How to update inventory amounts for products where Inventory is set to "Track without options" in CS-Cart. Print

To update inventory amounts for products in CS-Cart where Inventory is set to "Track without options", you can either: (1) Enter them from the products search results listing OR (2) Export products using the export functionality, update the file and then import it using the import functionality.

USING THE MANUAL ENTRY METHOD
Perform the following steps:

1. Login to the CS-Cart admin area.
2. Go to Products --> Products
3. Search for the products that you want to edit product option combinations for.
4. In the search results screen, enter the desired invemtory values in the "Quantity" column for the products that you want to edit.
5. Click the "Save" button at the bottom of the screen.
   Optionally, you can click on the product name or the "Edit" link for each product and edit the Quantity field value from the "Editing product" page for each product.

USING THE EXPORT/IMPORT METHOD:
Perform the following steps:

First, export your products:
1. Login to Admin area.
2. Go to Administration --> Export Data --> Products.
3. Click on the "products" tab.
4. For the "Exported fields", set as follows:

Product code
Category
List price
Price
Status
Quantity
Weight
Min quantity
Shipping freight
Date added
Downloadable
Files
Ship downloadable
Inventory tracking
Out of stock actions
Free shipping
Feature comparison
Zero price action
Thumbnail
Detailed image
Product name
Description
Short description
Meta keywords
Meta description
Search words
Page title
Taxes
Localizations
Features
Options
Secondary categories
Items in box
Box size
Supplier
SEO name
Pay by points
Override points
Override exchange rate
Sale price

5. Click "Save Layout." button.
6. In the "Export options" section, select CSV delimiter (comma is recommended if you will be editing the file in MS EXCEL) and select "Direct download" for Output.
7. Click Export and save the file to a location on your computer.

Next, edit your file:
1. Browse your computer for the export file and open it in MS Excel or in a text editor.
2. Edit the "Quantity" column value for all rows/records you wish to edit the inventory for.
3. Save the file. If you are saving from within MS EXCEL, make sure to maintain the original CSV, Comma separated format.

Lastly, import your product combinations:
1. Login to Admin area.
2. Go to Administration --> Import Data --> Products.
3. Click on the "products" tab.
4. Select "Comma" for CSV delimiter.
5. For "Select file" click on "Local" and browse for the file you saved in previous step.
6. Click Import. You will see a dialog window showing the results of the processing of your file.