using own category ID when importing categories

[kolargol]

hello,

I was wondering how to change category ID by my own numbers when importing categories ? Is there an addon which can do that please ?

Thanks in advance

Philippe

[avoelkl · Accepted solution]

You can and should not change the internal Magento ID as this is a primary key in the category table and a foreign key to a lot of other tables.

You did not explain why you want to do this. If you need it just as information/relation to an external system, you could just add an extra category attribute where you can add/set your own category id.

[kolargol]

This is a good idea, Thank you for your help !