Create a Data Feed v3.1
Purpose | This document describes how to create a data feed definition and a related data feed item in Forrit One CMS. |
Prerequisites | |
Supplementary |
Overview
See Data Feeds v3.0 for a description of data feed definitions and data feed items.
Instructions
Create a data feed definition
To create a data feed definition:
Ensure a task is selected.
Navigate to the Data feed definitions screen under Settings.
Select Add new definition.
Enter a name and description and press Add.
The field editor screen appears. This is where the data feed schema is defined.
Click Add field.
Set a name for the field and the data type. The data type may be any of:
Boolean
Complex
(can contain other data types)DateTime
Number
Media Item
Rich Text
Text
Collections
(can contain multiple elements of a data type)Picklists
Add as many fields as are required for the schema. At least one field must be displayable - only text and rich text fields can be set to displayable.
To edit the details of a field, click the pen icon at the right of the row to expand it.
Fields can be reordered by dragging the handles on the left of each row.
Complex fields can be expanded or minimised by clicking the arrow on the row to the left of the name.
Fields can be added to complex fields by clicking the Add child button.
Fields can be removed by clicking the Remove button on the field’s details. Note that fields cannot be removed if they are used by a data feed item.
Click Save to save the data feed definition.
Create a data feed item
To create a data feed item:
Ensure a task is selected.
Navigate to the Data feed items screen under Library.
Select the data feed definition and variant from the dropdowns at the top of the screen.
Click Add new data feed item. The data feed item editor opens.
Editable fields will appear for each of the schema values defined in the definition.
Fill in the values. Fields can be expanded by clicking on them.
Select Save and the data feed item is saved.