EasyPopulate 4.0 Support Thread

Chargin:

I posted here a couple of pages ago about a GST problem Im having with easy populate.
Basically I need the export to include more decimals, it gets cut off at 2, when adding 10% to that, we dont get back to the correct full retail price.

Heres the link to my full question, be great if someone could point me in the right direction.

http://www.zen-cart.com/showthread.php?190417-EasyPopulate-4-0-Support-Thread&p=1161780#post1161780

Chargin,

You should be able to fix this with a few quick edits (I'll add a configuration for this later on).

Open easypopulate_4_export.php

go to about line 417

		$row['v_products_price']  = round($row['v_products_price'] + ($price_with_tax * $row['v_products_price'] * $row_tax_multiplier / 100),2);

See the ".... 100),2); " ??? That's rounding to two decimal places. Change to the degree of accuracy that you need.

-chadd

Awesome!

I don't see any documentation about upgrading from earlier versions. What is the upgrade process?

masterrusty:

I don't see any documentation about upgrading from earlier versions. What is the upgrade process?

Hiya Rusty,

Are you referring to upgrading version of EP 4 or older versions like 1.2.5.4?

If you are going to upgrade between versions of EP 4, say 4.0.17 to 4.0.21...

1. Go to Configuration -> Easy Populate 4 and make not of your settings, and any custom field names you may have added.

2. Go to Tools -> Easy Populate 4 and click "Un-Install EP4" on the right side of the screen. This will ONLY uninstall the database configuration settings.

3. Upload the new version of EP4.

4. Go to Tools -> Easy Populate 4 and click "Install EP4"

5. Go to Configuration -> Easy Populate 4 and enter your configuration settings

It should be very straight forward.

-chadd

chadderuski:

Hiya Rusty,

Are you referring to upgrading version of EP 4 or older versions like 1.2.5.4?

If you are going to upgrade between versions of EP 4, say 4.0.17 to 4.0.21...

1. Go to Configuration -> Easy Populate 4 and make not of your settings, and any custom field names you may have added.

2. Go to Tools -> Easy Populate 4 and click "Un-Install EP4" on the right side of the screen. This will ONLY uninstall the database configuration settings.

3. Upload the new version of EP4.

4. Go to Tools -> Easy Populate 4 and click "Install EP4"

5. Go to Configuration -> Easy Populate 4 and enter your configuration settings

It should be very straight forward.

-chadd

Sorry I was unclear. I am upgrading from Easy Populate 3.0 to 4.0.22.

masterrusty:

Sorry I was unclear. I am upgrading from Easy Populate 3.0 to 4.0.22.

Hi Rusty,

Easy Populate 4 has been completely forked from earlier versions of Easy Populate. So you could install 4.0.22 along side Langer's 3.0.3 Advanced, and there should be no conflict.

I installed this module in zencart easypopulate 151

http://www.zen-cart.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=868

at the moment I have this problem:

I have to put the products in the second category level (down "prodotti"roducts), but despite the file seems ok, I get this error

"No category provided for this new product"

I enclose 2 files

which do you recommend?

if I install easy populate 4 can I fix?

thanks

favjola:

I installed this module in zencart easypopulate 151

http://www.zen-cart.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=868 .... if I install easy populate 4 can I fix?

When I experimented with the earlier EP versions, they would not do what I needed. EP 4 is working very well for me. Categories work; attributes work.

EP 4 is not available yet in the Zencart plugins; you get it here:

https://github.com/chaddro/EasyPopulate-4.0

The thread you are in here is the support thread for EP4.

I installed the module correctly, in fact, it seems much more 'flexible and powerful, but with the import file appears to have the same problem

where and how should I enter the category mother and daughter category?

I must only enter these fields:

models, product_name, product categories level 1, level 1 down live2 product categories, price and quantity

I can use a single file with these fields or do I use the full fle that is available in the examples

favjola:

where and how should I enter the category mother and daughter category?

Are you using the correct form - from a previous response by Chad:

Categories are handled differently from other versions of EP. You can now import mult-lingual categories (Like Products Names, etc.).
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

If you've not been usikng the new form, review the instructions for other issues.

is clear, but I have the same problem

No category provided for this new product!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

is clear, but I have the same problem

SKIPPED! - Model: RFC35X99||MODULO FERRO COMPLETO|||||||||32 - No category provided for this new product

why in the demo csv file there are the following fields?

v_categories_name_2
v_categories_name_4

what should I use to enter data

categories1 ^ categories2

favjola:

why in the demo csv file there are the following fields?

v_categories_name_2
v_categories_name_4

From the readme file:

"3) Categories are handled differently from other versions of EP. You can now import multilingual categories (Like Products Names, descriptions, etc.). To achieve this, each v_categories_names_1, v_categories_names_2, etc. correspond to a language installed in your system, ...."

So those are the category names for different languages. Do you not have v_categories_names_1? That will produce an error perhaps. From the readme:

"As of 4.0.17, your lowest defined language (by language id) is needed to when creating categories. In the future I'll change this to the defined default language, but that will take some additional work."

Re your categories, I would not leave spaces between the carat and the text. From the readme:

For Example: Bar Supplies^Glass Washers^Brushes

"Bar Supplies" will be your Top level Category, with "Glass Washers" as a sub-directory, and "Brushes" as a sub-directory of "Glass Washers".

is quite clear, I have the same categories for the 2 languages ​​... but the error persists

I can not understand ... I always
No category provided for this new product

i attached you the file to working

favjola:

i attached you the file to working

You appear to have | instead of commas between the data fields, and a comma and | for the field names. These should be commas only. Also, the first occurence of category in your fields list at the top is "v_categories_names" with no language number. The only other language numbers you have are _4 and _5.

Is this based on a download of your existing products?

favjola:

is quite clear, I have the same categories for the 2 languages ​​... but the error persists

I can not understand ... I always
No category provided for this new product
i attached you the file to working

First! Thanks for trying to help Stan!

Favjola.... what you REALLY need to do is FIRST enter a couple products normally through the zencart admin. Create a couple categories and sub-categories, and if you have more than one language, also be sure to enter the language names of the categories for these additional languages.

Once you have a couple categories and products, do a full export.

You will now have your correct column mappings. Also, be sure to use OpenOffice to export your CSV file and select comma as your field delimiter and the double-quote " as your text delimiter.

You are making this MUCH harder on yourself by doing it any other way.

-chadd

If the "near" future I hope to wrap up a number of things and be able to clean up and expand the documentation... and finally submit to the zencart team... (sigh)

chadderuski:

If the "near" future I hope to wrap up a number of things and be able to clean up and expand the documentation... and finally submit to the zencart team... (sigh)

Go Chadd!

ok finally the situation is more clear

I changed the field delimiter with commas (,), and I'm the same mistake because it seems that puts (;)

also how and where to change the text delimiter?

thank you very much