RO CSVI

A template can be created by following these steps:

1. Go to Components -> CSVI Pro -> Templates
2. Click New
3. Give the template a name, say for example VirtueMart category import
4. Set Action to Import
5. Set Component to VirtueMart
6. Set Operation to Category
7. Click Next: Select Source
8. Source is set default to Load from your computer. No need for change.
9. Click Next: Select options
10. The default values are OK, change if needed.
11. Click Next: Select fields
12. Nothing needed here as we set to Use column headers as configuration in step 10.
13. Click Next: Finalize
14. All done here
15. Click Close to return to the list of templates or Edit if you want to fine-tune the template further.

1. Go to Components -> CSVI Pro -> Templates
2. Click on Template fields
3. In the Search Tools select your template
4. Click on New to add a single field or click on Quick Add to add multiple fields.

Quick Add

The Quick Add Option allows you to quickly add multiple fields to a template. It is not possible to set any settings per field here but that can be done after the fields have been added to the template.

• category_path
• category_description
• published

Examples

"category_path";"category_description";"published"
"shoes/men-shoes";"Category for organising men shoes";"1"
"shoes/women-shoes";"Category for organising women shoes";"1"

Example file

import_virtuemart_category.csv

The import can be run by following these steps:

1. Go to Components -> CSVI Pro -> Import
2. Select the template created earlier with name VirtueMart category import
3. Click Select file
4. Select the file to import
5. Click Preview
6. You now see a preview of the file as to how CSVI sees the file
7. Click Start import
8. The import is run
9. The Log details page will be shown with information regarding the import if the Enable logging is enabled in the template