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    Category import only adds "active" categories?

    I was doing some import diagnostics tonight, and noticed that some relatively new categories that should have been already existing, but not marked active, were not imported in tonight's import.

    Here is a snippet of the import CSV (with header):
    CATEGORY_CODE,CATEGORY_NAME,CATEGORY_ACTIVE,CATEGO RY_PARENT_CODE
    cat_flanges_SplinedBore_28Spline_1-493-28invol,Ø1.493 - 28 Involute Spline,0,cat_flanges_SplinedBore_28Spline

    I would have expected this category to be created, but set inactive. Instead, it simply didn't exist.

    I found a part that should belong to this category, but in our master database the category code was misspelled. Therefore, the routine we use to set active categories didn't flag it as active. I presumed I could simply assign it in the Miva admin, but it didn't exist after our import tonight.

    Could this be a bug? It seems if we have our category import set to "add new/update existing" categories, that it should add even the inactive categories. I swear it used to, but I suppose that may have been when we were using a flat file import and not the .csv.

    #2
    Note - Not sure what is going on with the last heading, but in the file there is not a space in the "CATEGORY_PARENT_CODE" field. I tried to edit it out of the post, but it wouldn't go away.

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      #3
      Hi there,

      i am not able to reproduce what you are seeing. the import you provided worked for me once i added the parent category to my store before importing it.

      is it possible that the category batch list you are viewing is set to only show the active categories? you can check to see if its set to all by clicking on the filters dropdown to the right of the search box.

      -Eric
      Eric Foresman
      Software Tester
      Miva Merchant
      http://www.mivamerchant.com/
      [email protected]

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        #4
        Oh boy... Now I feel like an idiot! I just went to look, and you are right. The filter was set to view active only! I swear that filter option used to be a bit more obvious to see in the past. Or perhaps I'm too used to simply uploading the settings vs. using the admin interface. Sorry to waste your time.

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          #5
          Originally posted by BigDummy View Post
          Oh boy... Now I feel like an idiot! I just went to look, and you are right. The filter was set to view active only! I swear that filter option used to be a bit more obvious to see in the past. Or perhaps I'm too used to simply uploading the settings vs. using the admin interface. Sorry to waste your time.
          No worries, the simple ones get all of us from time to time. glad this was an easy fix.

          -Eric
          Eric Foresman
          Software Tester
          Miva Merchant
          http://www.mivamerchant.com/
          [email protected]

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