By tomcatuk on

The Feeds module page says right off the bat it can be used to import simple database records. I must be missing something because the only processors available appear to be node, taxonomy and user - no option for a data table.

I have a sneaky feeling this must be something blindingly obvious and I'm just not seeing it, so apologies in advance.

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tomcatuk commented

I gleaned from the documentation that the Data module would be a prerequisite for this, so I do have that installed. In the guide it says:

When you install Feeds and go to Administer > Site building > Feed importers (D7: admin/structure/feeds), you will find 4 default importer configurations (5 if Data module is installed)

And I think this is at the heart of the problem. I still only have three default importer configurations.

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mcfilms commented

In Drupal, your table rows can essentially become nodes. So the quickstart way of getting this to work would be to create a Content type that has the fields you are going to want to import. Then, using Feeds or Node Import, you can map your individual database fields to Node fields.

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tomcatuk commented

That was my initial approach. I've been messing with the feeds module for about 3 years now, and it just doesn't seem to work. I was thinking database records may work out better than actual nodes (being simpler).

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adam_b commented

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mcfilms commented

I can't comment on using a separate database or using the Data module. I haven't tried that yet.

I had about 17,000 records to import. I decided to make them nodes because I thought at some point the client may want to add additional content. (These were "parts" and I presumed there may be a picture of the part some day.) Anyway, I was frustrated by the Feeds module too. At the time it would just time out. However I was able to get the Node Import module to work with its Scheduler module and import several hundred nodes every 10 minutes, It took days but ultimately brought it all in.

In hindsight I wish I would have tried the Data Module. I also notice quite a bit of activity on the Feeds module as of late. So you may be able to get some support in the issue cue.

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svkworld commented

did you figure this out? i have same problem!! Simple record feed (fast Feed) importer no where to be found ... i have enabled data module...

is it because they are still in alpha version for D7 and this functionality is not yet enabled??

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ivymy commented

Any updates? I have the same question.

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holmjensen commented

I have installed D 7 core and the requested modules (Feeds + others) including Data module, but only have possible feeders and not the simple record feeder.
As Data module is required, I thought about it could be a configuration issue in the Data module ?