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.
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I am working on a Magento project and I need to know if there is a way to make a product's options independent to each other or unrequired. I need to use one of several at a time (I have 6 dropdowns).
I have tried add to cart by query string but all dropdown values were still required. I also tried to make all the options default, then modify the selected options in the observer, but I did not meet with success. See the screenshot below for more details.
Any help will be appreciated
Screenshot http://secure.justhost.com/~sharpwe1/img/imf.png
Configurable Products in Magneto are only parent products of Simple Products. Whatever you have as an attribute of a Configurable - a Simple Product has to be present for each. To do this out of the box in Magento, you should be looking into setting up a Simple Product with Custom Options.
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
I have a Magento shop with 2 simple products
Great Red Cup
Great Blue Cup
and a configurable product
Great Cup
with those cups assigned.
The Red and Blue cups are visible in the search.
If the use clicks one of those simple products, the configurable product should be opened instead, but the right color should be preselected.
I am aware that a simple product can be assigned to multiple configurable products, so I would log an exception if two matching configurable products are found an just take the first one.
I think I have to catch the predispatch event of catalog/product/view and somehow replace the simple product by the configurable one.
How can I now pre-configure the right simple product one?
Is there an elegant solution for this?
I found a solution:
register observer on controller_action_predispatch_catalog_product_view
check if we have a simple product with a parent that is a configurable product
create a array that contains the configuration data of the simple product
pass this data to Mage::helper('catalog/product_view')->prepareAndRender() (third parameter)
stop dispatching by setting the FLAG_NO_DISPATCH on the front action
Full code is available in the Mestrona_ForwardToConfigurable module on github.
To preselect a simple product in a configurable product, the address of a simple product should look like this for example:
/mona-pullover-hoodlie.html#143=167&93=53
where
/mona-pullover-hoodlie.html - configurable product URL
143, 93 - attribute IDs
167, 53 - option IDs.
In order to change the URL of simple products, you can create a Plugin (Interceptor) for Magento\Catalog\Model\Product::getProductUrl(), where to generate the URL as in the example above.
Product selection using URL parameters from example above is already implemented in Magento out of the box.
I made VCT Simple Product URl module on Magento Marketplace that solves this problem with the choice of the first configurable product if there are several.
One idea would be to redirect to the configurable product if the simple products meets somes requirements :
have a new attribute "should_redirect_to_parent" to True (optionnal)
have at least a parent product (for that point, I let you follow the link of Alex)
ps: if you don't want to do a parent product lookup you could add a new attribute like "redirect_sku" or "redirect_product_id" in order to directly make a redirection on that product
For the redirection you should use the event catalog_controller_product_init_after and if the two previous conditions match you redirect the user to the configurable product.
ps: for performance optimisation, you could use instead the catalog_controller_product_init_before which would save an expansive and useless Product::load() but it requires that you build custom SQL queries to search for a parent product
Tell if you want some code examples
I created a configurable product and went to the associated products tab and used the quick create product feature to create a bunch of products based on my configurations. However non of these products appear in the list of associated products.
I noticed that the attributes I created don't even show up on the edit product page, on either the simple, or the configurable product.
I started first by creating 3 new attributes for a configurable product I want to add, I setup the options for each one and created a new attribute set based on default that included the new attributes I created.
When I create a new simple product or configurable product, you cannot see the attributes I have created. I have tried with the attributes in the general tab as well as on their own tab. But they are never visible when you try to edit the product.
I'm suspecting the reason I can't associate the products is due to this strange problem
I'm using 1.4.2
[edited to add my work flow/screen grabs]
http://www.buggyonpurpose.com/magento/configurable_products/01-attirubte_set.png
http://www.buggyonpurpose.com/magento/configurable_products/02-create_configurable.png
http://www.buggyonpurpose.com/magento/configurable_products/03-setup_configurable.png
http://www.buggyonpurpose.com/magento/configurable_products/04-quick_create.png
http://www.buggyonpurpose.com/magento/configurable_products/05-associate_product.png
http://www.buggyonpurpose.com/magento/configurable_products/06-manage_products.png
http://www.buggyonpurpose.com/magento/configurable_products/07-edit_product.png
It took a while but finally figured it out. When I created my attributes, in Attribute Properties where it says "Apply To:" I had only assigned it to configurable products, but you must also assign to simple products as well. (or just apply to all)
Keep in mind you will have to recreate your original configurable product before it will work.
Assuming you have created attributes with options and attribute set.
Can you please createConfigurable product again
Manage products -> Add Product select your default attribute set and Configurable product option.
The next window will be to choose the attributes that you have have created.
Lets say that there are three attributes color, fragrance, and volume as three different attributes and you pick fragrance here to associate the Configurables to the simples which you will be creating.
After you successfully created the Configurable product.
Create simple products based on the same attribute set default
you must be able to see all the attributes you created(color, fragrance, and volume).
Please pick any option for the Fragrance attribute.
Go to the Manage Products ->select to edit the Configurable product you have just created.
Go to the "Associated Products" tab and select "Any" from the drop down on the extreme left.
You must be able to see the Simple which you have created now
you must also be able to see the parent-child linking attribute "fragrance" present above the grid of products.
Make sure the simple is in "In stock" before you see whether they appear in front end.
Its not necessary for the attribute to appear in the Configurable product edit page.
Follow the above steps, hope it will guide you.
Please let me know if you unable to follow any of the above steps.
You can also read the below link, which is very useful to create a config product.
http://www.magentocommerce.com/knowledge-base/entry/tutorial-creating-a-configurable-product/
Cheers
I had the same issue.
A possible workaround is to add the attributes in the single products and after they become available through the configurable product at "Apply To:".
I have approx 30k Simple SKU with 950 Configurable products. I have used MAGMI to upload the inventory on my website. The inventory is successfully added to my website, I can see my simple products associated with configurable products properly. But the main problem is they wont show on the frontend.
I have done the following things
Checked the status if the item is in stock or not
Simple products have inventory in them
The main surprise is when I add the configurable product manually then it shows in the frontend. I am not sure what is the reason behind it. can someone help?
To make a configurable product visible in the front end you should only have to do the following.
On the inventory tab, mark availability as 'In Stock'.
Ensure there is a simple product associated.
Ensure the simple product has availability marked as 'In Stock'.
Ensure the simple product has qty set above the out of stock quantity
threshold.
Ensure both the simple product and configurable product is associated to the correct website.
On the General tab of the configurable make sure Visibility is set to
something other than not visible individually.
Re-index (System > Index Management > Select All > Submit.
This usually happens with custom product importing when a key attribute is missed. To prove this, try the following things:
Select a configurable product via the Magento Admin and save it. Then go to one of it's simple products and save that too.
Manually add the configurable product (you have already done this)
If either - or both - of these fix the issue, you know that the import has not worked correctly
Re-index (System > Index Management > Select All > Submit.
Problem Solved..