Trouble Importing Custom Field
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I have a custom field which is a dropdown with a direct relationship to a taxonomy.
On an export, the term name shows as an array like this:
a:12:{s:7:”term_id”;s:4:”2190″;s:4:”name”;s:13:”Richard Example”;s:4:”slug”;s:13:”richard-serra”;s:10:”term_group”;s:1:”0″;s:16:”term_taxonomy_id”;s:4:”2190″;s:8:”taxonomy”;s:6:”artist”;s:11:”description”;s:0:””;s:6:”parent”;s:1:”0″;s:5:”count”;s:1:”1″;s:9:”object_id”;s:5:”13461″;s:10:”term_order”;s:1:”0″;s:11:”pod_item_id”;s:4:”2190″;}
That’s for each item, and I have thousands of items that it could be (thousands of names).
Inserting just the name doesn’t work.
And I have tried using the “serialized” option by using:
taxonomy: artist
name: (the mapped name that I pull over)This doesn’t work either. ANy help pointing me in the right direction?
Also, new records are not being created. All of these “artist” names have already been added to the taxonomy. I just want the correct name selected.
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Yes, this item is serialized when the post if filled out. I exported it to see what it would look like. Because I have to import 10,000 posts.
To explain better, there is a taxonomy called “Bidders”.
My post has two custom fields related to this taxonomy, like a class of bidders. One is called “Buyer”. One is called “Underbidders” All are “bidders”. Each post has one buyer from the bidder taxonomy and multiple underbidders from the same taxonomy.
Anyhow, I was able to upload and fill out the Buyers for each post.
In import mapping, I set that item to serialized data and within that small screen, I used the item_id of the bidder instead of the name.
But for underbidders, I tried the same things and since these have multiple IDs separated by a comma, only the first one is uploading. Any advice?
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