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Support-managed templates

A support-managed template is an export layout Exportify’s support team builds and maintains for you, for layouts that need skip and keep rules, calculated fields, virtual tags, constants or custom XML; request one by emailing a sample file to support@exportifyapp.com.

Some export layouts need rules the template builder does not have. For those, we build and maintain the template for you. It appears in your account with a Managed by support badge, you use it exactly like any other template, and you ask us when it needs to change.

What support-managed templates can do that the builder cannot

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  • Skip and keep rules for orders and line items, for example only orders tagged wholesale, or leave out gift card line items.
  • Calculated fields that produce a value from business logic: combine or split text, look up a warehouse code from a SKU, do arithmetic on quantities and prices, or choose a value based on tags, statuses or other order data.
  • Virtual tags that classify orders by compound rules, for example a region from province and city.
  • Constant values that repeat on every row, such as an external store ID or channel name.
  • First-row-only order values, so totals, addresses and statuses appear on the first line of each order and not on every line item.
  • Custom XML structures: element names, wrappers and nesting to match a partner’s schema.
  • Automated delivery: scheduled and per-order exports to your SFTP or FTP server are configured on support-managed templates.

Support-managed templates are included with the Standard and Advanced plans.

Email support@exportifyapp.com with:

  • a sample file in the exact layout you need (CSV, delimited text, XML or Excel), with example values in each column
  • which orders it should cover, if not all
  • any rules: what to skip, how a value is calculated, what goes on the first row only
  • how it will be delivered: on demand (download), on a schedule, or per order (SFTP)

We build it in your account and let you know when it is ready to test. You run a test export, we adjust until the file is right, and then it goes live.

Using and changing a support-managed template

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  • It appears in Settings and in the template list when you export, with the badge. Its page shows the layout as read-only.
  • To change it, open the template and use Request Changes, or email support. Small changes are usually same-day.
  • On the Advanced plan you can enter and test your own SFTP server details for it under Delivery settings; the layout and schedule stay managed by us. See Deliver exports to your SFTP or FTP server.

A support-managed template's page, showing the Managed by support badge and the delivery card

A support-managed template’s page, showing the Managed by support badge and the delivery card