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title: Discrepancies between offline and online data
slug: product-recommendations/docs/discrepancies-between-offline-and-online-data
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createdAt: 2026-07-30T20:41:30.719Z
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If a product exists in the offline order file but not in the database (Optimizely cannot relate it to a product in the database), Optimizely creates a placeholder for it in the database. If, in a future online feed import, the product is imported into the database, the (online and offline) products will be associated.