Add field to Import Manager?

Store Builder Questions
1

I know how to manually add a field to the product description, and now I’m curious how to have that field populate via the Import Manager?





Has anyone done this or know how to?

2

I’m not exactly sure what you are trying to import / export, but I’ll give you an example.



I have the field “cost” in my backend.



To import / export “cost” I did:



In schemas/exim/products.php



After:


'Price' => array (
'table' => 'product_prices',
'db_field' => 'price',
'convert_put' => array ('fn_exim_import_price', '@price_dec_sign_delimiter'),
'process_get' => array ('fn_exim_export_price', '#this', '@price_dec_sign_delimiter'),
),



I added:


'Cost' => array (
'db_field' => 'cost',
'convert_put' => array ('fn_exim_import_price', '@price_dec_sign_delimiter'),
'process_get' => array ('fn_exim_export_price', '#this', '@price_dec_sign_delimiter'),
),



Of course you might need something slightly different, but this should get you started.



Brandon

3

[quote name=‘brandonvd’]

I have the field “cost” in my backend.[/QUOTE]



Brandon - do you use your “cost” field to somehow track profit margin? I’m curious to know how CS-Cart users track profit.



thanks,

Glen

4

Glen,



No, the cost field is just for my reference. I use it to be able to quickly calculate my profit.



I don’t know how CS-Cart does their calculations. On the homepage of the admin it has the figures, but they don’t seem that accurate to me.



Brandon