"variable options" changed for uploading to googlebase.

[igavemybest]

I wish there was a way to have "variable options" uploaded to googlebase. For example, if you go here http://www.safetekusa.com/shopping/Eagl ... -P991.aspx each one of the variables has a different sku and price. For store and search purposes I dont want to have the same item in the store 12 different times, with just different variables, but AC7 gives us no option to add a description for the variables. If this was possible, the table that we have to make for ever single item, could be autmatically generated, and modified when variables were changed, and would give AC7 owners the ability to add ALL of their store items to google base, or yahoo or whatever. I would effectively have approximately 8-10 times the number of items in google base if this was a feature, and not only that, it just makes sense. I am not sure how the code is written for variables and such, would this be a possibility?

[igavemybest]

Not to mention, that a SKU can not be found in a search, when it modifies the original SKU. This has been a frustrating thing for me as well.

[jmestep]

You can try modifying the Googlebase feed generation-- there is sample code at wiki.ablecommerce.com. I was able to follow it to change the feed from displaying the product summary to the product description. You might be able to add the options.
You could probably modify the search also- the sku modifier is stored in a table different from the main sku. Or you could put the sku plus modifier into the search keywords field of the product.