Attribute not changing in frontend - magento
I created an attribute and include it in my attribute set. The attribute is Multiselect with 6 different values. Now when i import my csv with the value for the sku everything looks fine on the backend, the product shows the attribute with the value assigned from the csv file but does not show anything on frontend, not even after reindexing and cleaning cache.
It will only show if i open the product and save it. Not changing anything other than what the csv file already changed. Then it will show on frontend.
Now... in my csv file i'm only have sku, attribute_set and Type which is the attribute i need to change.
Any ideas what's going on here?
Try the following after a new import of products.
Check your csv file and confirm that you're importing product options in Magento format:
Open the attribute:
admin/catalog_product_attribute/edit/attribute_id
and ensure its visible on the frontend and set to global.
Ensure that the reindexing for product attributes is ready/done:
/admin/process/list/
Flush cache
/admin/cache/index/
Delete cache folders in
root/var
If that fails to work, do what I did. Export a current product that has the attributes you wish. Change the attributes/sku and reimport the same file back in.
I tested the following file for color: Green and it updated instantly:
sku,_store,_attribute_set,_type,_category,_root_category,_product_websites,color,cost,country_of_manufacture,created_at,custom_design,custom_design_from,custom_design_to,custom_layout_update,description,gallery,gift_message_available,has_options,image,image_label,manufacturer,media_gallery,meta_description,meta_keyword,meta_title,minimal_price,msrp,msrp_display_actual_price_type,msrp_enabled,name,news_from_date,news_to_date,options_container,page_layout,price,required_options,short_description,small_image,small_image_label,special_from_date,special_price,special_to_date,status,tax_class_id,thumbnail,thumbnail_label,updated_at,url_key,url_path,visibility,weight,qty,min_qty,use_config_min_qty,is_qty_decimal,backorders,use_config_backorders,min_sale_qty,use_config_min_sale_qty,max_sale_qty,use_config_max_sale_qty,is_in_stock,notify_stock_qty,use_config_notify_stock_qty,manage_stock,use_config_manage_stock,stock_status_changed_auto,use_config_qty_increments,qty_increments,use_config_enable_qty_inc,enable_qty_increments,is_decimal_divided,_links_related_sku,_links_related_position,_links_crosssell_sku,_links_crosssell_position,_links_upsell_sku,_links_upsell_position,_associated_sku,_associated_default_qty,_associated_position,_tier_price_website,_tier_price_customer_group,_tier_price_qty,_tier_price_price,_group_price_website,_group_price_customer_group,_group_price_price,_media_attribute_id,_media_image,_media_lable,_media_position,_media_is_disabled
3,,Default,simple,,,base,Green,,,"2015-03-12 00:00:23",,,,,1,,,0,no_selection,,,,,,,,,"Use config","Use config",1,,,"Product Info Column",,9.9900,0,1,no_selection,,,,,1,2,no_selection,,"2015-03-15 17:44:00",1,1.html,4,1.0000,555555.0000,0.0000,1,0,0,1,1.0000,1,0.0000,1,1,,1,0,1,0,1,0.0000,1,0,0,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
4,,Default,simple,,,base,Green,,,"2015-03-12 00:02:16",,,,,2,,,0,no_selection,,,,,,,,,"Use config","Use config",2,,,"Product Info Column",,14.9900,0,2,no_selection,,,,,1,0,no_selection,,"2015-03-12 00:02:16",2,2.html,4,2.0000,423555.0000,0.0000,1,0,0,1,1.0000,1,0.0000,1,1,,1,0,1,0,1,0.0000,1,0,0,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Explore if another extension is interfering with your import. If you can, try to test on a vanilla installation.
If attributes are still stale after doing so I strongly recommend you explore Magmi product import to avoid such squirrel-ly vanilla magento import behaviour:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/magmi/
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This requires allot of trial and error...
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Since your product gets saved correctly if you open it in admin and save it you can also:
Import a product
Export that product
Open that product in admin and save it
Export newly saved product
Compare exported CSV-s where they differ
Fixing Magento ImportExport bugs:
First bug is that if you import multiple products the quantity informatino from the first product is used for all the products. To fix this you have to add $row = array(); right before $row['product_id'] = $this->_newSku[$rowData[self::COL_SKU]]['entity_id']; in Mage_ImportExport_Model_Import_Entity_Product::_saveStockItem() function.
The second bug causes Magento ImportExport module to return a foreign key constraint error when importing multiple products. Error happens because magento splits products data into multiple segments and if one product is located in two segments importer will delete data that was imported for the product in first segment before importing the second segment thereby causing database corruption (see this link for detailed explanation - this is where I got the solution below).
Note that removing foreign key constraint will not fix the problem but will instead make it worse since the database will contain corrupt data.
To fix it you have to change the code in Mage_ImportExport_Model_Import_Entity_Abstract::_saveValidatedBunches() function:
After if ($startNewBunch || !$source->valid()) { add
if ($startNewBunch && count($bunchRows) > 1) {
$arrKeys = array_keys($bunchRows);
$arrNew = array();
while(($tRow = array_pop($bunchRows))) {
$tKey = array_pop($arrKeys);
$arrNew[$tKey] = $tRow;
if ($tRow['sku']) {
break;
}
}
$nextRowBackup = array_reverse($arrNew, TRUE) + $nextRowBackup;
}
Hope this helps.
I had the same problem recently and I spent some time tring to figure it out... Looks like magento needs a status flag for every product otherwise magento will not show it in the dashboard. Solution : add a "status" column to your CSV file and set all the statuses to "Enabled" (yes it's not a boolean. Just use the string inside the quotes as it is :)
I was stuck with the same problem, i then visited my var/export/export_all_products file, downloaded it again and uploaded the same back through import, logged out of my account and logged-in back, all products were back. This worked as a backup for me and i could see all the products back at the back-end.
Import as you have. If they are enabled, but not showing... then you can fix this by clicking "select all" products in the "manage products" table and then "change status" and then select "enabled." This process might take a minute. Visit your store and you should see your frontend with products. Some kind of bug with the status/enabled setting.
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In magento 2 we need to reindex in index management to display the products in frontend. We can reindex through cmd.like the given example we need to enter magento file directory after that cmd php -f bin/magento indexer:reindex to reindex .
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