Walmart Attribute Mapping¶

Note

Attribute mapping supports the Walmart product-type specifications, which are available for the United States marketplace only. See Walmart Supported Marketplaces.

Walmart describes its items with its own attributes — brand, color, size, and so on — and your Odoo products have their own. Attribute mapping is where you tell the connector which is which, so listings can be built and imported without you retyping values.

Mappings are created for you when a product type specification is fetched, and you refine them here.

Tip

Until a product type specification has been fetched there is nothing to map. See Import Walmart Product Types In Odoo.

Attribute Mappings¶

Go to Marketplaces ‣ Walmart ‣ Catalog ‣ Attribute Mappings.

Each row is one Walmart attribute, with:

Name: the Walmart attribute, as Walmart names it. This is read-only.

Attribute Type: how the connector should handle it. This is the important choice, and it is editable:

Type

Meaning

Header

The value comes from a standard field on the listing, such as its name or description, and is filled in for you.

Variant

The attribute distinguishes one variant from another, such as color or size. Choose the matching Odoo attribute in Odoo Attribute.

Static

The value is the same for every variant and is entered on the listing itself. This is the default.

Custom

Handled outside the standard rules.

Odoo Attribute: the Odoo product attribute this maps to. Editable when the type is Variant.
Header Field: a note of which listing field the value comes from. It is for your reference only; changing it does not change what is sent to Walmart.
Data Type and Instance — informational, hidden by default. Use the optional-columns button to show them.

Type	Meaning
Header	The value comes from a standard field on the listing, such as its name or description, and is filled in for you.
Variant	The attribute distinguishes one variant from another, such as color or size. Choose the matching Odoo attribute in Odoo Attribute.
Static	The value is the same for every variant and is entered on the listing itself. This is the default.
Custom	Handled outside the standard rules.

Edit rows directly in the list; there is no separate form.

Note

Rows here cannot be added or deleted by hand. They appear when a product type specification is fetched, so if an attribute is missing, fetch the specification for the product type that uses it.

Note

The connector classifies attributes automatically when the spec is fetched. If you change a row by hand, your choice is kept and the related value mappings are refreshed.

Tip

Use the Header, Variant, Static and Custom filters to review one type at a time, and group by Attribute Type or Instance when you run more than one Walmart instance.

Attribute Value Mappings¶

Knowing that Walmart’s color maps to your Color attribute is only part of the job — the connector also needs to know that Walmart’s value Navy Blue is your value Navy. That is what value mappings do.

Go to Marketplaces ‣ Walmart ‣ Catalog ‣ Attribute Value Mappings.

Each row shows:

Attribute Mapping: the attribute the value belongs to.
Walmart Value: the value as Walmart expresses it.
Odoo Value: the matching value in your Odoo attribute.
Instance: the instance the mapping belongs to.

Rows can be added and deleted directly in the list. Once a row is saved, the Walmart Value and its attribute are fixed — only the Odoo Value can still be changed.

Tip

Use the Unmapped filter to find values that still need an Odoo value, and group by Attribute Mapping to work through one attribute at a time.

Note

A Walmart value must be one that Walmart actually allows for that attribute. If you enter something else, Odoo refuses it with a message telling you to use a value from the fetched product-type spec. This prevents a listing being rejected later for a value Walmart would never accept.

Mapping For A Single Product Type¶

The mappings above apply across your whole catalog. Occasionally a product type needs its own mapping — the same Walmart attribute pointing to a different Odoo attribute for that product type only.

Go to Marketplaces ‣ Walmart ‣ Catalog ‣ Product Types and open the product type.
Open the Attribute Mappings page and click the attribute you want to override.
Set the Odoo Attribute for this product type, and map its values on the Value Mappings page.

A per-product-type mapping takes precedence over the general mapping.

Note

If two Walmart attributes in the same product type are pointed at the same Odoo attribute, Odoo warns you. Only the first of the two is used when exporting; the second is ignored.

How Mappings Are Used¶

Importing listings: Walmart attributes flagged as variant attributes are matched to your Odoo attributes and values, so imported listings arrive with the right variants instead of a flat product.
Exporting listings: your Odoo attribute values are translated back into the values Walmart expects, so Walmart accepts the listing.