{
  "vendor": "bigcommerce",
  "profileVersion": "2026-07",
  "sourceOfTruth": "https://support.bigcommerce.com/s/article/Importing-Exporting-Products",
  "anchors": {
    "required": ["Item Type", "Product Name"],
    "strong": ["Product Code/SKU", "Product Description", "Product Visible?", "Track Inventory", "Category"],
    "negative": ["Handle", "attribute_set_code", "Attribute 1 value(s)"]
  },
  "layout": {
    "pattern": "sectioned",
    "discriminatorColumn": "Item Type",
    "childLevels": ["SKU"],
    "parentRefColumn": null,
    "parentEntity": "product",
    "childEntity": "variant",
    "columnGroups": [
      {
        "entity": "image",
        "prefixes": ["Product Image "],
        "columns": []
      }
    ]
  },
  "derived": [
    {
      "entity": "category",
      "fromColumn": "Category",
      "hierarchySeparator": "/",
      "multiValueSeparator": ";",
      "hierarchical": true,
      "linkPolicy": "leaf",
      "relation": { "fromEntity": "product", "field": "categories", "cardinality": "many-to-many" }
    }
  ],
  "fileRoles": [
    { "role": "product", "filenameHints": ["products", "product_export"] },
    { "role": "customer", "filenameHints": ["customers"] },
    { "role": "order", "filenameHints": ["orders"] }
  ],
  "columnMap": [
    { "wixTarget": "product.name", "aliases": ["Product Name"] },
    { "wixTarget": "product.description", "aliases": ["Product Description"] },
    { "wixTarget": "product.brand", "aliases": ["Brand Name"] },
    { "wixTarget": "product.sourceId", "aliases": ["Product ID"] },
    { "wixTarget": "product.visible", "aliases": ["Product Visible?"] },
    { "wixTarget": "product.seoTitle", "aliases": ["Page Title"] },
    { "wixTarget": "variant.sku", "aliases": ["Product Code/SKU"] },
    { "wixTarget": "variant.price", "aliases": ["Price"] },
    { "wixTarget": "variant.cost", "aliases": ["Cost Price"] },
    { "wixTarget": "variant.discountedPrice", "aliases": ["Sale Price"] },
    { "wixTarget": "variant.weight", "aliases": ["Product Weight"] },
    { "wixTarget": "variant.width", "aliases": ["Product Width"] },
    { "wixTarget": "variant.height", "aliases": ["Product Height"] },
    { "wixTarget": "variant.inventoryQuantity", "aliases": ["Current Stock Level"] },
    { "wixTarget": "image.url", "aliases": ["Product Image File - 1", "Product Image File"] },
    { "wixTarget": "image.altText", "aliases": ["Product Image Description - 1"] },
    { "wixTarget": "category.path", "aliases": ["Category"] }
  ],
  "quirks": [
    "Item Type is the row discriminator: 'Product' rows are products and 'SKU' rows are their variants; a SKU row belongs to the most recent Product row above it, since there is no parent-reference column.",
    "Category packs multiple '/'-separated paths separated by ';'.",
    "Image columns are numbered per image ('Product Image File - 1', '- 2', …), so the image set is a column family on a single row rather than extra rows.",
    "'Product Visible?' and 'Allow Purchases?' are Y/N strings rather than TRUE/FALSE."
  ]
}