Here is the section of ofbiz.log for the timeframe
Here is what I did:
entered the file information and pressed "Run"
Thanks
James
-----Original Message-----
From: BJ Freeman [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: December-01-10 2:18 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: How to import a pre existing product database
take a look at your logs.
please give detail steps
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James Lawton sent the following on 12/1/2010 10:27 AM:
Thanks for the link and the record information...
I have altered the fields to fit the product record field names and
tried to use the "work with data files" tool again
I enter the Definition File Name in the screen
"<file:///\\locahost\c:\files\tofino\import%20data\tofinodata.xml>
file://locahost/c:\files\tofino\import data\tofinodata.xml" and select the URL check box
and then hit Run. The screen flickers but nothing happens. The instructions say that a drop
down box will appear with a list of the definitions to pick from...
Thoughts?
Here is the modified definition file:
<data-file name="c:\files\tofino\import data\itemdatabasereportmod.txt"
separator-style="delimited" type-code="UTF-8"
delimiter="	" text-delimiter=""
description="this takes the product data from jeffs file"
has-header="true">
<record name="Product">
<field name="manufacturerPartyId" ignored="false" type="String"/>
<field name="productId" ignored="false" type="String"/>
<field name="primaryProductCategoryId" expression="true"
default-value="tools" type="String"/>
<field name="productTypeId" expression="true"
default-value="FINISHED_GOOD" type="String"/>
<field name="productName" ignored="false" type="String"/>
<field name="description" ignored="false" type="String"/>
<field name="quantityIncluded" expression="true" default-value="1"
type="String"/>
<field name="priceDetailText" ignored="true" type="String"/>
</record>
</data-file>
Thanks
James
-----Original Message-----
From: BJ Freeman [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: December-01-10 12:37 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: How to import a pre existing product database
if you look at the table the manufacture field is in then look up the
same in the entities
<https://demo-trunk.ofbiz.apache.org/webtools/control/entitymaint>
https://demo-trunk.ofbiz.apache.org/webtools/control/entitymaint
Just to clarify
your file has a Record=Product.
this means you will be creating a Product entity file, so only fields in the
product entity can be created.
<https://demo-trunk.ofbiz.apache.org/webtools/control/FindGeneric?entit>
https://demo-trunk.ofbiz.apache.org/webtools/control/FindGeneric?entit
yName=Product&find=true&VIEW_SIZE=50&VIEW_INDEX=0
if you have data that goes in different entities then you need to create a
Record for each entity with its fields.
James Lawton sent the following on 12/1/2010 9:16 AM:
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Thanks
I must be missing the spot in web tools it has a complete list of the field
names - could you point that out again? For example what is the right field
name for the manufacturer / supplier? I did take that out the db....
Thanks
James
-----Original Message-----
From: BJ Freeman [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: November-30-10 11:42 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: How to import a pre existing product database
there should be more to the log that would pinpoint what is going on.
I am guessing it is your input to the form, since this has not been changed 09.
if you look at the file mentioned you will see
<script
location="component://webtools/webapp/webtools/WEB-INF/actions/datafi
l
e/viewdatafile.groovy"/>
that is where the error referenced.
your xml(not xsd) should have field names as you see them in webtools.
when you have underscores like manufacturer_party_id then that is what is in
the db but ofbiz will not recognize it in Webtools or code.
James Lawton sent the following on 11/30/2010 7:34 PM:
I think I am getting closer - thanks for the tips and the patience!
I have been through all the files and here is what I have gotten
when running my definition file through the data tools
org.ofbiz.widget.screen.ScreenRenderException: Error rendering
screen
[component://webtools/widget/MiscScreens.xml#viewdatafile]:
groovy.lang.MissingPropertyException: No such property:
definitionUrl for class: viewdatafile (No such property: definitionUrl for
class:
viewdatafile)
Here is the xsd file I was running:
<data-file name="itemdatabasereport.txt" separator-style="delimited"
type-code="UTF-8"
delimiter="	" text-delimiter=""
description="this takes the product data from jeffs file"
has-header="true">
<record name="Product">
<field name="manufacturer_party_id" ignored="false" type="String"/>
<field name="productId" ignored="false" type="String"/>
<field name="primaryProductCategoryId" expression="true"
default-value="tools" type="String"/>
<field name="productTypeId" expression="true"
default-value="FINISHED_GOOD" type="String"/>
<field name="productName" ignored="false" type="String"/>
<field name="description" ignored="false" type="String"/>
<field name="quantityIncluded" expression="true" default-value="1"
type="String"/>
<field name="price" ignored="true" type="String"/>
</record>
</data-file>
What's wrong with my definition file which is causing the data tool to throw up?
Thanks
James
-----Original Message-----
From: BJ Freeman [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: November-26-10 1:36 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: How to import a pre existing product database
I am not clear what you are doing.
the example you show is for an entity DataImportProduct which does
not exist in the OOTB ofbiz take a look at
<https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-2534>
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-2534
for tab examples.
also
<https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-2518>
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-2518
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James Lawton sent the following on 11/25/2010 6:36 PM:
I am probably doing something stupid here...I have dug into the
link that was posted and it looks simple enough...however the code
snippet is for a fixed width file rather than a comma delimited
file...and my attempts to create the right schema for importing
product are failing...If someone has a CSV file snippet to share
that would be awesome
So heading in a different direction I created the entity data snippet below:
<!-- this file contains some sample products for testing the data
import routine --> <entity-engine-xml>
<DataImportProduct productId="YG0081ATF" productTypeId="FINISHED_GOOD" description="1/8 x 1-59/64 CARBIDE DREAM DRILL
W/O COOLANT HOLES (3XD)" price="22.13" priceCurrencyUomId="USD" supplierPartyId="YG1" purchasePrice=""/>
<DataImportProduct productId="YG0081BTF"
productTypeId="FINISHED_GOOD" description="1/8 x 15/64 CARBIDE
DREAM DRILL W/ COOLANT HOLE" price="105.73" priceCurrencyUomId="USD"
supplierPartyId="YG1" purchasePrice=""/>
</entity-engine-xml>
However every time I have tried to use the XML IMport tool it just
keeps coming back and saying that the either URL / file or the XML
are not complete
What am I doing wrong?
-----Original Message-----
From: BJ Freeman [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: November-09-10 6:00 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: How to import a pre existing product database
all web tools imports into memory so is limited to the amount of free memory of
the sever.
I imports files that are gigs in size so read in the files. I typical file has
25 columns and takes about 15min.
There is no need to write code to convert files to xml since the
<https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBENDUSER/OFBiz%27s+Da>
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBENDUSER/OFBiz%27s+Da
t
a+
File+Tools
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James McGill sent the following on 11/9/2010 12:38 PM:
On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 9:34 AM, James Lawton< <mailto:[email protected]>
[email protected]>wrote:
How would I import a pre existing product database? I currently
have it in a CSV and I am looking for a method of getting that
information into the database so that the imported items will
show up in the catalog
OFBiz ETL is best done as XML seed data.
In your scenario I would seriously consider converting the CSV
into XML (a job for Perl), and perhaps doing some input validation
as part of that conversion, and then loading the XML as seed data.
If you really have a lot of ETL to do (e.g., processing that will
take hours or days to run through the service interface) you might
be better off going straight to the database. You lose some of
the traceability this way (e.g., logging and event side-effects)
so it isn't recommended. (We ran into problems when loading in
several years worth of historical data, orders and inventory
transactions.)
--
James McGill
Phoenix AZ
