STEP - 1 SELECT EP type corresponding to the one you use for your store.

EPA - Easy Populate Advanced comes with cre loaded. Product identification based on product id.

EPB - Easy Populate Basic - http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,500. Product identification based on product model. A variant of this comes with cre loaded as well.

Easy Populate Wizard Step 1

STEP - 2  Here you provide information about source file

  1. Field Delimiter 

    possible selections in this drop down are asterisks(*), caret(^), comma(,), dash(-), pipe(|), semi colon(;), space(\s), tab(\t), tilde(~). Default is tab(\t)

  2. Source File Name

    Use the “select” button to bring out file dialog window

  3. First Row Contains Column Headings

      Check this checkbox if the first row of the data/source file contains column headings

  4. Reference Column

    Use this to select the column you will like to fix and use as reference for navigational purposes.

easy populate wizard step 2a

Easy Populate Wizard Step 2b

 

STEP 3 Here you provide information about destination file that is the you want to save your processed data as.

1. Field Delimeter drop down for selecting the type of delimiter to use. The default and recommended delimiter is the tab (\t). Possible values as asterisks(*), caret(^), comma(,), dash(-), pipe(|), semi colon(;), space(\s), tab(\t), tilde(~).

2. EPA or EPB File Name to use.    

Easy Populate Wizard Step 3a

Easy Populate Wizard Step 3b

STEP 4 This is the final step. Here you are provided with EPA or EPB dedpending on your selection in step 1.

3. When you do not need a field, select exclude this field. 

 

Easy Populate Wizard Step 4a

Easy Populate Wizard Step 4b