EasyPopulate 4.0 Support Thread

[mc12345678]

Would this update be included in 1.5.2 version of ZC or a later version?

I am not aware of EP4 (or a similar tool) being incorporated into ZC 1.5.2. If it is not currently in. The version available for review, then it is not expected to be incorporated as a default option. The update I am referriing to is an update to EP4. Supposedly there have been some significant rewrites that are to be packaged into a standard ZC approved package. As it stands this version was allowed to be linked from here early on and identified as Beta like product. As far as I've been able to tell, also, there doesn't seem to be anything about this version that would be an issue for ZC 1.5.2 or at least that would prevent operation, but as said there are other updates expected to the plugin.

[linuxguy2]

"ZC 1.5.1 AND EasyPopulate-4.0-master AND export_shipping_information_V1.3.2.1" out-of-the-box-install.
Tested on 2 different installations reversing the order of installing EP4 & export-shipping and EP4 fails on both installs. Tested both mods separately and they worked as advertised.

EP4 will export products OK but won't Import them. it goes through the motions without throwing any kind of error but doesn't import any products. Tried several different EP4 files just to be sure it wasn't the file. See results below.

Not sure if "EasyPopulate-4.0-master" or "export_shipping_information_V1.3.2.1" is the issue. In the past I had to install EP4 before I installed any other mods otherwise it wouldn't install so I tend to think it's EP4 causing the problem.

Green Bar At the top says: Success File Import Completed.

Import Results
Filename: Full-EP2014Feb09-165331.csv
Finished Processing Import File

Updated records: 0
New Imported records: 0
Errors Detected: 0
Warnings Detected: 0
Memory Usage: 581144
Memory Peak: 591464
Execution Time: 0.000150918960571 seconds.

[mc12345678]

"ZC 1.5.1 AND EasyPopulate-4.0-master AND export_shipping_information_V1.3.2.1" out-of-the-box-install.
Tested on 2 different installations reversing the order of installing EP4 & export-shipping and EP4 fails on both installs. Tested both mods separately and they worked as advertised.

EP4 will export products OK but won't Import them. it goes through the motions without throwing any kind of error but doesn't import any products. Tried several different EP4 files just to be sure it wasn't the file. See results below.

Not sure if "EasyPopulate-4.0-master" or "export_shipping_information_V1.3.2.1" is the issue. In the past I had to install EP4 before I installed any other mods otherwise it wouldn't install so I tend to think it's EP4 causing the problem.

Green Bar At the top says: Success File Import Completed.

Import Results
Filename: Full-EP2014Feb09-165331.csv
Finished Processing Import File

Updated records: 0
New Imported records: 0
Errors Detected: 0
Warnings Detected: 0
Memory Usage: 581144
Memory Peak: 591464
Execution Time: 0.000150918960571 seconds.

What spreadsheet program did you use for your data? Looks like the file was blank for the most part based on the report copied from the screen. Or at least that there was nothing that was to be changed. The green bar indicates that it successfully went from the beginningof the programming to the end without error. The fact that the data may or may not have lined up with something in the database doesn't mean that there is an error. It says how many things were modified, and in this case none.

So, what does it take to modify something? A difference of information for a line that has a model# associated with it.

What piece of info were you trying to change in the full file to verify/update the record?

[linuxguy2]

There is an incompatibility between the two mods.

Tested both mods separately and they worked as advertised. Then tested on 2 different installations reversing the order of installing EP4 & export-shipping and EP4 fails on both installs.

My CSV file is solid as I have uploaded & installed it on a site without
"export_shipping_information_V1.3.2.1" installed and it works.

EP4 is a self installer and I don't know exactly which tables/rows/columns it modifies in the DB when you install it. If I had the raw *.sql file I might could figure something out.

[mc12345678]

There is an incompatibility between the two mods.

Tested both mods separately and they worked as advertised. Then tested on 2 different installations reversing the order of installing EP4 & export-shipping and EP4 fails on both installs.

My CSV file is solid as I have uploaded & installed it on a site without
"export_shipping_information_V1.3.2.1" installed and it works.

EP4 is a self installer and I don't know exactly which tables/rows/columns it modifies in the DB when you install it. If I had the raw *.sql file I might could figure something out.

My guess, and I'll take a look, is that export shipping installs a file that is loaded in after something associated with EP4 and therefore a variable needed by EP4 is overwritten feeding something incorrect to EP4. The fact that it sounds like the install occurs without error (review logs) and that the export continues to work that the autoinsall is not a problem, but there is a conflict in variable usage. Again, will take a look at this, though maybe a needle in a haystack dependingon what it is.

[mc12345678]

My guess, and I'll take a look, is that export shipping installs a file that is loaded in after something associated with EP4 and therefore a variable needed by EP4 is overwritten feeding something incorrect to EP4. The fact that it sounds like the install occurs without error (review logs) and that the export continues to work that the autoinstall is not a problem, but there is a conflict in variable usage. Again, will take a look at this, though maybe a needle in a haystack depending on what it is.

Okay, don't know what the issue is... Just installed the most recent version of export shipping information alongside of EP4, performed an export from EP4 using several of the export options, then turned around and imported them without issue... All items identified as being "updated", then modified the data for one of the entries, and confirmed that the piece of data was updated.

Something else must be interferring, in addition there was very little that export shipping does/has in it. Didn't really see anything that would load while EP4 was loaded, so don't see what interference there is between the two. Is this the situation under which you experienced no updates? (Export file which essentially puts the CSV on the server, then without touching the file, trying to import it.) In that situation, what results are presented?

[linuxguy2]

Thanks for the feedback,
Were you testing on a local test server or a hosted site?

This AM (on three completely different test installs) I'm getting some really strange behaviour when importing with EP4.
I'm going to go back and do a fresh ZC 1.5.1/EP4/SO install so I can document the exact steps to reproduce the failure.