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Maestra account can support multiple systems (for example, two online stores). To keep product data separated by source, Maestra uses External Systems. Product and category IDs are stored under a specific external system (e.g., one per store), so data from different systems never overlaps. ​ An External System represents the system your product data comes from. Products typically come from a website or your store backend, and in Maestra these sources are set up as External Systems. Some projects use multiple feeds where product IDs can overlap. To keep IDs from different feeds separate, import each feed under its own external system.
External Systems are not the same as Integration Points:
  • Integration Points identify the customer’s system — the source of events and API requests.
  • External Systems identify the source of product data.
How to create an external system:
  1. Go to Settings → Products and Orders → External Systems, and click “Add”:
  1. Fill in the fields and click “Add”: