EasyPopulate 4.0 Support Thread

Zen cart version v1.5.3
easy pop 4

I really need to find a way to apply quantity discounts (same quanity and percentage)
to MANY Items - as many as 450 within a single category
Is there some secret to using **Model/Price/Breaks**
to import to either ADD Quantity discount & percentag
or modify those that exist
I really do not want to need to do this one at a time

TIA

Well, one thing that is supposed to be secretis your admin folder name. That however has now been shared. Suggest changing it ASAP.

As to secret to use? What has been attempted and what was result?

There really is no secret to it's use, just fall in line with the requirements expressed in the instructions.

can anyone please explain how to tweak it to export full product url also?
thanks.

RonaldNavarro689:

can anyone please explain how to tweak it to export full product url also?
thanks.

I forget in which version the option was added, but the latest version offers an admin configuration option to export the uri as seen on the store side... If the option is not in the confguration menu and you have installed the latest version then remove EP4 via the link on admin, tools, easy populate and then click the install link and redo/verify your settings on the configuration menu.

Found it and it works. Thanks for the help. . If anyone is looking for this go to: configuration -> easy populate 4 -> Export URI with Prod and or Cat then set it from 0 to 1.

RonaldNavarro689:

Found it and it works. Thanks for the help. . If anyone is looking for this go to: configuration -> easy populate 4 -> Export URI with Prod and or Cat then set it from 0 to 1.

Cool, glad it was eventually easy to find.

mc12345678:

As to secret to use? What has been attempted and what was result?

There really is no secret to it's use, just fall in line with the requirements expressed in the instructions.

Downloaded, make changes, uploaded - the "listing" indicated the "updates"

also tried "adding" some similar products to the csv file - same result

and yes, I see that using cut & Paste for my inquiry had an undesirable result.

wheat:

Downloaded, make changes, uploaded - the "listing" indicated the "updates"

also tried "adding" some similar products to the csv file - same result

and yes, I see that using cut & Paste for my inquiry had an undesirable result.

What was used to make the edits (Open Office is recommended)? Does the file that is to be imported to the database have proper formatting? (Quoted text, separated by commas with applicable characters escaped?)

Perhaps could either attach the file, post the first couple of lines (please use the # option in the message menu toolbar to surround the information in code tags) or otherwise demonstrate the data that is not producng the desired result?

Hello,
I am trying to upload into a subcategory in my Westminster new zen cart version 1.5.3. I am getting the message it is uploading.
I had two previous item in this category which I used to start the download and then put the new information into the open office calculate sheet. I have tried this several time and the products just don't show up. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Ron

stuffwo:

Hello,
I am trying to upload into a subcategory in my Westminster new zen cart version 1.5.3. I am getting the message it is uploading.
I had two previous item in this category which I used to start the download and then put the new information into the open office calculate sheet. I have tried this several time and the products just don't show up. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Ron

Need a lot more information than what is provided. Enough to be able to duplicate what was done as if you were describing the actions and results to someone that was blind. Btw, glad to see that this was your first post, hope that we can all get the problem resolved.

Hi,
This is not my first post to community, seems I some how had two name here, will have to straighten it out later.
Anyway Here is a link to the sheet which I have downloaded and uploaded. https://www.stuffwholesale.com/documents/Full-EP2015Sep23-230347.csv
I have tested the link it seems to work.
Thanks
Ron

Thought that was you, but wasn't sure.:)

First thing that jumped out: no commas... Ts supposed to be a comma separated value file. :) in savng the fle need to include commas between fields...

I saved it as a csv file did it not do this? confused now.

stuffwo:

I saved it as a csv file did it not do this? confused now.

See https://www.zen-cart.com/showthread.php?190417-EasyPopulate-4-0-Support-Thread&p=1090420#post1090420 (first post of this forum regarding how to save files to be imported.)

Hello,
I read the post but I still am unable to have the products show. I done all the step in this post

1. Select File -> Save As
2. Ensure File type: is Text CSV (.csv)
3. check the Edit Filter settings box
4. click save

In the Export of text Files box,

Select your Character set. Probably UTF-8 is you are on zen 1.5 now.
Field delimiter: Comma ,
Text delimiter: Double quote "
you can leave the save cell contents as show box checked.

I have uploaded the file again into the server for you to look at. http://www.stuffwholesale.com/documents/Full-EP2015Sep23-230347.csv
Could this be the Westminster new template that was installed I had no problems before installing the new template.

stuffwo:

Hello,
I read the post but I still am unable to have the products show. I done all the step in this post

1. Select File -> Save As
2. Ensure File type: is Text CSV (.csv)
3. check the Edit Filter settings box
4. click save

In the Export of text Files box,

Select your Character set. Probably UTF-8 is you are on zen 1.5 now.
Field delimiter: Comma ,
Text delimiter: Double quote "
you can leave the save cell contents as show box checked.

I have uploaded the file again into the server for you to look at. http://www.stuffwholesale.com/documents/Full-EP2015Sep23-230347.csv
Could this be the Westminster new template that was installed I had no problems before installing the new template.

Nope, not template related. File to be imported still has incorrect format. Not entirely sure (off top of head) what setting is causing this. There are quotes around all of the text, commas within the text, but none between each column. May I suggest, just so you can see the differences in the files, to open a file using a plain text editor that has been generated for download alongside a fiile saved to be imported... You only need to look at the first line to see the significant difference... Don't even really need to read any of it, just look at the pattern.

As for the notification, yes, the file was import (opened) successfully, but it wasn't processed successfully. (Should see a long list of "issues"/information at the bottom of the screen after importing.)

stuffwo:

Hello,
I read the post but I still am unable to have the products show. I done all the step in this post

1. Select File -> Save As
2. Ensure File type: is Text CSV (.csv)
3. check the Edit Filter settings box
4. click save

In the Export of text Files box,

Select your Character set. Probably UTF-8 is you are on zen 1.5 now.
Field delimiter: Comma ,
Text delimiter: Double quote "
you can leave the save cell contents as show box checked.

I have uploaded the file again into the server for you to look at. http://www.stuffwholesale.com/documents/Full-EP2015Sep23-230347.csv
Could this be the Westminster new template that was installed I had no problems before installing the new template.

mc12345678:

Nope, not template related. File to be imported still has incorrect format. Not entirely sure (off top of head) what setting is causing this. There are quotes around all of the text, commas within the text, but none between each column. May I suggest, just so you can see the differences in the files, to open a file using a plain text editor that has been generated for download alongside a fiile saved to be imported... You only need to look at the first line to see the significant difference... Don't even really need to read any of it, just look at the pattern.

As for the notification, yes, the file was import (opened) successfully, but it wasn't processed successfully. (Should see a long list of "issues"/information at the bottom of the screen after importing.)

Took a look through the settings of Open Office (OO) version
File, Save As, mark the box that says Edit Filter Settings before clicking the save button.
Then choose the settings:
Character Set: Unicode (UTF-8)
Field Delimiter: , (Is a comma)
Text Delimiter: " (Is a double quote)
Suggest marking the Quote all text cells block

Looks like perhaps the field delimiter was set as a space instead of a comma...
Thought also not sure what caused all of the commas at the end of each row...

Where is the (current) best place to download the most recent version of this plugin?

lat9:

Where is the (current) best place to download the most recent version of this plugin?

There is a new version that had some significant changes made to it that if found to be at least moderately acceptable by others will become the latest version for all.

The "stable" release is found as directed in the first post of this thread.

There are new features which are available as documented in post 2082. This is a sort ofdevelopment location prior to incorporating into the mainstream version. Haven't received enough feedback yet to incorporate as is or how many more changes should be made. Have received some comments about menu options but could use some additional independent inspection/comment. This latest version takes EP4 to a new level and puts a lot more capability into the user's hands with little "self-checking" that can be done to minimize the product of the database being overwritten/modified.