Improve Import Export CSV of products

[oallain]

Hello,

I created this issue so that we could discuss the evolution of the import / export CSV of products.

Currently import / export products to the following features:

Product

• Details (Code, Name, Description, Enabled, ...) for one Locale
• Active channels
• Price
• Taxonomy (Main taxon and Product taxon)
• Attributes (one column by attribute type)
• Media (one column by media type)

Variant

• Name for one Locale
• Price by Channel

Current limitations

• Only one locale is use for product datas
• If you want import datas with Attributes values, you must export once before for got file frame
• Imports are slow

What improvements would you like?

[vasilvestre]

I also noticed there's additional attributes that aren't exported. Options are not exported, association are not, all the variants and variant option value aren't. I can work on these feature actually for ~5 days in the next two weeks

[afasciaux]

Hi @oallain ,

I think import speed is really important. I create a new Processor for products import, it only has the details part when updating and it take such a long time !

[oallain]

Yes, all imports can by faster. I created an issue #191 but i haven't time to work on it yet ;(

[afasciaux]

@oallain exports are quite fast with less datas, but a bigger problem here, rest of website is not reachable until export finished :(

[olimination]

Hi, we have started a rough version of an Import of Products with variants and their options, see here: https://github.com/Comvation/SyliusImportExportPlugin/tree/import-export-product-options-and-variants.

It is just a first start, there are still few missing parts like:

• writing/updating tests
• implementing updated export
• updating docs

Maybe you have few feedbacks on the implementation, what should be corrected/improved/changed, etc.

Thanks.

[oallain]

Do you think to make a PR here to had it?

[olimination]

@oallain I have created a Draft Pull request here #265