WG: seed data database field name mapping

[Robert-165]

 
Dear,
 
we are about to import some data in ofbiz regularly from other resources.
(Product/Catalog/Party)
 
But these xml-files do not match the ofbiz-entity field names. Is there any
chance to import this external data using the existing reader ?
So, is there any way to implement logical mapping for external vs. ofbiz
data structure  without extending the reader?
 
Thanks
Robert

[David E Jones]

There are various ways to address this. One is to use an external  
tool to map your XML structure to OFBiz entity structures, like XSLT.  
Another option is to create a FTL file that does the mapping and then  
point to that file in the entity XML file and the import tool will  
run the transformation.

-David


On Mar 3, 2007, at 2:38 AM, Robert wrote:

>
>
> Dear,
>
> we are about to import some data in ofbiz regularly from other  
> resources.
> (Product/Catalog/Party)
>
> But these xml-files do not match the ofbiz-entity field names. Is  
> there any
> chance to import this external data using the existing reader ?
> So, is there any way to implement logical mapping for external vs.  
> ofbiz
> data structure  without extending the reader?
>
> Thanks
> Robert
>