Update only mapped ACF groups not working

  • Resolved Baptiste

    (@eustaches)


    6 years, 1 month ago

    Hi. I sent a support ticket but no news, so here I’m.

    I’m using this plugin with acf. I want to update only mapped fields so I use the option Update only mapped ACF groups

    Even if some fields aren’t mapped, when I import my data, I lost what I’ve written in those fields. In the log there is always Importing field for each of my fields, even if the field is empty, which I don’t want at all.

    I’m missing something with this option ?

    I also tried Update only these ACF fields, leave the rest alone but this time it’s not updating fields at all and I get this message in the log : Field my_field_name is skipped attempted to import options.

    What I’m trying to do is
    – Auto import data from csv in only the fields I want
    – Keep other fields alone if they are not mapped in the import options since I’m manually filling them

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  • Plugin Author WP All Import

    (@wpallimport)

    6 years, 1 month ago

    Hi @eustaches

    Even if some fields aren’t mapped, when I import my data, I lost what I’ve written in those fields.

    The “Update only mapped ACF Groups” option will update every field within any group that’s enabled in the ACF Add-On, it doesn’t look at individual fields.

    I also tried Update only these ACF fields, leave the rest alone but this time it’s not updating fields at all and I get this message in the log : Field my_field_name is skipped attempted to import options.

    This is the correct option to use, but do the skipped fields have a parent field? For example, text fields in a repeater? If so, please try adding the parent field as a field to be updated and see if that fixes it.

    Thread Starter Baptiste

    (@eustaches)

    6 years, 1 month ago

    Thanks for the reply.

    – Well, it isn’t really clear. There is no documentation about those settings ? I couldn’t find any explanation about them.

    So what’s the difference with Update all ACF fields if it doesn’t look at individual fields ?

    – It’s not working when my fields are in a group. I just tested with a single field –> ok, but a group and a field –> not ok

    Here is an example :
    Group : Links
    — URL field : Facebook

    Both of these two fields are present in “Update only these ACF fields, leave the rest alone” input.

    But again, this message :
    [19:20:15] – Importing field links_facebook
    [19:20:15] – Field links_facebook is skipped attempted to import options

    Plugin Author WP All Import

    (@wpallimport)

    6 years, 1 month ago

    Hi @eustaches

    There is no documentation about those settings ?

    Not at this time.

    So what’s the difference with Update all ACF fields if it doesn’t look at individual fields ?

    That option would update all ACF fields, even if you haven’t activated an ACF group in the ACF Add-On.

    The “Update only mapped ACF Groups” only updates the fields inside ACF Groups that you’ve activated in the import template (i.e. you’ve enabled the checkbox for the group so that the fields show).

    Both of these two fields are present in “Update only these ACF fields, leave the rest alone” input. But again, this message :

    Please try adding “links_facebook” to the update list, e.g.: https://d.pr/i/wC6xbo. Let me know if that works.

    Thread Starter Baptiste

    (@eustaches)

    6 years, 1 month ago

    The solution was to use Update only these ACF fields, leave the rest alone and not using the auto complete.

    Instead, we need to directly provide the field id (the one that you can see in the log file)

    Thanks !

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