How to force an Inventory Update for listings via CSV import

Introduction:

While you can force an inventory update by clicking save and upload on a listing, this may not always be desirable if you have upload listings turned off on the integration, as then we would overwrite changes already on channel.

An alternative method would be to export that listing with an inventory modifier like Max Inventory and then re-import that listing.

Warnings:

It is recommended to not mark every listing as needing an update, as the system has to process all of them, and the tasks cannot be canceled once started.

Steps to force inventory update:

First, you must head to the listings page by clicking the 'Listings' option on the navigation bar.

Since you can only update the inventory for one channel at a time, you should filter the channel you wish to update first.

Once you have filtered the listings, tick the listings you wish to update, and then click the Export button.



A popup will then be displayed, leaving all the default options already selected, also tick 'Max Inventory', then click Export.

An Excel file should have been downloaded, head to 'Listings -> Listings Import Export'.

Then select the 'Import (Update Existing) tab, and set 'Update to channel' to No.

Once that has been done, you then select the file to import and then select the channel.

The page will then load and display some fields. Set 'Skip Blank Fields' to No and then click Import.



The system will then process an inventory update for those listings on the next scheduled inventory update. This varies for each channel type but is typically 15 - 30 minutes.