Update your product data source on a schedule

Instructions

Create a schedule for a new product data source

1. In your Merchant Center account, click on the Settings & tools icon .
2. Select Data sources.
3. Under the “Product sources” tab, select Add product source.
4. Choose Add products from a file option.
5. While setting up a new product source, select Edit schedule and choose the desired frequency and timing from the drop-down menu. (Important: The URL of your file location must begin with either http://, https://, ftp://, or sftp://).
   • If your file requires a username and password to access, enter the appropriate login information by clicking on the "Add authentication information" to allow Google to access your file.
6. Click Save.

Edit a schedule for an existing product data source

1. In your Merchant Center account, click on the Settings & tools icon .
2. Select Data sources.
3. Under the “Product sources” tab, select a product source.
4. Under the “Your setup” tab, go to the “About this data source” section.
5. Find “Scheduled updates” and click the pencil icon .
6. Choose your desired frequency and timing from the drop-down menus. 
   • Important: The URL of your file location must begin with either http://, https://, ftp://, or sftp://
   • If your file requires a username and password to access, enter the appropriate login information to allow Google to access your file.
7. Click Save.

Requirements

• The size of the file you're scheduling must be less than 4 gigabytes (GB).
• Do not block the user-agents "Googlebot" and "AdsBot-Google" from the directory containing your product data source.
• Make sure that the product data source URL points directly to your product data source file in one of the supported file formats. Note that pointing to an HTML page of your website will cause the processing of your product data source to fail.

Related link

• Add products automatically from your online store to Merchant Center