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Temporarily disable the catalog item change manager

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CustomCatalogItemChangeManagerV1.cs

public class CustomCatalogItemChangeManager : CatalogItemChangeManager
{
	private readonly IScheduledJobRepository scheduledJobRepository;

	public CustomCatalogItemChangeManager(
		IChangeNotificationManager changeNotificationManager,
		EntryIdentityResolver entryIdentityResolver,
		IScheduledJobRepository scheduledJobRepository)
		: base(changeNotificationManager: changeNotificationManager, entryIdentityResolver: entryIdentityResolver)
	{
		this.scheduledJobRepository = scheduledJobRepository;
	}

	public override void InsertChanges(IEnumerable<int> entryIds)
	{
		ScheduledJob job = this.scheduledJobRepository.Get(new Guid("guid-of-import-job"));
		if (job != null && job.IsRunning)
		{
			return;
		}

		base.InsertChanges(entryIds: entryIds);
	}
}

CustomCatalogItemChangeManagerV2.cs

using System.Collections.Generic;

using EPiServer.Events.ChangeNotification;

using Mediachase.Commerce;
using Mediachase.Commerce.Catalog;

public class CustomCatalogItemChangeManager : CatalogItemChangeManager
{
	public CustomCatalogItemChangeManager(
		IChangeNotificationManager changeNotificationManager,
		EntryIdentityResolver entryIdentityResolver)
		: base(changeNotificationManager: changeNotificationManager, entryIdentityResolver: entryIdentityResolver)
	{
		this.SavingChangesEnabled = true;
	}

	public bool SavingChangesEnabled { get; set; }

	public override void InsertChanges(IEnumerable<int> entryIds)
	{
		if (!this.SavingChangesEnabled)
		{
			return;
		}

		base.InsertChanges(entryIds: entryIds);
	}
}

MyConfigurableModule.cs

container.Configure(x => x.For<CatalogItemChangeHandlerBase>().Use<CustomCatalogItemChangeManager>());
container.Configure(x => x.For<CatalogItemChangeManager>().Use<CustomCatalogItemChangeManager>());

ScheduledJob.cs

public override string Execute()
{
	CustomCatalogItemChangeManager customCatalogItemChangeManager = null;

	try
	{
		customCatalogItemChangeManager = this.catalogItemChangeHandler as CustomCatalogItemChangeManager;
		
		if (customCatalogItemChangeManager != null)
		{
			customCatalogItemChangeManager.SavingChangesEnabled = false;
		}

		// Do your magic
	}
	finally
	{
		if (customCatalogItemChangeManager != null)
		{
			customCatalogItemChangeManager.SavingChangesEnabled = true;
		}
	}

	return "Job done"
}