#467 Simple CSV import

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Latest post by Olivier on Wednesday, 17 September 2025 19:14 UTC

Steve Rhodes

I am redoing our website and using joomla5 and want to import our products from scratch.

Your documentation for the Simple CSV Import/Export app states "It is NOT necessary to have all these fields in your CSV. The following fields are the minimum required fields: sku, product_type" but when I try to input new items using these two fields, I always get errors. I've even exported a set and deleted all but 1 items, changed the sku on it and it still fails.

What fields can I use that work in joomla5?

After I get a base that works, I can add others from the list, but I want to get a basic input working before input a large number of items.

Olivier
Hello Steve,
 
The documentation and the app need an update. The app needs to provide proper defaults for the fields 'introtext', 'up_sells' and 'cross_sells', I noticed this is not the case.
I was able to import:
 
"product_type","sku","title","introtext","up_sells","cross_sells"
"simple","sku001","The imported product","","",""

 

The title should be required as products need a product name (and articles a title). Without it, the SKU is used instead.

I hope this helps.

Olivier.

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Steve Rhodes

Very helpful. Thanks. :)

Olivier

You are welcome, I'll try and update the plugin soon...

Olivier.

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