Global import settings

Under 'Property Hive > Import Properties' you'll be able to access global settings that apply to all imports by clicking the 'Settings' link in the navigation:

Email reports

If you'd like to receive email alerts every time an import finishes containing a complete log of what happened during the import, simply enable this option (disabled by default) and enter the email address where the report should be sent.

Removing properties

Over time, as properties come on and off the market, you could potentially end up with thousands of old properties sitting in Property Hive.

As a result, we offer a number of options when it comes to what to do with properties when they're removed.

By default we will set this to 'Remove all media except the first image'. This is what Rightmove do. We feel this to be the best option because this ensures:

a) The property URL still exists and doesn't result in 404 errors (bad for SEO).

b) The majority of the media is removed bar one photo.

c) If someone does land on the page at least there is still an image, albeit the only one.

Depending on the number of properties you have you might want to change this.

Changing this setting only effects properties removed going forward. For any existing properties you'll need to delete media and/or the property record manually.

Media processing

If you are storing media as files on your server and not storing them as URLs then importing media takes time and can hold up importing properties.

You can opt to import images at run time, but by default we'll set it to import media in a separate background queue. This means property data is prioritised and imported first, and then any media that needs downloading is placed into a separate queue and will be processed separately in the background.