Products and customers import

Magento provides an out-of-the-box mass import and export functionality via the following modules:

• AdvancedPricingImportExport

• BundleImportExport

• CatalogImportExport

• ConfigurableImportExport

• CustomerImportExport

• GroupedImportExport

• ImportExport

• TaxImportExport

The heart of the import functionality actually lies in the ImportExport module, while other modules provide individual import and export entities through the vendor/magento/module-{partialModuleName}-import-export/etc/import.xml and vendor/magento/module-{partialModuleName}-import-export/etc/export.xml files.

These functionalities can be accessed from the Magento admin area from the System | Data Transfer menu. They enable us to export and import several entity types, such as Advanced Pricing, Products, Customers Main File, and Customer Addresses.

The following screenshot shows the Entity Type options for the Import Settings screen:

Next to Import Settings, when we select Entity Type for import, the Import Behavior...