CSV import of variants

-- HikaShop version -- : 2.4.0
-- Joomla version -- : 3.4.1

When exporting product data as a csv the product_parent_id of variants is the product code (whatever has been entered for the parent product)
When importing variant product data as a csv this has to be the parent product_id (database id)
There is however no way of telling what the database id of a product is from within Hikashop

Ian

Hi,

When importing you can use the product code of the parent product, the system handle that

No, it doesn't work, that's my point.

Ian

Ok I've tried it again and it's still not working.

Attached are two csv's the first one uses the parent product sku and doesn't work,

Hi Nicolas,

My parent products already exist as I have set those up manually.

Each parent has up to a dozen variants which is why I am using the import. I read the instructions to mean if you are creating a product with variants from scratch then obviously you need to specify the parent before it's variants.

No matter, it's working for me this way, but it would help if the id of the parent product was displayed somewhere, perhaps in your revamped next version?

Thanks for the help,

Ian

Hi Nicolas,

There's no product id on the product listing on mine, could it be because I've got some custom fields there?