Bug:- Hierarchical Import / Replace fails with Custom Property in 6.1.2.

[NormanRouxel]

Hierarchical Import / Replace fails with Custom Property in 6.1.2.

Scenario. Using standard demo catalog create a customvar TEST of type text.

In the Calculator product add Custom Property TEST, give it text "HELLO"
and set "Use as CUSTOMVAR" (leave other options unselected).

Export the catalog to a textfile.

Re-import choosing "Update" - all should be OK.

Re-import choosing "Replace" and the following error occurs:-

Line 32: The imported custom property does not refer to a predefined valid custom property.

Where line 32 contained the perfectly valid

CustomProperty,TEST,"HELLO",1,0,0,0

Norman

[cdicken]

Hi Norman

This is a known problem and is being addressed in the next release of Actinic Ecommerce. You should find that despite the error, the custom properties still import.

[NormanRouxel]

You should find that despite the error, the custom properties still import

Afraid not.

Top level CUSTOMVARS fail to be updated whenever this error occurs using Import / Replace. I'm not sure about product level CUSTOMVARS but I suspect they're not updating either.

Wierdly, they do import ok and without errors, if I run the import a second time.

Norman

[cdicken]

OK Norman - I'll feed this back to the team.

[andrewace]

I use 6.1.3 and have still had difficulty with this.

I got around it by ensuring that 'ValidCustomProperty' was specified in the import file. I had thought that because I'd already set up the valid custom properties using the Actinic GUI, I didn't have to re-import them every time, but you do.

Heirarchical import csv needs to look something like this:


Header:ValidCustomProperty,Name,Type
Header:CustomProperty,Custom Property Name,Value,Use as CUSTOMVAR,Is Searchable,Is File Name,Use File Content

ValidCustomProperty,"ThingOne",1
ValidCustomProperty,"ThingTwo",1

Product,"MyProduct1", ...
CustomProperty,ThingOne,"Value One",1,1,0,0
CustomProperty,ThingTwo,"Value Two",1,1,0,0


Hope this helps someone
Andrew