EasyPopulate 4.0 Support Thread

[chadderuski]

Hello, I can change the delimiter "between fields.
I'm having trouble with my management.
thanks

Bran,

Please read the documentation over, and the first several posts in this thread. That should get you going.

-chadd

[dancingbay]

When I first installed ZenCart, I loaded the sample data. I would like to get rid of all that data so I have a clean start for Easy Populate 4.0. I opened up phpMyAdmin and looked at each table to see which ones I think I need to clear out. Here's the list I came up with:

zencart_categories
zencart_categories_description
zencart_customers
zencart_customers_info
zencart_group_pricing
zencart_manufacturers
zencart_manufacturers_info
zencart_media_clips
zencart_media_manager
zencart_media_to_products
zencart_media_types
zencart_meta_tags_categories_description
zencart_meta_tags_products_description
zencart_music_genre
zencart_products
zencart_products_attributes
zencart_products_attributes_download
zencart_products_description
zencart_products_discount_quantity
zencart_products_options
zencart_products_options_values
zencart_products_options_values_to_products_options
zencart_products_to_categories
zencart_product_music_extra
zencart_product_types
zencart_product_types_to_category
zencart_record_artists
zencart_record_artists_info
zencart_record_company
zencart_record_company_info
zencart_reviews
zencart_reviews_description
zencart_salemaker_sales
zencart_specials

Are there any tables in there that I don't need to empty and are there any that aren't in the list that I do need to empty. I don't really want to run zc_install because I've also installed a few modules that have database entries, in particular localSalesTaxMod2.5.2.

I wish this information was included in the readme for the module. I'm sure I'm not the only one who has struggled with this and the thread is so long that it's really hard to find answers to these type questions.

Thanks,
Alisa

[dancingbay]

Easy Populate is a great module and if I could just figure out how to use it, would make my life a lot easier. I have some programming background, but am used to being the one laying out the fields and deciding what values go in which fields and what the value options are. I see fields with 0 or 1 or 2 in it and I don't know what those values mean. The only field that is clearly explained is the v_products_option_type in Attrib-Basic-EP and Attrib-Detailed-EP.

I've spent the last 2 days trying to figure out which .csv file are needed to add categories & products & meta data to my site and what each field means in each csv file. I finally figured out where the files from my current site were late yesterday [ Tools > Easy Populate 4 ], but am having trouble making sense of them. Is there any documentation to tell me how to set these files up to load product data the way it needs to be loaded?

I wish this information was included in the readme for the module. The only thing I found was an explanation on how to set up Attrib-Basic-EP. The attributes for my products are a little complicated, so I think I will need to use the Attrib-Detailed-EP file, but here again, are both used or one or the other? Also, not sure how to set up any of the other files. Also, I have 2 options that increase the price of an item. Not sure how to make that happen.

here's the list of files I think I need to modify for Easy Populate 4.0:

Attrib-Basic-EP
Attrib-Detailed-EP
Category-EP
CategoryMeta-EP
Featured-EP
FULL-EP
Options-EP
OptVals-EP
PriceBreaks-EP
PriceQty-EP
Values-EP

I'm sure I'm not the only one who has struggled with this and the thread is so long that it's really hard to find answers to these type questions.

Thanks,
Alisa