Variants not importing

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When I try to import my test file with 5 items (1 base + 4 variants), I get the message that 5 products have been created. However, only the base item gets created.

When I look at the products list in the HikaShop backend with the filter set to show variants, they do not show up. When I look at the product on the front end, only the base item appears. When I edit the base item, no variants exist.

I've attached the CSV file I'm using and as far as I can tell it should work fine.

i think after test that HKS have not implemented the way to import characteristic ( independant) and attach variants to specific product .

when you create manually the characteristic ( size 15 mL, 5 mL,100 ml, 15 mL //dilution : pure 10%) and attach manually characteristic to product ( with the same name ImortelleTEST) . Then the variant ll be import !!!

strange the docmentation say it can be achieve !! www.hikashop.com/support/20-documentatio...hikashop-import.html

Hi


A) I really need to """ attach manually characteristic to product""" for resolve the problem .

Create all characteristic by hand is not efficient , In the case i export HKS products using HKS export t to file ,
Does the import of this file will not work on a new fresh hks installation for variants ?!!! to resume even in this context do i need to pre create the characteristic !!!!


C) it is strange to see a lot of post for import problem in this forum
1 does people don't read the documentation ?
2 does the documentation miss some informations ?
3 the default documentation example don't work ? ( see attach file and doc )

D) why so many "debug " informations ( false ? ) when import file ?
The column "xxxxx" is twice in your CSV. Only the second column data will be taken into account.

E) is there a way to import export the characteristic using a file instead do it using the backend manually ( write all with keyboard ) ?


F) is it a shame that many post realtive to import export don't upload a minimal zip file ( many csv files ) to be able to test !!!


G) the documentation say use excel and then export csv and use notepad !!! why not edit data in excel if the user have excel !!!
I really not understand why but really want to learn something i don't know ( really ....) .

regard's

Ni Nicolas,

Have you had a chance to look at my original post that started this topic? I believe I have structured the file as specified in the documentation...the test import file is attached to the original message in this post.

(For the record, the characteristics I am trying to import have already been created)

Thanks,

Scott

Hi Nicolas,

Thanks...I got confused with Lionel's feedback too...at first, I thought they were answers from you for my question!

I understand needing to put in characteristics for the base product. In our case,

Maybe I'm wrong in this thinking...let me know your thoughts...

I had been thinking that the base item wouldn't actually physically exist...it would be a "dummy" item to allow us to have the variants which would be the real products. I would then make one of those variants my "default".

What I'm wondering now is...perhaps my thinking/methodology is flawed and can lead to some unintended consequences. Perhaps I should be making one of the variants the actual base product?

Thanks,

Scott

That did it! Worked like a charm...very impressed with the power of HikaShop!

Hi sorry for "confused ".
I read many post on the forum and what i see is that many recents questions for import /Export turn arround the same recents problems . For excel extension csv , use total commander or a tool like this that show us the extension of the file to not make mistake when save from excel to csv !!

to manage variant we could also create a new int colum and associate the same variant value /name to hte same value this it ll be more easy to read the table


Relative to your answer :

1) How is set the order of the variant if we don't explicit enter a value for each characteristic for the main products ? ( during import ..order id/csv ?)

2) What mean the order column label in the characteristics setting for a product ?


thank's


Thank's

the order is locate at HKS-> product->productNAme-> characteristic