Magento Dataflow (Advanced) Profile, default values - magento

I want to create an import from a CSV but i can't modify the CSV file.
So i need to define default values for a couple required fields in Magento (like "type" ( > Simple Product ) etc.
I'm looking at https://stackoverflow.com/a/7319214/2252078 to make a custom Adapter and that inject the missing required values in the array before saving.
But i already get an error that says:
Method "parse" not defined in adapter spaanproductions_basics/convert_adapter_product
So i can't even begin with my custom code.
Maybe someone has a beter idea how to create some default values, or how to fix this issue.
Magento version: 1.9.1.1
Thanks in advance.
Kind regards,
Sonny

Not sure what the problem is, your code does seem to be valid. You could try http://pastebin.com/vxewc0Zt . OR temporarily rename your app/code/local/Spaanproductions/Basics/Model/Covert/Adapter/Product.php to verify wetter the right class is actually being loaded although I highly doubt that's the problem
-- Edit (See comments) --
try changing spaanproductions_basics/convert_adapter_product to basics/convert_adapter_product your models are defined under basics, not under spaanproductions"

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