Users - 'Content loader'?

[Charles Johnson-4]

Was it my imagination, or did i see talk of a 'content loader' for
Ofbiz? So far i've been loading content manually

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Charles Johnson wrote:

>Was it my imagination, or did i see talk of a 'content loader' for
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Charles,

Can you give me more information? I am not sure what a content loader
would be. You can import content data as with other entities. Also,
there is a capability to specify a freemarker transform file that will
convert a file (ie. non-OFBiz entity format) to the entity format and
then load it. There is are examples of this in the
ecommerce/script/org/ofbiz/ecommerce/data dir.

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[Charles Johnson-4]

>>Can you give me more information?
Well i'm afraid i don't have any ;-)

 Thanks for the tip about the freemarker templates. They look something
like what i was imagining at a quick glance, although i don't yet
understand them nor know how they can be used.

CJ

Al Byers wrote:

>Charles Johnson wrote:
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>>Was it my imagination, or did i see talk of a 'content loader' for
>>Ofbiz? So far i've been loading content manually
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>Charles,
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>Can you give me more information? I am not sure what a content loader
>would be. You can import content data as with other entities. Also,
>there is a capability to specify a freemarker transform file that will
>convert a file (ie. non-OFBiz entity format) to the entity format and
>then load it. There is are examples of this in the
>ecommerce/script/org/ofbiz/ecommerce/data dir.
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[BJ Freeman]

I mentioned something similar, but it was to export to a different
Website. Ofbiz in this case is being used as a backend only.

Charles Johnson sent the following on 2/16/06 2:52 PM:

>>>Can you give me more information?
>
> Well i'm afraid i don't have any ;-)
>
>  Thanks for the tip about the freemarker templates. They look something
> like what i was imagining at a quick glance, although i don't yet
> understand them nor know how they can be used.
>
> CJ
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> Al Byers wrote:
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>>Charles Johnson wrote:
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>>>Was it my imagination, or did i see talk of a 'content loader' for
>>>Ofbiz? So far i've been loading content manually
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>>Charles,
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>>Can you give me more information? I am not sure what a content loader
>>would be. You can import content data as with other entities. Also,
>>there is a capability to specify a freemarker transform file that will
>>convert a file (ie. non-OFBiz entity format) to the entity format and
>>then load it. There is are examples of this in the
>>ecommerce/script/org/ofbiz/ecommerce/data dir.
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>>-Al
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[Andrew Sykes]

Al,

I've been looking at the...
ecommerce/script/org/ofbiz/ecommerce/data direrctory.

This stuff looks really good, but it's quite difficult to figure out
exactly what's happening here.

Is there any more information on this stuff?
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[Charles Johnson-4]

How have you been loading so far Andrew?

CJ

Andrew Sykes wrote:

>Al,
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>I've been looking at the...
>ecommerce/script/org/ofbiz/ecommerce/data direrctory.
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>This stuff looks really good, but it's quite difficult to figure out
>exactly what's happening here.
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>Is there any more information on this stuff?
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[Andrew Sykes]

Charles,

When you say content loading, do you mean migrating data?
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[Charles Johnson-4]

Not necessarily. Andrew - do you want to chat for a couple minutes in
#ofbiz (IRC)?

CJ
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>Charles,
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>When you say content loading, do you mean migrating data?
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Andrew,

The key thing to note is how this line in data/DemoContent.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<entity-engine-transform-xml
template="org/ofbiz/ecommerce/data/content.ftl">
...

causes the content.ftl template to be run with the contents of
DemoContent.xml put in the ftl environment as the variable "doc". You
will see the "<#recurse doc>" statement. This starts the XSLT-like
processing of FreeMarker. That capability is really a gem - has all the
capabilities of XSLT, but allows the use of loops and is easier to call
Java functions. In this case, it causes the GenericValue literals to be
constructed and that is what is imported into the db.

When using the XML processing features of FreeMarker, it is important to
always include the "catch all" element:

<#macro @element>
</#macro>


-Al

Andrew Sykes wrote:

>Al,
>
>I've been looking at the...
>ecommerce/script/org/ofbiz/ecommerce/data direrctory.
>
>This stuff looks really good, but it's quite difficult to figure out
>exactly what's happening here.
>
>Is there any more information on this stuff?
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[Andrew Sykes]

Al,

Fantastic!

This stuff looks really good.
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Andrew,

I should have mentioned that you don't need to put that "template"
attribute in the xml doc, the import page has a field where that can be
specified.

-Al

Andrew Sykes wrote:

>Al,
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>Fantastic!
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>This stuff looks really good.
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[Charles Johnson-4]

>>the import page has a field where that can be specified.

What is the address of that page btw?

CJ
Al Byers wrote:

>Andrew,
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>I should have mentioned that you don't need to put that "template"
>attribute in the xml doc, the import page has a field where that can be
>specified.
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>-Al
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>>Al,
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>>Fantastic!
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>>This stuff looks really good.
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Charles,

It is under Webtools->XML Data Import.

Url is: https://localhost:8443/webtools/control/EntityImport

-Al

Charles Johnson wrote:

>>>the import page has a field where that can be specified.
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>What is the address of that page btw?
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>CJ
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>>Andrew,
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>>I should have mentioned that you don't need to put that "template"
>>attribute in the xml doc, the import page has a field where that can be
>>specified.
>>
>>-Al
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>>Andrew Sykes wrote:
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>>>Al,
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>>>Fantastic!
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Thanks for that.

CJ
Al Byers wrote:

>Charles,
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>It is under Webtools->XML Data Import.
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>Url is: https://localhost:8443/webtools/control/EntityImport
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>-Al
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>Charles Johnson wrote:
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>>>>the import page has a field where that can be specified.
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>>What is the address of that page btw?
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>>CJ
>>Al Byers wrote:
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>>>Andrew,
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>>>I should have mentioned that you don't need to put that "template"
>>>attribute in the xml doc, the import page has a field where that can be
>>>specified.
>>>
>>>-Al
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>>>Andrew Sykes wrote:
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>>>>Al,
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>>>>Fantastic!
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>>>>This stuff looks really good.
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