EasyPopulate 4.0 Support Thread

[chadderuski]

U have used an easypop4 template that I downloaded from my zen admin.

I modified it and added more products

After adding more products I saved and uploaded back to the site

the site said upload successful, but it did not add any new items or update the one that existed.

any Idea as to how I can get this to work and start loading my items?

Hi ediscs,

1) Which version of EP4 do you have?
2) Can you attach a sample of your data with headers intact?
3) Did you use OpenOffice to create your CSV file using the instructions at the start of this thread.
You need to use a comma delimited file. Some people have been trying to use data from ep 1.2.5.4
which is NOT directly compatible.
4) Are you sure setup your categories correctly?
5) Did you receive any errors or warnings?

Thanks!

[ediscs]

v_products_model v_products_image v_products_name_1 v_products_description_1 v_products_url_1 v_specials_price v_specials_date_avail v_specials_expires_date v_products_price v_products_weight v_product_is_call v_products_sort_order v_products_quantity_order_min v_products_quantity_order_units v_date_avail v_date_added v_products_quantity v_manufacturers_name v_categories_name_1 v_tax_class_title v_status v_metatags_products_name_status v_metatags_title_status v_metatags_model_status v_metatags_price_status v_metatags_title_tagline_status v_metatags_title_1 v_metatags_keywords_1 v_metatags_description_1


Downloaded EP4 from the link at the begining of this thread.
Downloaded spreadsheet from the EP setting in my admin after creating one item to use as a template.
I am sure it is setup correctly, even have an uninstall in the upper right of the admin easypop tab
No errors or warnings at all just Green highlight that says File uploaded successfully: Full-EP2012Jan11-161557.csv

[chadderuski]

Ediscs,

That is just the headers. Can you attach the Full-EP2012Jan11-161557.csv file?

[ediscs]

Hi ediscs,

1) Which version of EP4 do you have?
2) Can you attach a sample of your data with headers intact?
3) Did you use OpenOffice to create your CSV file using the instructions at the start of this thread.
You need to use a comma delimited file. Some people have been trying to use data from ep 1.2.5.4
which is NOT directly compatible.
4) Are you sure setup your categories correctly?
5) Did you receive any errors or warnings?

Thanks!

csv attached as zip

[chadderuski]

Ediscs,

Curious.... Did you upload the file and THEN click the Import Link? I was able to import your data fine on my end.

-Chadd

[ediscs]

That is what I was missing, I knew I had to be over looking something. thanks.

Just a question is there anyway to track qty on variations so that when a certain amount of them are gone the variation disappears?

[chadderuski]

That is what I was missing, I knew I had to be over looking something. thanks.

Just a question is there anyway to track qty on variations so that when a certain amount of them are gone the variation disappears?

That would be a question for the general forum. It is possible to setup your store so that when a product reached zero quantity, that it is mark sold out, among other settings. You would also need to explain what you mean by "variations" (which sounds like attributes to me).

[dlt1]

Hi
I have uploaded my .csv file.
I can not see any import button to click??
The only mention of imports I see is at the bottom of the page relating to the files I have downloaded?
Cheers Steve

[chadderuski]

Hi
I have uploaded my .csv file.
I can not see any import button to click??
The only mention of imports I see is at the bottom of the page relating to the files I have downloaded?
Cheers Steve

You first Upload your file, and then click the Import hyperlink to Import the file.

[tenashi]

I don't see a reply to this thread, but I have been spinning my wheels with the same issue. Some of us newbies are way over our heads with a lot of ZC; so even "simple" instructions often need to be broken down into smaller pieces. In my case, I have a small wine shop, so my products are wines from a large number of producers, and I want categories of about a dozen regions, a few price ranges, and a few colors. Not that complicated. After loading several sample products and categories, I downloaded the product file and found that each product was listed several times, once for each subcategory, and that seemed wrong.

However, I don't know how to make use of this statement: "To achieve this, each v_categories_names_1, v_categories_names_2 correspond to a language installed in your system, and individual category names are separated by the Carat "^" symbol. For Example: Bar Supplies^Glass Washers^Brushes" A sample file illustrating this would be extremely helpful, along with some details about how the sample file accomplishes this. Not to mention, I have NO idea what the term "language" means in this context...!

Then the question after that would be, okay, what are the rules for naming and uploading my data file? I see the download file has a name like "FullEPYearDayTime.csv," so no help there.

Btw, my site (under construction) is www.artisanwineclub.com...

All help appreciated, thanks.