How: Importing Product Attributes into 1.6?

[ecommdev]

I will explain the situation and hopefully someone can help figure out a solution to share with the community. 

 

1: I have a spreadsheet with 2,000+ different products

 

2: I have second spreadsheet with 10,000+ product attributes for those products in spreadsheet one. 

 

I understand in prestashop you can import product csv but no method to import product attributes. Yes, combinations but the product attributes have to be manually entered into the system. 

 

I have attempted using prestashop manager but again no method for the actual product attributes.

 

Is there any unique method Or module to import both the product and product attributes?

 

I look forward to ANY help or guidance. 

 

Let me know.

[ecommdev]

Anyone have insight or advice?

[BarryH]

Store Manager, Store Manager, Store Manager...

Been doing a similar thing myself lately.

Options:

(1) Import products & attributes at the same time. This is the easy way. Attribs alone are useless. Ultimately applied to a base product to make combination products. Go ahead and do both at same time.

(2) if you're stuck on getting attribs created independently, Create target Attrib group, import dummy prod w/ combinations w/ attribs, delete prod, attribs remain

In both cases, Store Manager will add unknown attribs to the target Attrib group so you don't have to define attribs before combination product import.