In this section, we will see how you can integrate MS Excel with WooCommerce and automatically add products in WooCommerce using data entered in MS Excel.
This automation requires a one-time setup, for which we will use Pabbly Connect.
We will first link MS Excel with Pabbly Connect to capture the entered data, then link Pabbly Connect with WooCommerce, and add products to WooCommerce using the same data.
Steps to Automatically Add Products in WooCommerce using MS Excel Data
1. Sign In / Sign Up to Pabbly Connect and Create a Workflow
2. Establish a Connection between Microsoft Excel and Pabbly Connect
3. Setup WooCommerce as the Action App to Add Products
Step 1:- Sign In / Sign Up to Pabbly Connect and Create a Workflow
A. Sign In / Sign Up
To begin this process, visit Pabbly Connect and create your account by clicking on the ‘Sign Up Free’ button. You can also click on Sign In if you already have an account.
Click on the Pabbly Connect ‘Access Now’ button
B. Create Workflow
To create a new workflow, click the ‘Create Workflow’ button.
Name your workflow, and click on ‘Create’.
Step 2:- Establish a Connection between Microsoft Excel and Pabbly Connect
We will now look at the steps through which we will establish a link between Microsoft Excel and Pabbly Connect. This will help us to fetch the data from MS Excel.
Trigger allows us to choose the application that will receive the data for Pabbly Connect. In our case, it would be Microsoft Excel.
A. Trigger App
Choose ‘Microsoft Excel’ as the Trigger App, select ‘New Row in Worksheet’ as an Action Event, and click on ‘Connect’.
Select the Workbook and Worksheet, in which you enter the data, and click on ‘Save & Send Test Request’.
Switch back to Pabbly Connect, expand Response Received, and the data you entered must be visible, thus confirming our established connection.
We have established a link between Microsoft Excel and Pabbly Connect. Pabbly Connect will now automatically capture the data entered in Excel.
Step 3:- Setup WooCommerce as the Action App to Add Products
Action allows us to choose the application that will get executed by the workflow trigger.
We essentially want to use the data we captured from Excel to create products in WooCommerce. Thus, WooCommerce will be our Action App.
A. Action App
Choose ‘WooCommerce’ as the Action App, select ‘Create a Product’ as an Action Event, and click on ‘Connect’.
B. Connect WooCommerce Account
To connect with your WooCommerce account, select ‘Add New Connection’. You will be asked to enter your Consumer Key, Consumer Secret, and Website URL.
Go to your WordPress account, and click on ‘WooCommerce’ > ‘Settings’ > ‘Advanced’ > ‘Rest API’.
Click the ‘Add key’ button. You will be prompted to give a description and grant permissions for your key.
Write a Description, grant ‘Read/Write’ Permissions, and click on ‘Generate API Key’.
Copy the Consumer key and Consumer secret, and paste them into their respective fields.
Copy the Website URL, paste it into its given field, and click on ‘Save’.
C. Map Necessary Fields
Now that you have connected your WooCommerce account, all you need is to map the necessary details from the step above. Mapping ensures our data remains dynamic and changes as per the received responses.
Map the Product Name from the step above.
Similarly, map the other fields, leaving the unnecessary ones empty, and click on ‘Save & Send Test Request’.
The moment you click on Save & Send Test Request, your product will automatically be listed in your WooCommerce product list.
Note: Pabbly Connect checks for the data from MS Excel every 8 hours, so any new data you enter may not be visible immediately.
Our automation is complete. We have successfully integrated MS Excel with WooCommerce. A product will automatically be listed in your Woocommerce product list whenever you enter your data in its data in MS Excel.
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