Gec_Customimport

Magento Extension
Download latest - 2.0.0.6

Maintain your catalog in your ERP, PIM, or other external system and import into Magento using a standardised XML format.

Supports seed and thereafter incremental import of categories, attributes and products into Magento.

1. Import categories, attributes, and products.

2. Adds ability to use external Image URLs, hence works with remote image hosting such as a CDN.

3. Categories can exist in multiple hierarchies (multiple parents).

4. Uses standardized and open XML format.

5. Supports simple and configurable products.

6. Supports special/sale price and duration management for products.

7. Automate the setup and display of "New Products" section for newly imported products.

8. Get notified via email when a long batch of catalog import is completed with detailed logs.

Detailed step-by-step instructions to install and configure this instruction are available herein.

Releases (7)

Date Version Notes
2015-12-26 2.0.0.6

Bug-fix (Tested on Magento 1.9.x)

1. Fixed: When an associated simple product transforms into a pure simple product, reset its visibility.

2015-12-21 2.0.0.5

Bug-fix and improvements (Tested on Magento 1.9.x)

1. Covered a case of a pre-existing attribute set while creating a new one.

2. Logging source attribute group id instead of magento attribute group id

3. Handled the case when attribute is missing in magento while trying to update the parent attribute group

4. Removed importing of weight for a configurable product

2015-12-12 2.0.0.4

Bug-fix and improvements (Tested on Magento 1.9.x)

1. Fixed - Existing product-product relations (associations, related, cross-sell, up-sell) were being over-written when updates containing subset of relations were being imported.

2. Updated XML schema to better enclose attributes, attributegroups and attributesets.

3. Fixed import of text and textarea attributes for simple and configurable products and modified attribute value definitions accordingly.

4. Implemented import of position value for attribute options values.

5. Fixed import of non-configurable attributes for configurable products.

2015-12-04 2.0.0.3

Major bug-fix and feature release (Tested on Magento 1.9.x)

Bug-fixes:

1. The extension is now independent of any frontend theme changes. Earlier theme changes required porting of frontend section to the new theme.

2. Added missing referential integrity for 'default' attributeset that needs to be associated with products having an empty attributesetid.

3. Fixed attribute value import for text, textarea and boolean attributes.

New Features & Improvements:

1. Default turning off visibility in search results for simple products associated to configurable ones.

2. Import of special price and related dates to enable scheduling of sale pricing.

3. Inventory control - ATP quantity and ability to control back-ordering of products.

4. Several major logging improvements.

5. Improved error-handling, data error tolerance and reporting for missing elements in the import file. Report the issue and continue with the next element instead of aborting the process.

6. Performance improvements related to categories and attributes import.

2015-12-04 2.0.0.2

Major bug-fix and feature release (Tested on Magento 1.9.x)

Bug-fixes:

1. The extension is now independent of any frontend theme changes. Earlier theme changes required porting of frontend section to the new theme.

2. Added missing referential integrity for 'default' attributeset that needs to be associated with products having an empty attributesetid.

3. Fixed attribute value import for text, textarea and boolean attributes.

New Features & Improvements:

1. Default turning off visibility in search results for simple products associated to configurable ones.

2. Import of special price and related dates to enable scheduling of sale pricing.

3. Inventory control - ATP quantity and ability to control back-ordering of products.

4. Several major logging improvements.

5. Improved error-handling, data error tolerance and reporting for missing elements in the import file. Report the issue and continue with the next element instead of aborting the process.

6. Performance improvements related to categories and attributes import.

2015-11-28 2.0.0.1

Major bug-fix and feature release (Tested on Magento 1.9.x)

Bug-fixes:

1. The extension is now independent of any frontend theme changes. Earlier theme changes required porting of frontend section to the new theme.

2. Added missing referential integrity for 'default' attributeset that needs to be associated with products having an empty attributesetid.

3. Fixed attribute value import for text, textarea and boolean attributes.

New Features & Improvements:

1. Default turning off visibility in search results for simple products associated to configurable ones.

2. Import of special price and related dates to enable scheduling of sale pricing.

3. Inventory control - ATP quantity and ability to control back-ordering of products.

4. Several major logging improvements.

5. Improved error-handling, data error tolerance and reporting for missing elements in the import file. Report the issue and continue with the next element instead of aborting the process.

6. Performance improvements related to categories and attributes import.

2013-08-28 1.0.0.1

First Preview Release