Importing new products for digital download store

[mc12345678]

Thanks, I missed the instructions to click the link. :)

So would the detailed products attributes option be the one that would likely have the zip file attributes associated with it?

May I suggest exporting and downloading a detailed attributes file to see what is included, though note that this tool only modifies the data that is captured in the database, it does not upload/download the actual file(s) referenced within the database.

By that I mean, I'm not entirely sure what issue there is/has been with *.zip files nor exactly what is fully meant by "have the zip file attributes associated with it", but have been making an assumption that have meant want to be able to address attributes of product that have files associated with them.

The detailed attribute option will allow modification of attribute data that has already been assigned to a product. The basic attribute file would need to be used to associate new attributes to a product with follow on action to address/modify the details of that attribute.

Here is the contents of the CSV file that I created from the demo data where files were handled in attributes. I didn't say fully groom the data to reflect all attributes associated with the product and at some point I may have modified some of the data to support some other test, just those that had files:

"v_products_attributes_id","v_products_id","v_products_model","v_options_id","v_products_options_name","v_products_options_type","v_options_values_id","v_products_options_values_name","v_options_values_price","v_price_prefix","v_products_options_sort_order","v_product_attribute_is_free","v_products_attributes_weight","v_products_attributes_weight_prefix","v_attributes_display_only","v_attributes_default","v_attributes_discounted","v_attributes_image","v_attributes_price_base_included","v_attributes_price_onetime","v_attributes_price_factor","v_attributes_price_factor_offset","v_attributes_price_factor_onetime","v_attributes_price_factor_onetime_offset","v_attributes_qty_prices","v_attributes_qty_prices_onetime","v_attributes_price_words","v_attributes_price_words_free","v_attributes_price_letters","v_attributes_price_letters_free","v_attributes_required","v_products_attributes_filename","v_products_attributes_maxdays","v_products_attributes_maxcount"
"26","22","PC-UNTM","5","Version","0","10","Download: Windows - English","0.0000","+","10","0","7","-","0","0","1",,"1","0.0000","0.0000","0.0000","0.0000","0.0000",,,"0.0000","0","0.0000","0","0","unreal.zip","7","3"
"1040","133","DOWNLOAD2","5","Version","0","10","Download: Windows - English","0.0000","+","10","0","0","+","0","1","1",,"1","0.0000","0.0000","0.0000","0.0000","0.0000",,,"0.0000","0","0.0000","0","0","test.zip","7","5"
"1044","133","DOWNLOAD2","5","Version","0","52","Download: Windows - Spanish","0.0000","+","20","0","0","+","0","0","1",,"1","0.0000","0.0000","0.0000","0.0000","0.0000",,,"0.0000","0","0.0000","0","0","test.zip","7","5"
"1043","133","DOWNLOAD2","5","Version","0","64","Download: MAC - English","0.0000","+","100","0","0","+","0","0","1",,"1","0.0000","0.0000","0.0000","0.0000","0.0000",,,"0.0000","0","0.0000","0","0","test.zip","7","5"
"1041","133","DOWNLOAD2","17","Documentation","0","62","PDF - English","0.0000","+","10","0","0","+","0","1","1",,"1","0.0000","0.0000","0.0000","0.0000","0.0000",,,"0.0000","0","0.0000","0","0","test2.zip","7","5"
"1042","133","DOWNLOAD2","17","Documentation","0","63","MS Word - English","0.0000","+","20","0","0","+","0","0","1",,"1","0.0000","0.0000","0.0000","0.0000","0.0000",,,"0.0000","0","0.0000","0","0","test2.zip","7","5"
"1089","171","DPT","17","Documentation","0","62","PDF - English","0.0000","+","10","0","0","+","0","0","1",,"1","0.0000","0.0000","0.0000","0.0000","0.0000",,,"0.0000","0","0.0000","0","0","pdf_sample.zip","7","5"
"1088","171","DPT","17","Documentation","0","63","MS Word - English","0.0000","+","20","0","0","+","0","0","1",,"1","0.0000","0.0000","0.0000","0.0000","0.0000",,,"0.0000","0","0.0000","0","0","ms_word_sample.zip","7","5"
"1093","173","Book","5","Version","0","10","Download: Windows - English","20.0000",,"10","0","0","+","0","0","0",,"0","0.0000","0.0000","0.0000","0.0000","0.0000",,,"0.0000","0","0.0000","0","0","test.zip","7","5"
"1094","173","Book","5","Version","0","64","Download: MAC - English","20.0000",,"100","0","0","+","0","0","0",,"0","0.0000","0.0000","0.0000","0.0000","0.0000",,,"0.0000","0","0.0000","0","0","test2.zip","7","5"
"1103","179","DOWNLOAD1","17","Documentation","0","62","PDF - English","0.0000","+","10","0","0","+","0","1","1",,"1","0.0000","0.0000","0.0000","0.0000","0.0000",,,"0.0000","0","0.0000","0","0","pdf_sample.zip","7","5"
"1100","179","DOWNLOAD1","17","Documentation","0","63","MS Word - English","0.0000","+","20","0","0","+","0","0","1",,"1","0.0000","0.0000","0.0000","0.0000","0.0000",,,"0.0000","0","0.0000","0","0","ms_word_sample.zip","7","5"
"1105","180","DPT","17","Documentation","0","62","PDF - English","0.0000","+","10","0","0","+","0","0","1",,"1","0.0000","0.0000","0.0000","0.0000","0.0000",,,"0.0000","0","0.0000","0","0","pdf_sample.zip","7","5"

[greybeard_it_guy]

Sorry if I wasn't clear. What I want to do is upload 3,600 new digital download products into the store with description, and file names for the associated zip files. I will manually upload the zip files themselves.

[mc12345678]

Sorry if I wasn't clear. What I want to do is upload 3,600 new digital download products into the store with description, and file names for the associated zip files. I will manually upload the zip files themselves.

That has been the working assumption and glad that in alignment.

Again, also for clarity, first the product will need to know it has attributes (basic attributes file), then the attributes need to have more information to support "understanding" of how the attributes affect the product (detailed attributes). Overall simple process, but understand that as pointed out in the first post, there are a lot of tables involved with a lot of information to tie things together. These two "files" reduce duplication and the likelihood of incorrect data entry/relationship.

[mc12345678]

I uploaded the files as instructed and got the two warning messages. When I go into Configuration, Easy Populate 4 is not listed there. Confused on next step?

Thanks, I missed the instructions to click the link. :)

So would the detailed products attributes option be the one that would likely have the zip file attributes associated with it?

Btw, based on this "oversight" of the link to install, I'm looking to see what needs to be done to "reverse" the two messages...

I'm contemplating only having the one message (install) on first load; however, have always felt that including a message about the need to identify a file location was beneficial upon initial installation so that one could at least contemplate where they were going to store the files as part of deciding to run the install. Another option is to include said folder as part of the install; however, then I find having to give more guidance about modifying the storage location, what is possible, and associated setup as compared to performing that little homework up front...