Quote Originally Posted by mrmcastle View Post
Hi everyone. I'm a happy user with EP4 and am curious if this can be done: convert inventory items that were originally general over to music. So I've updated the "show music" genre in the admin. I've updated my inventory by: changing type from 1 (general) to 2 (music) , added the music fields to my database, and then uploaded the database with no errors. But when I go into the inventory, the music fields are not showing. It's weird: if I create a new music inventory item, all of the music fields are on my screen to enter. My thinking is that once you have created a product under "general" it cannot be converted to "music" If that's wrong, any suggestions would be really appreciated.
Some more information is needed to help through this situation.
ZC version?
EP4 version?
When saying that have changed the products_type from 1 to 2, please explain how/where.
Does the export of a manually entered music product look the same as an export of one entered using EP4? Is this what you are talking about when looking at "inventory"?
What custom field import filter(s) are applied as found in the configuration screen for EP4?

As to product types, well, the general thought is that product product types should not be changed at least after the product has been created and is part of the store. It doesn't mean that they can not be changed. The issue centers around some of what you are seeing. How to populate the other data related to the product if the product type is now x and what to do with the old/unrelated data when the product type has changed? For example if a music product is converted to a product general product, won't there now be fields associated with the music product type that are populated but not used?