Flexport product upload template mapping
How to automatically map products to Flexport's upload template
One of the most efficient ways to add products to Seller Portal is by using Flexport’s product upload template. That said, mapping product data from your internal format to Flexport’s template can often be a tedious, repetitive spreadsheet process.
With Parabola, Flexport customers can automatically reformat product data to match Flexport’s upload templates. Upload your raw product export, standardize column names, and use AI to map your dataset to match Flexport’s template. Beyond reformatting, Parabola will also notify you about potential discrepancies—like duplicate SKUs or invalid country codes—that might cause the failure upload to fail.
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Product upload template mapping is the process of transforming your internal product catalog format to match Flexport’s required upload template. It typically involves renaming columns, validating your product records, and breaking large datasets into uploadable chunks to ensure successful processing.
- Upload your raw product catalog file using the Pull from CSV file step.
- Use Edit columns to remove unnecessary columns and rename fields to closely match Flexport’s required template headers.
- Use the Custom transform step to reformat values, adjust units, and handle any edge cases (e.g. converting dimensions or merging attributes).
- In the Check cards, validate for duplicates, missing required fields, or incorrect formats that could cause the upload to fail.
- Use a Split rows into groups step to divide the final dataset into files of 500 SKUs or fewer, in line with Flexport’s system limits.
- Click Run Flow to generate and export your ready-to-upload CSV files.
- Rename your columns to match Flexport’s import template as closely as possible before using the AI transformation step—this dramatically improves result quality.
- Use detailed instructions in the Custom transform step to handle formatting rules or business logic (e.g. unit conversions, field concatenations).
- Validate early and often—set up checks for blank values, duplicates, or improper formats before attempting upload.
- Contact your Flexport account manager for more information on integration options
- To start building your own product upload template mapping Flow, check out the Template above and Parabola University.
