EasyPopulate 4.0 Support Thread

[mc12345678]

Thank you mesnitu,
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There are those that have paid to obtain desired functionality and allowed that operation to be incorporated for all to use and there have been conversations that have been had that identified ways that this could be made ever more versatile. Yes, there is or can be a lot that goes into making such a useful tool.‎ As is the case with almost everything ZC, a business need generally births a business solution. Chadder saw this in his line of work and developed EP4 building off of those that collaborated before him and with him.##
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I came across this software when trying to find a way to populate the store of a non-profit organization with a list of items provided to me using a spreadsheet. Later, after working with potteryhouse/jeking on Stock By Attributes, having a discussion with someone about the real world difficulty with performing an inventory of attributable stock, and trying to address the lack of attributable stock seen with ZC upon my first install of ZC back in 2011, I incorporated an SBA interface. In parallel and with a great deal of consternation I developed an intermediate plugin that would use the free existing CEON URI rewriter to auto-generate URIs through the use of EP4. I plan to continue to support these two additional features in my own way and to build them off of the new plugin (now available btw).##

Long and short of it, it's unfortunate that outside of this community (and inside of it by some) that ZC is no longer in the top pick of advertised eCommerce sites. The important thing for anyone reading is to take the time to post about an issue, to request a change (preferred over demanding one as so many seem to be doing these days), explain the why, etc... Mesnitu you did this in discussion of bookx and while you did the grunt work, a way to merge the functionality of it with EP4 was found and made. The same is true for the new software that it will be able to incorporate the features of the bookx plugin as well as the operations recently inquired about. ##

There are many that have left ZC to come back because of the difficulty experienced, lack of functionality, etc... with other product. The core developers have made a number of changes for the current (and future) version to try to give ZC a face-lift (a significant reason that "reviewers" suggest other such applications) and continue to incorporate new features, but it is through community input either by those that need something or those that have a vision that improvements can be made. The code issue identified above has existed since January 3rd, 2015 with the issue of version 4.0.28 when the zen_record_admin_activity function was first incorporated into EP4 to expand functionality to operate under ZC 1.5.4+. I would like to think that if someone had identified this earlier that it would have been commented on, discussed, or corrected for others to benefit and perhaps I did receive a side comment about it which got locally corrected and thought to have been applied for all. I'll provide my thoughts on correcting the condition in a separate post.

[allmart]

Has anyone had any success with DUAL Pricing v2 with EP4.0.35.ZC and ZC 1.5.5a. I have added to my_admin\includes\languages\english.php:

define('EASYPOPULATE_CONFIG_CUSTOM_FIELDS', 'products_price_w'); //Easy Populate, as indicated in the instructions but have not had any success with import and exporting with EP4.

EP4 page in ZC indicates on the right of the screen under Custom Products Fields: Dual Pricing Mod: TRUE.

Thanks

[mc12345678]

Has anyone had any success with DUAL Pricing v2 with EP4.0.35.ZC and ZC 1.5.5a. I have added to my_admin\includes\languages\english.php:

define('EASYPOPULATE_CONFIG_CUSTOM_FIELDS', 'products_price_w'); //Easy Populate, as indicated in the instructions but have not had any success with import and exporting with EP4.

EP4 page in ZC indicates on the right of the screen under Custom Products Fields: Dual Pricing Mod: TRUE.

Thanks

The EP4 instructions do not reference the specific constant (which if attempted above is incorrect) but instead the configuration screen area where custom fields can be entered (and not require a permanent override as attempted above). The same text of products_price_w could/would be used there to export/import. But be advised that there are a few issues with the current version of EP4 as documented over the last couple of pages.

[mc12345678]

The dual pricings mod referenced on the right side refers to options_values_price_w as found in the products_attributes table.

[allmart]

Thank you for your prompt reply but obviously I am in over my head here and am not clear with your response. More detailed instructions would be greatly appreciated that is of course that the dual price mod will work with the current version of EP4.

[mc12345678]

No problem. If the products_price_w field is in fact in the products table (appears like it should be based on the name), then with EP4 installed, goto configuration->Easy Populate then locate the the listing for User identified fields. In the right side of the screen, add products_price_w and update the field.

Now where products are exported (mainly the full export) the field will appear, and will also be "read" for import.

The caveat to this method is that anyone having admin access to those settings could modify the list of additional fields to import/export to/from the products table.

[allmart]

Thank you so much. Worked like a charm.

[Tile Mural Store UK]

Easy Populate 4.0.35.ZC - 04-29-2016
Zen Cart 1.5.5a
Database Patch Level: 1.5.5
v1.5.5a [2015-01-01 05:44:52] (New Installation-v155a)
v1.5.5a [2015-01-01 05:44:52] (New Installation-v155a)

Im can not get my attributes to show on my products.
uploaded Complete products OK
uploaded Basic products attributes OK and showing in attributes conntrol
when i upload the detailed product attributes vie the Browes button i get File uploaded successfully:
But the attributes dont show on product.
if i upload via the import button i get File Import Completed with issues. & SKIPPED! - Attribute Entry on : - Not Found!

please help.

[mc12345678]

Easy Populate 4.0.35.ZC - 04-29-2016
Zen Cart 1.5.5a
Database Patch Level: 1.5.5
v1.5.5a [2015-01-01 05:44:52] (New Installation-v155a)
v1.5.5a [2015-01-01 05:44:52] (New Installation-v155a)

Im can not get my attributes to show on my products.
uploaded Complete products OK
uploaded Basic products attributes OK and showing in attributes conntrol
when i upload the detailed product attributes vie the Browes button i get File uploaded successfully:
But the attributes dont show on product.
if i upload via the import button i get File Import Completed with issues. & SKIPPED! - Attribute Entry on : - Not Found!

please help.

First, hopefully you have applied the various patches/modifications identified over the last 7ish pages (a lot of other conversations intermixed).

Secondly, upload places the files on the server. Import is what tries to push the product to the database.

In a default install, product_model is the primary key used to match the import record to the product. If the selected primary key is not found in the import file for the specific row, then the row is not imported unless the selected primary key option supports that type of import.

More to follow in a moment.