Product Description
Features:
* Original extension includes product import/export (see add-ons for more data types)
* Ignore empty or commented out rows
* No internal entity IDs exported/needed
* CSV file encoding per profile
* Recognize and skip records that do not require update
* Extensive data validation with detailed reporting
* If row contains multiple errors and warnings, log them all
* Import/export from/to remote location using FTP
* Stable small footprint memory usage
* Dry-run option to validate import file without changing data
* When importing products, automatically create option values and attribute sets when needed (optional)
* Automatically re-index catalog areas or refresh different cache types on profile completion, in any order
* Export imported file as Excel spreadsheet with cell-by-cell marking of errors and warnings, with explanations
* Import/export image files
* Import image files directly from HTTP URLs
* Single and batched scheduled sessions using cronjobs
* Import/export profile configuration
Roadmap:
* Save set of import/export sessions and run with one click
* Access import/export functions using Magento API (SOAP, XMLRPC)
* Upload/download all your data in one archive, and the extension will take care of the rest
* Import/export from/to remote location using SFTP, FTPS, etc.
* Other types of data in Magento
Usage ideas:
* Quick data entry
* Make installation independent catalog backups
* Mass update your catalog in Excel (export, edit, import)
* Migrate to clean new Magento version (export from old, import to new)
* Synchronize data between Magento installations
* Recover whatever is still possible from broken installation
* Delete or rename products or catalog extra data based on a criteria
* Integrate with other applications using CSV, SOAP or XMLRPC interface
Benchmarks on our dev hosting with real data:
* Export ~78,994 products with 120 attributes and ~1,574 inline categories: ~25 minutes (52 rows/second)
* Import ~78,994 products with 120 attributes and ~1,574 inline categories: ~33 minutes (39 rows/seccond) - depends on number of changes required and number of attributes
* Original extension includes product import/export (see add-ons for more data types)
* Ignore empty or commented out rows
* No internal entity IDs exported/needed
* CSV file encoding per profile
* Recognize and skip records that do not require update
* Extensive data validation with detailed reporting
* If row contains multiple errors and warnings, log them all
* Import/export from/to remote location using FTP
* Stable small footprint memory usage
* Dry-run option to validate import file without changing data
* When importing products, automatically create option values and attribute sets when needed (optional)
* Automatically re-index catalog areas or refresh different cache types on profile completion, in any order
* Export imported file as Excel spreadsheet with cell-by-cell marking of errors and warnings, with explanations
* Import/export image files
* Import image files directly from HTTP URLs
* Single and batched scheduled sessions using cronjobs
* Import/export profile configuration
Roadmap:
* Save set of import/export sessions and run with one click
* Access import/export functions using Magento API (SOAP, XMLRPC)
* Upload/download all your data in one archive, and the extension will take care of the rest
* Import/export from/to remote location using SFTP, FTPS, etc.
* Other types of data in Magento
Usage ideas:
* Quick data entry
* Make installation independent catalog backups
* Mass update your catalog in Excel (export, edit, import)
* Migrate to clean new Magento version (export from old, import to new)
* Synchronize data between Magento installations
* Recover whatever is still possible from broken installation
* Delete or rename products or catalog extra data based on a criteria
* Integrate with other applications using CSV, SOAP or XMLRPC interface
Benchmarks on our dev hosting with real data:
* Export ~78,994 products with 120 attributes and ~1,574 inline categories: ~25 minutes (52 rows/second)
* Import ~78,994 products with 120 attributes and ~1,574 inline categories: ~33 minutes (39 rows/seccond) - depends on number of changes required and number of attributes
