Easy Populate 1.2.5.4 support

[toothpick]

OK so I did a little reading on this thread (sorry I was searching easypopulate instead of easy populate so I missed the previous explanations of this problem) but I am still concerned.

I read that EZP does not show the success report screen if there are over X number of products. But it DOES still work I have read. Here are my questions now:

Approximately what is X?

Does X stand for number of products CURRENTLY on site or number contained inside the uploaded spreadsheet? Because I never had this problem during initial population. Its only been happening now that I am trying to update/add more products.

EZP will not return a success screen even when uploading using the "Split File" function?

When importing the split files one at a time will I still not get a success screen even tho the files only have 100 products each?

This is all going to be automated so the success screen is not required but I need to make SURE it works 100% of the time anyway. From what I read it will. Is this correct? TIA!!

[marksu]

Any one know if Easy Populate is compatible with "Multisite module"?
What kind of problem s vcan be expected?

[Jeff G]

Any one know if Easy Populate is compatible with "Multisite module"?
What kind of problem s vcan be expected?

It works fine. Ideally, you need to add the site name to the product description (see multisite mod info) in your upload file. If not you would need to edit every item in ZC.

Jeff

[yelow]

I'm really sorry in advance for not reading 81 pages of a closed thread and 180+ of this one, but I cannot find the answer anywhere so far...

So I've installed Easy Populate 1.2.5.4 and it seems to be functioning correctly, I think I just don't understand how to use it...

I download the .txt, open with excel, add my own stuff, upload, get error.
Fine.
I copy the .txt to my temp, ftp it down, open with excel, change items in stock number, get nothing.

How am I supposed to edit or whatever the hell the files so that I can import items into my zen cart? When I add items, I get this:

No model field in record. This line was not importedsecurity_1 | Surveillan | | | | | | 99 | 0 | | 9/12/2008 | 10 | | Surveillan | | | | | | | --none-- | 1 |
No model field in record. This line was not importedsecurity_2 | Surveillan | | | | | | 99 | 0 | | 9/12/2008 | 10 | | Surveillan | | | | | | | --none-- | 1 |
No model field in record. This line was not importedsecurity_3 | Surveillan | | | | | | 99 | 0 | | 9/12/2008 | 10 | | Surveillan | | | | | | | --none-- | 1 |
No model field in record. This line was not importedsecurity_4 | Surveillan | | | | | | 99 | 0 | | 9/12/2008 | 10 | | Surveillan | | | | | | | --none-- | 1 |
No model field in record. This line was not importedvideo_1.jp | DVR System | | | | | | 199 | 0 | | 9/12/2008 | 10 | | Sound \ Vi | | | | | | | --none-- | 1 |
No model field in record. This line was not importedvideo_2.jp | DVR System | | | | | | 199 | 0 | | 9/12/2008 | 10 | | Sound \ Vi | | | | | | | --none-- | 1 |
No model field in record. This line was not importedvideo_3.jp | DVR System | | | | | | 199 | 0 | | 9/12/2008 | 10 | | Sound \ Vi | | | | | | | --none-- | 1 |
No model field in record. This line was not importedvideo_4.jp | DVR System | | | | | | 199 | 0 | | 9/12/2008 | 10 | | Sound \ Vi | | | | | | | --none-- | 1 |
No model field in record. This line was not importedvideo_5.jp | DVR System | | | | | | 199 | 0 | | 9/12/2008 | 10 | | Sound \ Vi | | | | | | | --none-- | 1 |
No model field in record. This line was not importedaccess_1.j | Access Con | | | | | | 49 | 0 | | 9/12/2008 | 10 | | Access Con | | | | | | | --none-- | 1 |
No model field in record. This line was not importedaccess_2.j | Access Con | | | | | | 59 | 0 | | 9/12/2008 | 10 | | Access Con | | | | | | | --none-- | 1 |
No model field in record. This line was not importedaccess_3.j | Access Con | | | | | | 69 | 0 | | 9/12/2008 | 10 | | Access Con | | | | | | | --none-- | 1 |
No model field in record. This line was not importedaccess_4.j | Access Con | | | | | | 79 | 0 | | 9/12/2008 | 10 | | Access Con | | | | | | | --none-- | 1 |
No model field in record. This line was not importedweb_1.jpg | Web Servic | | | | | | 299 | 0 | | 9/12/2008 | 10 | | Web Servic | | | | | | | --none-- | 1 |
No model field in record. This line was not importedweb_2.jpg | Web Servic | | | | | | 399 | 0 | | 9/12/2008 | 10 | | Web Servic | | | | | | | --none-- | 1 |
No model field in record. This line was not importedweb_3.jpg | Web Servic | | | | | | 499 | 0 | | 9/12/2008 | 10 | | Web Servic | | | | | | | --none-- | 1 |
No model field in record. This line was not importedweb_4.jpg | Web Servic | | | | | | 149 | 0 | | 9/12/2008 | 10 | | Web Servic | | | | | | | --none-- | 1 |
No model field in record. This line was not importednetwork_1. | System Net | | | | | | 249 | 0 | | 9/12/2008 | 10 | | Systems Ne | | | | | | | --none-- | 1 |
No model field in record. This line was not importednetwork_2. | System Net | | | | | | 349 | 0 | | 9/12/2008 | 10 | | Systems Ne | | | | | | | --none-- | 1 |
No model field in record. This line was not importednetwork_3. | System Net | | | | | | 449 | 0 | | 9/12/2008 | 10 | | Systems Ne | | | | | | | --none-- | 1 |
No model field in record. This line was not importednetwork_4. | System Net | | | | | | 549 | 0 | | 9/12/2008 | 10 | | Systems Ne | | | | | | | --none-- | 1 |
No model field in record. This line was not importednetwork_5. | System Net | | | | | | 899 | 0 | | 9/12/2008 | 10 | | Systems Ne | | | | | | | --none-- | 1 |
No model field in record. This line was not importedphone_1.jp | Phone Syst | | | | | | 129 | 0 | | 9/12/2008 | 10 | | Phone Syst | | | | | | | --none-- | 1 |
No model field in record. This line was not importedphone_2.jp | Phone Syst | | | | | | 149 | 0 | | 9/12/2008 | 10 | | Phone Syst | | | | | | | --none-- | 1 |
No model field in record. This line was not importedphone_3.jp | Phone Syst | | | | | | 89 | 0 | | 9/12/2008 | 10 | | Phone Syst | | | | | | | --none-- | 1 |
No model field in record. This line was not importedphone_4.jp | Phone Syst | | | | | | 149 | 0 | | 9/12/2008 | 10 | | Phone Syst | | | | | | | --none-- | 1 |
No model field in record. This line was not importedservice_1. | Service Pa | | | | | | 499 | 0 | | 9/12/2008 | 10 | | Services a | | | | | | | --none-- | 1 |
No model field in record. This line was not importedservice_2. | Service Pa | | | | | | 599 | 0 | | 9/12/2008 | 10 | | Services a | | | | | | | --none-- | 1 |
No model field in record. This line was not importedservice_3. | Service Pa | | | | | | 699 | 0 | | 9/12/2008 | 10 | | Services a | | | | | | | --none-- | 1 |
No model field in record. This line was not importedservice_4. | Service Pa | | | | | | 1299 | 0 | | 9/12/2008 | 10 | | Services a | | | | | | | --none-- | 1 |
No model field in record. This line was not importedaldelo_edc | Aldelo EDC | | | | | | 599 | 0 | | 9/8/2008 2 | 10 | | Aldelo | | | | | | | --none-- | 1 |
No model field in record. This line was not importedaldelo_liq | Aldelo For | | | | | | 499 | 0 | | 9/8/2008 2 | 10 | | Aldelo | | | | | | | --none-- | 1 |
No model field in record. This line was not importedAldelo-Log | Aldelo For | Ideal POS | | | | | 899 | 0 | | 9/8/2008 2 | 10 | | Aldelo | | | | | | | --none-- | 1 |
No model field in record. This line was not importedcomcash_sc | Comcash So | The new SQ | | | | | 849 | 0 | | 9/9/2008 0 | 10 | | Comcash | | | | | | | --none-- | 1 |
SKIPPED! - Model: - No category provided for this product | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Now, all these items were created by me one-by-one. I was trying to change the item quantities to 10 (from mostly 0) and could not do that.

How, also, can I add new items into new categories?

thanks in advance,

-Tim

[Jeff G]

Tim,

EP requires a model number to work. There MUST be a column with a UNIQUE model number for each item. Column heading must be v_products_model.

You need to be careful. If you have the same model number on more than one line it will overwrite info from the prior one.

If you do not have model numbers, simply create a sequential number in Excel for that column. When updating or adding, be carefull to always use the same number for the same product and do not reuse numbers or you will end up with duplicate or missing product.

Jeff

[charmedbytina2]

I just installed easy Populate and get the following errors:

Deleting of product data debris failed! Please see the debug log in your uploads directory for further information

Page: /shop/admin/easypopulate.php?dross=delete

and when trying to create a file I get this error:

Page: /shop/admin/easypopulate.php?download=tempfile&dltype=fullTime: 19-Sep-2008 2:47:39 EDTThank-you! File Full-EP2008Sep19-0202.txt successfully exported! The file is ready for download in your /temp/ directory.

There is NO file in the temp folder. ;0(

Tina

[evil_grrrl666]

Hi everyone!
Until a few days ago easy populate was working completely fine on my site. But I've had to do something a bit complicated I guess....
My supplier gives me data feeds for stock levels which are I guess for osCommerce, not Zen cart. So whenever I download a new one I have to change it to make it compatible with easy populate.
This feed contains the model number, product name and stock level.

The supplier sells around 3000 products and I only sell 2500 of those, so what I thought of was, I'll add a category field to the stock feed with a new category for all the products. Then after updating the database I delete the new category and am left with updated data for the products I wish to sell.

Now I noticed that I was having problems with: Descriptions and manufacturer data. All of which either copied previous item's data or were made completely blank.

Luckily I had a back up so I fixed the problem but I have no idea how to update my stock levels without messing everything else up!

As far as I can tell the problem is caused by: My supplier's feed does not contain descriptions or manufacturers. And even if it did I would much rather rewrite them and use my own so I do not want to update them with my supplier's data!
Because my supplier has more products in the feed than what I actually resell, I cannot just add the stock levels column into my own easy populate file and assume it matches.

Is there anyone else out there in a similar situation?

[johnnylazerball]

After all the posts and threads I've read, I just can't figure it out!

Easy Populate works great as far as quick up loading of products, prices and the like.

Here's the deal! I do custom product descriptions ( to long for product description section in Easy Populate). I use a basic description on the description area of EP upload it and then add on to the description after it is uploaded.

Every time I upload new prices in a category, all the custom descriptions disappear.

I have tried removing the description section on the .txt sheet, uploaded and it still removes what description I have already there.

How to you save and leave descriptions not editable so when you upload massive price changes the descriptions stay in tack.

Can an editable table be add to the products_infomation_display.php and if so, how would you access it to load product descriptions?

Figuring this out will save all store operators a great deal of time and money.

What does anybody think or know?

[jgg1974]

Can someone let me know if I can add shipping prices in a spreadsheet that will work with easypop? Basically my suppiler gives me a spreadsheet with shipping prices for each product, so I would like to have a shipping price per unit and I would like to do it in a spreadsheet, I have oever 2000 products.

Thanks:

[Jeff G]

evil_grrrl666,

I would suggest you initially make an Excel file with the items that you do not sell. Then each time you receive a new file you could use the Excel function to remove the items from the new file that exist in the 'not wanted' file. Sorry, but that I don't know how to do, but I know it can be done.

I am pretty sure manufacturer is not required in EP so having it blank should not cause a problem. You might have to test that. Alternatively you could just add one in Excel.

As to descriptions, I'd suggest an approach similar to above. Using a current file from the vendor, add the description column and your descriptions. (You can format the text using standard HTML tags.) Save as a template for later use. When a new file is received from the vendor, Excel has a function/feature that will allow you to fill a column with data from another sheet if a certain column (model in this case) matches. Once again, I know Excel can do it, but I don't know the steps.