I found an excellent module http://www.brandnewbox.co.uk/articles/details/datagrab_for_ee2.0 but it does not support import with playa and matrix fields.
Is there any module which can do that?
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Subscribe [5]#1 / Sep 15, 2010 6:02am
I found an excellent module http://www.brandnewbox.co.uk/articles/details/datagrab_for_ee2.0 but it does not support import with playa and matrix fields.
Is there any module which can do that?
#2 / Sep 15, 2010 4:02pm
I have been using that module all morning and it is wonderful. I don’t know if it would be possible to add the matrix and playa functionality to the import. I’m not an add-on dev, but matrix and playa store the entry data differently. Playa *might* be possible, but seems like Matrix would be hard.
But I would have a use for this functionality as well.
#3 / Sep 15, 2010 4:12pm
Hi,
Thanks for your interest in DataGrab.
I am planning to add support for both Playa and Matrix soon, although I don’t have a timescale at the moment.
The difficulty is not technical, but in building an easy-to-use, but flexible way to configure the fields - Matrix is effectively an import within an import.
Andrew
#4 / Jan 02, 2011 3:53am
Just curious to know if any progress has been made on importing into matrix? Could really use one… or at least a head start on a script.
#5 / Jan 02, 2011 5:03pm
I believe Andrew is working on this. It’s currently in beta testing (and looking real good).
#6 / Jan 02, 2011 9:29pm
I believe Andrew is working on this. It’s currently in beta testing (and looking real good).
Ooo good news as I will definitely be using this when I attempt to merge one site into an MSM install.