[Skip to main content](#vessel-content) # Importing Products ## - **[Tangram](/forum/user/15436-tangram "View Tangram's Profile")** - [![Tangram's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/15436-tangram "View Tangram's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/15436-tangram) Less More - Posts: 10 - Thank you received: 0 - - 13 years 7 months ago [\#96241](#96241) by [Tangram](/forum/user/15436-tangram "View Tangram's Profile") *[Importing Products](/forum/4-how-to/79666-importing-products#96241 "Hello, Im new to the software and i have a couple of questions about the importation of products. I read the documentation and i didn't understand how to import the categories for the products. Do i need to insert them manually? Another thing is what is the default folder for the images, if i put in the field image "front-black.jpg" where do i need to put that image in the system. Thanks in advance.")* was created by *[Tangram](/forum/user/15436-tangram "View Tangram's Profile")* Hello, Im new to the software and i have a couple of questions about the importation of products. I read the documentation and i didn't understand how to import the categories for the products. Do i need to insert them manually? Another thing is what is the default folder for the images, if i put in the field image "front-black.jpg" where do i need to put that image in the system. Thanks in advance. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzQtaG93LXRvLzc5NjY2LWltcG9ydGluZy1wcm9kdWN0cz90bXBsPW1hcmtkb3du) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. - **[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")** - [![nicolas's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar63.png?1793428657)](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") - [ Away](/forum/user/63-nicolas) Less More - Posts: 86322 - Thank you received: 14280 - - 13 years 7 months ago [\#96268](#96268) by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") Replied by *[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")* on topic *[Importing Products](/forum/4-how-to/79666-importing-products#96268 "Hello, Im new to the software and i have a couple of questions about the importation of products. I read the documentation and i didn't understand how to import the categories for the products. Do i need to insert them manually? Another thing is what is the default folder for the images, if i put in the field image "front-black.jpg" where do i need to put that image in the system. Thanks in advance.")* Hi, You can insert them manually. If you don't have many of them it shouldn't be a problem. Otherwise, they will be created automatically when the import system import your products and that it doesn't find the referenced categories in the database. The default images folder is media/com_hikashop/upload Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzQtaG93LXRvLzc5NjY2LWltcG9ydGluZy1wcm9kdWN0cz90bXBsPW1hcmtkb3du) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. - **[Tangram](/forum/user/15436-tangram "View Tangram's Profile")** - [![Tangram's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/15436-tangram "View Tangram's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/15436-tangram) Less More - Posts: 10 - Thank you received: 0 - - 13 years 7 months ago [\#96378](#96378) by [Tangram](/forum/user/15436-tangram "View Tangram's Profile") Replied by *[Tangram](/forum/user/15436-tangram "View Tangram's Profile")* on topic *[Importing Products](/forum/4-how-to/79666-importing-products#96378 "Hello, Im new to the software and i have a couple of questions about the importation of products. I read the documentation and i didn't understand how to import the categories for the products. Do i need to insert them manually? Another thing is what is the default folder for the images, if i put in the field image "front-black.jpg" where do i need to put that image in the system. Thanks in advance.")* In the list that show me the things i can use it shows me "parent_category | categories_namekey | categories_image | categories_ordering | categories", is there a tutorial of what do they mean, for instance, if i have "electronics" and "computers", "computes" is a sub-category of "electronics" how do i do that? is the name the primary key for the category? Thanks Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzQtaG93LXRvLzc5NjY2LWltcG9ydGluZy1wcm9kdWN0cz90bXBsPW1hcmtkb3du) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. - **[Xavier](/forum/user/4105-xavier "View Xavier's Profile")** - [![Xavier's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar4105.png)](/forum/user/4105-xavier "View Xavier's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/4105-xavier) Less More - Posts: 13201 - Thank you received: 2322 - - - - [](http://www.kidiweb.fr) - 13 years 7 months ago [\#96441](#96441) by [Xavier](/forum/user/4105-xavier "View Xavier's Profile") Replied by *[Xavier](/forum/user/4105-xavier "View Xavier's Profile")* on topic *[Importing Products](/forum/4-how-to/79666-importing-products#96441 "Hello, Im new to the software and i have a couple of questions about the importation of products. I read the documentation and i didn't understand how to import the categories for the products. Do i need to insert them manually? Another thing is what is the default folder for the images, if i put in the field image "front-black.jpg" where do i need to put that image in the system. Thanks in advance.")* Hi, The documentation about imports is here: [ www.hikashop.com/fr/support/documentatio...shop-import.html#csv](http://www.hikashop.com/fr/support/documentation/73-hikashop-import.html#csv) To have many categories and sub-categories you need something like: parent_category, categories ,electronics electronics, computers Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzQtaG93LXRvLzc5NjY2LWltcG9ydGluZy1wcm9kdWN0cz90bXBsPW1hcmtkb3du) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. 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