[Skip to main content](#vessel-content) # Batch category change or assign specific category if csv is empty ## - **[joombiz](/forum/user/34736-joombiz "View joombiz's Profile")** - [![joombiz's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar34736.jpg)](/forum/user/34736-joombiz "View joombiz's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/34736-joombiz) Less More - Posts: 5 - Thank you received: 0 - - - - [](http://joombiz.eu) - 8 years 6 months ago [\#290876](#290876) by [joombiz](/forum/user/34736-joombiz "View joombiz's Profile") *[Batch category change or assign specific category if csv is empty](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls/894363-batch-category-change-or-assign-specific-category-if-csv-is-empty#290876 "-- HikaShop version -- : 3.4.0 -- Joomla version -- : 3.8.6 Hi, I was wondering... During import most products have a category assigned, and import works fine for them... But... If there are records where the category is missing, is it possible to assign those records to another standard category ( like : missing for example) and not to the root category? OR Is it possible to batch multiple products in the backend to a specific category in the product overview? Reason why : The import will be an automatic process after testing, so we cannot change the csv manually each time. Please share your ideas on this....")* was created by *[joombiz](/forum/user/34736-joombiz "View joombiz's Profile")* -- HikaShop version -- : 3.4.0 -- Joomla version -- : 3.8.6 Hi, I was wondering... During import most products have a category assigned, and import works fine for them... But... If there are records where the category is missing, is it possible to assign those records to another standard category ( like : missing for example) and not to the root category? OR Is it possible to batch multiple products in the backend to a specific category in the product overview? Reason why : The import will be an automatic process after testing, so we cannot change the csv manually each time. Please share your ideas on this.... 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During import most products have a category assigned, and import works fine for them... But... If there are records where the category is missing, is it possible to assign those records to another standard category ( like : missing for example) and not to the root category? OR Is it possible to batch multiple products in the backend to a specific category in the product overview? Reason why : The import will be an automatic process after testing, so we cannot change the csv manually each time. Please share your ideas on this....")* Hi, If you were to customize the code of the CSV auto import plugin, you could change the default category to be another one than the main one. But it would be simpler to batch multiple products to a specific category. There is already a tool for that which you can access in the menu System>Mass actions: [ www.hikashop.com/support/documentation/167-massaction-form.html](https://www.hikashop.com/support/documentation/167-massaction-form.html) It will allow you to do that, and much more other "batch" processes. The following user(s) said Thank You: [joombiz](/forum/user/34736-joombiz "View joombiz's Profile") Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzM3LWltcG9ydC1leHBvcnQtY3N2LXhscy84OTQzNjMtYmF0Y2gtY2F0ZWdvcnktY2hhbmdlLW9yLWFzc2lnbi1zcGVjaWZpYy1jYXRlZ29yeS1pZi1jc3YtaXMtZW1wdHk/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. 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