Our connectors allow you to control how individual product fields are synchronized between your e-commerce platform and Odoo using product field mappings. Each mapping has three checkboxes that define its behavior:
Active – Enables or disables the mapping entirely.
Send field for updating – Enables exporting the field from Odoo to the e-commerce store.
Receive field on import – Enables importing the field from the e-commerce store to Odoo.
What does each option do?
Active:
If this checkbox is disabled, the mapping will be completely ignored during both import and export – regardless of the other settings.If Active is enabled, the direction of synchronization is controlled by the other two checkboxes. The table below explains each possible combination:
Send field for updating | Receive field on import | Behavior |
|---|---|---|
✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | Field is imported and exported on every sync action. |
✅ Yes | ❌ No | Field is exported on every export. |
❌ No | ✅ Yes | Field is imported on every import (including initial import and updates). |
❌ No | ❌ No | Field is imported only during initial import. Ignored in later imports and all exports. |
Example Use Cases
Want to import product descriptions from WooCommerce, but never export them from Odoo? Enable Receive field on import only.
Need to export product names from Odoo to your store, but never update them from the store? Enable Send field for updating only.
Want two-way sync for barcodes? Enable both.
Want a field to be set only during initial product import (e.g. internal reference)? Leave both unchecked, but keep Active enabled.
Still have questions?
Please contact our support team if you need help configuring your field mappings:
👉 https://support.ventor.tech