Template Data Feed with Variants Output

[mcrmedical]

We are using Template Data Feed to export a feed and would like to limit the output by price range, but are having a little trouble.

All of our items are set up as master items and variants, each variant having its own price. We are generating a feed of all the variants in the site, and the module exports everything perfectly for us unless we try to limit the output according to price. When we try to use the "Optionally specify price range to export:" feature to limit the feed to a specific price range the output is empty.

We speculate that the module is checking the price on the master item instead of the variants included in the feed. The variants have their own prices according to their options, so we don't use the master item for price. As a test, we updated the master item to contain a price, and the feed did work for the variants associated with the master item, which suggests our theory about the reason is correct.

Does anybody know of a way to configure Template Data Feed to limit the output by variant price? We are using version 5.090, which appears to be the most current version.

[Brennan]

Re: Template Data Feed with Variants Output

You are correct. The setting to limit the feed by price only works at the master product level.

The best way around it would be to create a custom export using a miva page template, which will give you more control of the output. We have done custom exports like this in the past and they typically range from 8 to 12 hours to get setup.

It is also worth noting that built in feeds are high up on our list of new features to add post Version 9 release.

[mcrmedical]

Re: Template Data Feed with Variants Output

Thank you for confirming what is going on, and for the excellent suggestion. Using some sort of page template would allow us to add another field that we'd like to make use of, since we could script some decision making.