Import and Configure Characteristics Help Needed

We have converted a site from VirtueMart to HikaShop and we are now importing characteristics. We have imported some but they will not show in the site...unless we go to each product in the admin and click Manage Variant. Is there a way that we don't have to do this? And also we need step by step instructions on how to do this.

Thank you,

John

We have all the products in from VM. That is not the problem. We have already entered the characteristics in (i.e., Sizes, S, M, L). And we have been able to link the characteristics to the products (Taking the list of products and putting the characteristics id...for example Size is ID 18...and putting 18 next to product id and importing it to the characteristic table). But on the front side, we are NOT able to see the characteristic until we go into each product and click Manage Characteristic.

Are we doing something wrong? And if so...please explain how to do it correctly.

Since we have the characteristics in the table now...could we import the products again and it would link them with characteristics?

I understand that.

Now we are trying to import the characteristic sub ids (Size-18, S-17, M-16, L-15) for each product...so 200 products would connect to 18 and 200 products to 17, etc. with 18 as a 1 and the rest as 0). Will this make it show up?

This is what we get. Is this correct?

Sorry...have attachment now.

Is this correct?

Okay. Those characteristics are showing up because I clicked Manage for each product. But the ones in the attached file are NOT showing up. What is the difference and how to make the characteristics show without clicking Manage for each and every product?