Request: Importing users with data import utility

[AbleMods]

Importing users isn't functional in my situation.

I have hundreds of asp.net forms authentication registrations with my old site. Most of the ac_users fields line up nicely so that was nice. But here is what I need for the user import to be even remotely useful for me.

1. Provide a password field.
2. Provide all the address fields.
3. Provide ability to assign imported users to a specified mailing list. This will be used for an "introduction" email. Allow me to send a nice "Welcome to the future of..." message that greets my users to their new home.

The less I have to ask my customers to do, the happier they will be. Kinda reminds me of my ex-wife

As a side note, the users table has fields for secret question and secret answer. Are these even used in AC7 or just maintained for compatibility with the security provider?

[mitch]

Yes, importing addresses and passwords for customers is quite critical for me as well. I don't really want to ask all the customers to re-enter their passwords and addresses.

I'm using Dataport v1.0.0.4 with RC2 but can't find a way to do this at the moment. Is this a planned enhancement?

[AbleMods]

I haven't had a chance to look at the new data port. In fact, I don't even know where to get it.

I ended up writing all my own import routines. Products, order history, users etc. It took more time, but it gave me a lot more control over the data.

[bobr2k]

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 10:39 am
Once you've upgraded to RC2 then you can try the latest dataport utility.

ftp://ftp.ablecommerce.com/evals/DataPort3.zip

[batmike]

The latest is now version 4

ftp://ftp.ablecommerce.com/evals/DataPort4.zip

Mike

[AbleMods]

Where'd you guys see those urls??

[batmike]

The links for both 3 and 4 are towards the bottom of the page in the DataPort Beta 1 sticky (only slightly misleading title at this point ...).

Also, if you go to ftp.ablecommerce.com, it's buried in the folders there, which is where I found version 3 when I was trying to download the 5.5 eval to work with some old data.

Mike

[Shopping Cart Admin]

Hello All,

I've cleaned up the dataport thread and updated the first post so it's easier to find the dataport4. I believe we're gonna get dataport5 today or tomorrow. We've gotten more xml files to test with and it's coming together!

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