EasyPopulate 4.0 Support Thread

[fabburl]

Having a problem that I am uploading attributes with the basic attributes uploader following the template given by easy populate

I get the following message

Updated records: 2229
New Imported records: 0
Errors Detected: 0
Warnings Detected: 0

however, these are actually all new imported records?? I am not sure why this is happening or what I am doing wrong.

[mc12345678]

Having a problem that I am uploading attributes with the basic attributes uploader following the template given by easy populate

I get the following message

Updated records: 2229
New Imported records: 0
Errors Detected: 0
Warnings Detected: 0

however, these are actually all new imported records?? I am not sure why this is happening or what I am doing wrong.

Well, the reason for the above result is because the following sql when executed/queried provided a non-zero number of returned rows and as a result an update was performed:

"SELECT * FROM "
                        .TABLE_PRODUCTS_ATTRIBUTES. "
                        WHERE 
                        products_id = '".$v_products_id."' AND
                        options_id = '".$v_products_options_id."' AND
                        options_values_id = '".$a_products_options_values_id."'"

Each of the variables are collected by related queries above the condition.

This is of course assuming that the filename follows the convention of beginning with

attrib-basic-ep

Otherwise, the result is because the records were being updated as a full import or some other import style...

[fabburl]

Ah, I did not know the filename has to start with attrib-basic-ep - I assumed any name was fine. I will try again with that name then.

[mc12345678]

Ah, I did not know the filename has to start with attrib-basic-ep - I assumed any name was fine. I will try again with that name then.

While minimally documenated it s covered in the readme... Also, may I suggest downloading/installing verson 4.0.30 whch translates those requirements to the admin window...

[RonaldNavarro689]

hello,

I'm using zen cart v1.5.4 and latest easy populate version. The installation went smoothly but I don't know how to enable the Custom Products Fields.
I've read that I should add extra plugins for this ( you mentioned that for short descriptions and upc you've designed it) but I could find only this:
https://www.zen-cart.com/search.php?searchid=3539052
I've also read that you just have to enter the field in the feed and it automatically generates the field?
I also see that I can use the User Defined Products Fields. Should I just generate the UPC field inside it and ignore the custom product fields?
I've also found that I should have true false buttons for each field into the configuration/easy populate 4 section?
https://www.zen-cart.com/showthread....-Thread/page42
Can you please tell me how I can do it? I didn't try any of the versions because I don't want to mess up.
Please let me know the best way to proceed.
If it's field related can you please tell me what title I should enter for the row?

[lruskauff]

To my knowledge, Easy populate does not give you Custom Product Fields. But if you have coded them and added them yourself, you can make easy populate recognize them by adding them in the configuration for easy populate under admin, where you see the custom products field. For example, if you have created the field SKU, then if you enter in the configuration file, easy populate will add a column for that when it creates your CVS file.

So are you looking to create a custom field?

[mc12345678]

I do want to make one thing clear, *I* did not write this code and have only continued to add to it.

As lruskauf stated, EP4 does not create new fields in the database, it accesses them and recognizes select fields to support "common" new fields.

If when you export say the full products and review the headers of the csv file to find that a field is not there but known to be in the products table, the "missing" field can be identified. To have a field from the products table exported/imported (when not already part of the export) goto the configuration window for EP4, edit the custom fields entry, add the field name as it is identified in the products table. (Ie., do not include the first v_ that is shown in the csv file)

Regarding the indicators on the tools->Easy Populate v4 window, they indicate true if the associated field/feature exists in the database.

[adb34]

......The installation went smoothly but I don't know how to enable the Custom Products Fields......

These are the plugins that you can add to your shop. If you go to Short Description plugin and install, obviously following the instruction, you will find that 'Product Short Descriptions' has turned from 'false' to 'True'