Update on import csv

Hello

the CSV import is provided "as is", there are instructions and examples inside it for using it

also it tries to be user-friendly (an error will get you back to form to correct) and the you can preview date before being imported and filenames will be checked if the exist, etc, etc

also most configuration parameters exist in component configuration,

take time and experiment with it to see what it can do

-- about updating EXISTING items, this a feature request that we find useful, and maybe implemented / supported in the future

Regards

I finally got an import to work but I'm unable to replace existing items. I have a column called 'id' in my .CSV but the import gives me a blank screen with 'Use ID column' and only works if I ignore it.

Shame about updating existing items as it's tricky to get the data in a consumable format for a bulk update.

jeepstone wrote: I finally got an import to work but I'm unable to replace existing items. I have a column called 'id' in my .CSV but the import gives me a blank screen with 'Use ID column' and only works if I ignore it.

Shame about updating existing items as it's tricky to get the data in a consumable format for a bulk update.

A lot of work was done on the FLEXIcontent import view, it could a small component by itself

currently it only works for new items, to replace update existing items it would only 1 days of work to implement ?

but
1. a lot of features are only 1 days to implement,
2. (i say 1 day because even if you implement in 1 hour, you need to test (!), add parameters, language strings, etc so 1 hour to implement may becomes 1 day)

Regards

Indeed. It actually seems fairly feature-rich! But I guess it's also problematic as it's used infrequently.

For what it's worth I would suggest that the update should only update the fields you include in your CSV, rather than resetting the other fields to allow you to slowly build up complex items from various sources.

Looks like I need to get working on a funky SQL script to extract my existing data...

Thanks for your help!

Pete

if you use import a lot use FLEXI import by netassopro

Does this do UPDATEs rather than INSERTs? If so, it might be useful?

I installed Fleximigrate and have seen the XML files it creates. Could these be imported by Fleximport?