The Google Merchant Center (GMC) Product app pulls your GMC product data into the Yext Knowledge Graph. Once in Yext, these products can be surfaced in Search and on Pages.
Note: This app does not support multi-sub-account Google Merchant Center accounts.
Install the app
If you have already linked your Google account with Yext and have your Linked Account ID available, skip to step 5.
- Navigate to Knowledge Graph > Configuration and click the Linked Accounts tile. In the Google provider row, click Add a Linked Account.
- Check the following scope:
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/contentand click Link. - In the popup modal, select the Google account associated with your Business Profile.
- Click Continue, then provide a name for your Linked Account. Copy the ID and click Save.
- Go to the Google Merchant Center Product Connector app listing and click Install.
- On the following screen, click Next. Enter your Linked Account ID and Merchant ID for the GMC account from which you'd like to pull products. Click Authorize.
- You will be redirected to the connector page where you can click Edit Configuration to review what will be pulled in, or click Run Connector to import the data.
- Return to the Knowledge Graph to see your GMC products.
Additional product data
The app creates the following custom entity fields and functions in Yext:
Custom fields:
additionalSizeTypeadsRedirectURLcanonicalLinkchanneldisplayAdsexcludedDestinationsgoogleProductCategoryidentifierExistsincludedDestinationsitemGroupIDlocalInventoryoverrideTaxpickupMethodOptionpromotionIDsshippingLabelshippingOverrideshoppingAdsExcludedCountriesshoppingAdsLabelstargetCountrytaxCategoryLabeltransitTimeLabel
Custom functions:
convertStockStatudetermineInstallmentPlanLength.