new query manager - which provides more management options - remains.
    • :information_source: For the save buttons - Save as new and Save changes - we have adjusted the order according to their use. The primary and more commonly used action is now on the right.
  • :candy: For better orientation in the UI, we have added a link directly to the new Query manager to the main menu.

    • screenshot-dev.mergado.com-2021.08.10-15_54_25
  • :star::apple: Based on a userā€™s suggestion, we improved the import of queries.

    • The query will no longer be imported as ā€œcustom MQLā€, but when importing we will keep the form in which the query was defined.

      :open_umbrella: If the target project is missing an element that was currently used by the imported query, it is visible at first glance and it is up to the user to correct the situation (ie to have the G:PRICE element in the query imported from Google project into the Heureka.cz project replaced with the PRICE_VAT element in the query form).

  • :hammer_and_wrench: In the feed audit view, we handled situations where loading large amounts of data for the results of certain validators ended in error.

    • This could have happened primarily with XYZ element contains a value that is not unique type of validators, when too many products share a specific non-unique value, which we then displayed in the UI all at once.
    • Newly, a maximum of 20 products will be listed under the specific result of this type of validator in the UI. When downloading the CSV with the results of the validator all products will be downloaded.
  • :world_map: When validating URLs during a feed audit, we considered addresses with a hyphen ā€“ (which is a different character than the classic hyphen -) to be invalid. Weā€™ve fixed this and the hyphen in the URL is now considered a valid character.

  • :adhesive_bandage: Weā€™ve returned help texts to the feed audit UI, which used to appear under individual validators, but were removed recentlyā€¦

  • We have removed the ā€œfakeā€ error messages that appeared when the form for changing pairing elements was successfully saved.
    And a number of other minor changes and improvementsā€¦

Platform :wrench:

  • :mailbox_with_mail: Weā€™ve added support for custom footer texts that MERGADO sends to users as notifications about your apps.
    • In :mergado::hammer_and_wrench: Mergado Developers, a new Promotion item has been added to the app management menu, where these custom texts can be defined.
      It is possible to use the classic Markdown for styling the message.

A new version of MERGADO

Deployment date and time

August 28, 2021, 15:30 GMT+2

News

  • :star2: :green_apple: We have added a new version of the :hungary: Ɓrukereső.hu format according to the current specification - both the Ɓrukereső.hu XML and Ɓrukereső.hu CSV options.
    • To maintain compatibility with existing projects (there were many differences between the old and new specification), these are completely new :baby:t2: formats.
    • The older :older_adult:t3: format is now referred to as Ɓrukereső.hu (until 8/2021) - and this cannot be set as output for newly created projects.
    • Of course, we can also audit the new XML and CSV formats :muscle:t4:.
  • :candy: We added element labels to the UI from the latest Mergado XML specification.
  • :hammer_and_wrench: We have investigated and improved the mechanism that provides information about downloading the output feeds of your projects to the interface.
    • This should prevent situations where the project history could display outdated output feed download data.
  • :candle: We have optimized the XML structure parsing for the custom format - we have measured more than a tenfold speedup for larger XML files. :racehorse:
  • For formats with output file type JSON on the project dashboard, we now correctly list the JSON label instead of XML.
  • Other minor improvements and fixes.

Platform :wrench:

  • :hammer: We fixed a bug in the Developers interface that was occurring when trying to save app tags.

You may experience minor MERGADO outages at the time indicated. Thank you for your understanding and patience as we deploy the new version.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

A new version of MERGADO

Deployment date and time

September 8, 2021, 15:30 GMT+2

News

  • :apple: :star2: We support the new Kaufland.de (Angebotsdaten) format.
    • The CSV file specification is available here.
    • The new format is supported by our format converter as well as our audit.
    • The existing (and until now only) format for Kaufland.de is now renamed to Kaufland.de (Produktdaten).
  • :green_apple: We have updated the audit for the Ɓrukereső.hu format, where we now consider null values of 0 for the PRICE and NETPRICE elements to be invalid.
  • :sun_behind_small_cloud: the code of the Rule form has been upgraded.
    • As a result, this also means new features for users - e.g. that we can now export rows from multiple types of bulk (multi-line) rules as CSV.
    • It also means better options for future enhancements to the form.
  • :hammer_and_wrench: In the Markdown text editor (e.g. editing the description of a user macro) in Firefox you could not scroll outside the area where the cursor was currently located. We fixed this.
  • :candy: We fixed the behavior of drop-down lists when selecting items using the keyboard.
  • We fixed a number of minor bugs manifesting in the client-side (browser) UI code.
  • We have improved some English translations in the UI.

Platform :wrench:

  • In the Markdown text editor (e.g. editing texts for **Mergado Store in Firefox, it was not possible to scroll outside the area where the cursor is currently located. We fixed this.
  • You may experience minor MERGADO outages at the times indicated. Thank you for your understanding and patience as we deploy the new version.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

A new version of MERGADO

Deployment date and time

September 22, 2021, 15:30 GMT+2

News

Application development is not just about continuously adding new features. From time to time it is necessary to look back a little and solve the bugs and unpleasantness that inevitably accumulate during development.

:sunflower: In the last few weeks, we have been focusing on bug fixes and taming the technical debt.

  • :rocket: We are also exploring and testing ways to increase MERGADOā€™s performance through infrastructure enhancements.
  • :hammer_and_pick: Kaufland.de, the delivery_time_min element was exported twice. We have fixed this.
  • :candy: We are working on modernizing the code of the frontend, which will give us better options for future improvements and development.
  • :adhesive_bandage: UI: We fixed another inconsistent behavior when controlling the selectbox with the keyboard.
  • :spider_web: UI: When getting new notifications in browser windows with open stores that the currently logged in user does not have access to, we were getting a 500 error from our server instead of a 403 HTTP error. This situation occurs, for example, when a user ā€œuncontrollablyā€ switches the accounts he is logged into MERGADO with in one browser. We have fixed this.
  • :building_construction: As last time, we have fixed many minor bugs in the client-side (browser) UI code.
  • :bar_chart: We also spent time improving the internal monitoring of the individual components that make up MERGADO. This will give us better information about problems that can potentially occur during operation.
  • We have also fixed a number of other bugs.

You may experience minor MERGADO outages at the times indicated. Thank you for your understanding and patience as we deploy the new version.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

A new version of MERGADO

Deployment date and time

October 6, 2021, 15:30 GMT+2

News

  • :hammer_and_pick: In the rounding rule, we fixed marginal cases where it could sometimes happen that we rounded the decimal numbers differently than one would expect.
    • While, for example, the number 5975.50 was rounded correctly to 5976, for example the number 2966.50 was rounded incorrectly to 2966, although one would expect the result 2967. :sweat: This will not happen again.
  • :green_apple: Repairman: We fixed a bug that prevented running feed audits inside the app.
  • UI: Weā€™ve handled situations where the anchor links page has moved to an exact location.
  • :candy: UI: In the rules form, we have unified icon labels for multiline rule types.
  • :uk: We have fixed a large number of typos in the texts of the English localization of the user interface.
  • DalÅ”Ć­ drobnĆ© opravy.

You may experience minor MERGADO outages at the time indicated. Thank you for your understanding and patience as we deploy the new version.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

A new version of MERGADO

Deployment date and time

October 20, 2021, 15:30 GMT+2

Development is not just about new things all the time. There arenā€™t many this week, but weā€™re working hard on the ā€œgutsā€ of MERGADO to make the app better for you.

News

  • :hammer_and_wrench: We have fixed the occasional jamming audits. Currently, the stuck audits will restart and run
  • :information_source: For Bulk Rules we added information about what happens to empty rows on the right

Platform

  • The form for editing language mutations now appears the same as in the Store

You may experience minor MERGADO outages at the times indicated. Thank you for your understanding and patience as we deploy the new version.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.

A new version of MERGADO

Deployment date and time

November 3, 2021, 15:30 GMT+1

News

  • :green_apple: Improved parsing of input XML feeds - we now correctly identify element names that contain non-standard characters in an attribute.
    • Previously, we had a problem detecting these elements :sweat: and this complicated importing more complex feeds, on which the user wanted to deploy custom format.
  • :hammer_and_wrench: We fixed a bug in the converter from Google formats that was mixing up the order of multiple elements.
  • :mailbox_with_mail: We did not send the name of the online store the project belongs to in the body of the email notification of end of app trial period associated with the project.
    • We have fixed this and the store name will now appear correctly in the email.
  • Other minor fixes.

Platform :wrench:

  • :mag: In the API, it will be possible to filter entities based on their attribute values.
  • :star: There is a new endpoint in the API where information about known - but not necessarily currently present - products for a given project is available.
    • URL of the endpoint: https://api.mergado.com/projects/<project_id>/pairings/.
    • Documentation: Mergado Ā· Apiary
    • :warning: the endpoint is in test mode - the form of this endpoint, or the data returning from it, may still change.

You may experience a minor MERGADO blackout at the times indicated. Thank you for your understanding and patience as we deploy the new version.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.