Check https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/Handling+of+External+data
The EntityImportDir functionality located at https://localhost:8443/webtools/control/EntityImportDir might be of some help. It imports *Data.xml files and will iterate over a number of passes until it finds the FK. Gavin On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 2:53 PM, Justin Robinson <[email protected] > wrote: > I have a client using a customized version of OFBiz 10.04. > I gather from tracing org.ofbiz.entity.util.EntityDataLoader.loadData > through to org.ofbiz.entity.GenericValue.checkFks(boolean) that if a > foreign key is missing during a xml import a dummy value is created. > (checkFks javadoc comment "Checks to see if all foreign key records exist > in the database. Will create a dummy value for those missing when > specified.") > > The requirement is to Instead of creating dummy values if FKs are missing > they want to load the XML files in the correct sequence to avoid the > foreign key relationships or other contraint issues. > > Has this type of problem already been solved in later versions of ofbiz? > > Are then any tools available in later versions of ofbiz that can report on > backup/restore failures due to violated constraints? > > I've heard some say ofbiz is quirky, can the developers on the list give me > some guidance on where the best place to implement such functionality would > be? >
