Quote Originally Posted by mc12345678 View Post
So, the export to which I was referring was the product export with no linked product. That is where the connection of category and master_categories_id is coded. To better support what you appear to want/need, would require a little more "fiddling" with the code. Specifically the categories export it sounds like. Two places to touch: the file_layout area to include the field in the file, and then in the export section of the categories to include/set the database field to the file layout so that the number (in addition to the name(s)) would be populated.
Ok. I was able to edit the easypopulate_4_filelayout.php and the easypopulate_4_export.php to get the categories_id to appear in the cvs and the output propagate from the query to the csv.
I have looked through the easypopulate_4_import.php and am not sure I even need to edit the file since it already acts upon the category using the categories_name. However to be consistent I do want to leave the categories_id in the csv to be imported. Will that cause any problem?

Tony