I am currently using magmi to import products and I am unclear on how the importer works with configurable products and simple product relationships. Currently you can associate configurble products with simple products by setting the simple_skus filed in the CSV file.
My question is how does magmi handle changes to this field? If there is an SKU removed form the list of simple sku's is the assication removed? Will magmi add an assiocation when there is a new SKU detected?
Magmi removes all previous associations then applies the new value for the simples that are to be associated with a given configurable.
See Source Code for configurable plugin , line 62 + (method dolink)
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I have to import 4000 products from our old CMS website to the new Magento store. Those products have only name/title/description/price.
In the Magento shop all products will have many different attributes. I want to assign corresponding attributes to products later.
I made already a CSV template with the right columns.
My question is: Is is possible to import all products without any attributes and after import add attributes and attribute sets programmatically?
I'm wondering how to deal with this situation ??
Thank you in advance.
Best regards,
Anna
You must always define the attribute set when you are creating the product. The attribute set is describing which attributes are assigned to the product. Take a look into MAGMI. This tool is much faster and flexible that the default Magento importer.
Both 2 Simple and 1 Configurable product is imported without errors but the simples are not attached to the configurable.
Please find attached my CSV.
Code: http://pastebin.com/nMeQ4fsr
Or get the CSV here: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16640285/2raw-import-products-magento-1.7.csv
You will see I am using:
- simples_skus
- configurable_attributes
- Configurable Item processor v1.3.7 is enabled with Perform simples/configurable link set to Yes
I can not see what is going wrong here. The attribute is set up correctly as I can manually create a configurable product from the Magento GUI with these simple products.
Thanks,
Ben
you need to change your skus. the simple products need to have a sku that starts with the entire configurable products sku. For example:
dope-jump-rope-small (simple)
dope-jump-rope-medium (simple)
dope-jump-rope (configurable)
Notice that the simple skus all start with the configurable sku. Also, do you have the extra plugins installed? If not, go to: http://sourceforge.net/projects/magmi/files/magmi-0.7/plugins/packages/
Get the plugins and after installation (you just upload the zip via the normal magmi panel) check the ones you want to turn on at the bottom of the page. There is one that will auto match based on sku with the setup I described above. I've used it like this many many times.
I sell Pet Supplies. My distributor provides me with a CVS file with all the nessacrty information for me to upload it to my website. I currently upload it as a simple product. But I would like it to be more user friendly. I am using Magento Community 1.7. I have tried messing with the configurable products but this is not possible for the upload I use.
Example: A Dog Cage comes in different sizes. Currently it shows as simple products and shows 5 different sizes. I would like it to show like all the bigger named stores. Basically show a dropdown with the different options. I tried creating a configurable product and associate the products I uploaded as a simple product but this method will not work. Any other ideas of what I can do? I want my customers to be able to click:
iCrate Double Door and have the options 18x24....24x30 etc. How do the other companies get them listed like this?
You are doing the right thing - configurable products will give you what you want to achieve.
You need to install the Magmi configurable product plugin. You also need to set your csv up so the simple products come first, then the configurable. To automatically associate the simple product with the parent configurable on import you need an extra column specifying the configurable attribute (see the Magmi docs) and the skus need set up so the simple skus are extended versions of the configurable's sku. Again, the Magmi wiki on configurables will explain more.
You could also amend your grouped products to do similar and provide the list as a dropdown
check out this thread
http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/208482/#t297046
Is it possible to import Upsell products from a CSV in magento ?
You can import Upsell products via the CSV using the column "_links_upsell_sku". Put the SKU of the upsell product in this column, and for multiple products put their SKU's in subsequent rows. Make sure additional rows have a blank "sku" column.
For Upsell products use: "_links_upsell_sku"
For Related products use: "_links_related_sku"
For Cross sell products use: "_links_crosssell_sku"
Make sure the SKU's exist or you may get import errors.
I verified this works on Magento 1.6.2.
This is brilliant and simple. All I could find in search engines to accomplish this were commercial plugins. This definitely does the trick, so hopefully we can bolster the SEO on this thread a bit. If you're looking to import related products to Magento, this is it.
Or you could use this! I have not tired it but has good reviews.
http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/magmi/index.php?title=What_is_magmi
I have a custom script that takes data form an XML and loads in the products.
The main problem, is that these products do display on the frontend.
The only way they do, is if i go into the admin and open the product and then save it.
I noticed that once i did this, an entry was added into the table 'catalog_product_flat_1'.
Is there a way to either display these imported products or add them to the 'catalog_product_flat_1' table without having to save each product?
I am using Magento v1.4.2
Thanks
Try to go to Index Management and do the Product Flat Data reindexing. Also, do you have one-store or multi-store system? If its the later see what is set under the Websites for each product.
i had also same problem. it was not showing product after re indexing. but after adding this two field in CSV
1)_root_category = Default Category
and
2)_product_websites = base
i import CSV. it solve problem and start displays product in store.