Classification Categories define the functional taxonomy of the catalog. They are used to organize products into a structured hierarchy and to associate attributes with specific groups of products. This mechanism allows the platform to control which attributes apply to which products, whether they are required, indexable, or usable as variants.

The following table describes all the available columns that can be used in the SFTP import file for classification categories.

Column name	Description	Mandatory	Type
Code	External unique identifier for the classification category (must not start with 0)	Y	Text
Name	Display name of the classification category	Y	Text
Parent code	Code of the parent classification category (used to build the hierarchy)	Y	Text
attr_code	Identifier of the associated attribute	N	Text / Metric
attr_enabled	Enables or disables the attribute for this classification category	N	TRUE / FALSE
attr_indexable	If TRUE, the attribute can be indexed and used in the front office	N	TRUE / FALSE
attr_searchable	If TRUE, the attribute is searchable via full-text search	N	TRUE / FALSE
attr_facettable	If TRUE, the attribute can be used as a facet (filter) in the front office	N	TRUE / FALSE
attr_required	If TRUE, the attribute becomes mandatory for products in this category	N	TRUE / FALSE
attr_forVariant	If TRUE, the attribute can be used as a variant attribute	N	TRUE / FALSE

File example

Code	Name	Parent code	attr_code	attr_enabled	attr_indexable	attr_searchable	attr_facettable	attr_required	attr_forVariant
ROOT	Root
DEC	Decoration	ROOT
DEC_COLOR	Color	DEC	ID_COLOR	TRUE	TRUE	TRUE	TRUE	TRUE	TRUE
DEC_MATERIAL	Material	DEC	ID_MATERIAL	TRUE	TRUE	FALSE	TRUE	FALSE	FALSE
FUR	Furniture	ROOT
FUR_SIZE	Size	FUR	ID_SIZE	TRUE	TRUE	TRUE	TRUE	TRUE	TRUE

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Important
When multiple attributes need to be associated with the same classification category, the classification information must be repeated on multiple lines. Each line represents one attribute configuration for the category, using the same classification codes and names.