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Export Customers from Magento

This task will export customer information from Magento in XML format. The results can be filtered if required. See below for a sample output file.

Settings

Connection

Required
The Magento connection to use. See the Connecting to Magento v1 article if you require more information on how to create/manage connections.

Export Address Book

Required
Set to true to export the full list of addresses for each customer.

Export All

Required
Set to true to export all customers matching the filter, set to false to only export new/modified customers matching the filter.

Export Detailed

Required
Set to true to export billing and shipping addresses, set to false to only export basic information.

Export From

Required
The rolling date to export new/modified customers from, when Export All is set to true. This will update automatically each time the task runs.

Start Date

Optional
Any customers created before this date will be ignored, even if modified.

Output File

Required
The name of the file to export the customers to.

Filter Property

Optional
The property the filter is to be based upon. The property name should match the API field name, as seen in the output file.

Filter Type

Optional
The following types of filter are available:

  • eq - Returns records where the property matches the specified value
  • gt - Returns records where the property is greater than the specified value
  • lt - Returns records where the property is less than the specified value.
  • like - Returns records where the property contains the specified value.
  • isnull - Returns records where the property is null.
  • notnull - Returns records where the property is not null.

Filter Value

Optional
The value the filter is to be based upon. When using the eq filter type, you can specify multiple values by separating them with commas, or using the 'Use a list' option after clicking the ellipsis (...) button.

Zynk Settings

See Common Task Settings.

Examples

Sample output file:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ArrayOfCustomer>
  <Customer>
    <firstname>Andrew</firstname>
    <updated_at>2012-01-13 11:03:34</updated_at>
    <group_id>1</group_id>
    <suffix />
    <customer_id>1</customer_id>
    <default_billing>9</default_billing>
    <prefix>Mr</prefix>
    <store_id>0</store_id>
    <lastname>Snape</lastname>
    <password_hash>xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:XX</password_hash>
    <default_shipping>9</default_shipping>
    <website_id>1</website_id>
    <middlename />
    <created_at>2011-10-14 00:00:00</created_at>
    <email>[email protected]</email>
    <default_billing_address>
      <city>Newcastle</city>
      <firstname>Andrew</firstname>
      <updated_at>2012-01-13 11:03:34</updated_at>
      <is_default_shipping>true</is_default_shipping>
      <country_id>GB</country_id>
      <company>Internetware</company>
      <postcode>NE1 4XF</postcode>
      <prefix>Mr</prefix>
      <region>Tyne and Wear</region>
      <lastname>Snape</lastname>
      <is_default_billing>true</is_default_billing>
      <fax>0845 123 2921</fax>
      <street>Newcastle Business Centre
6 Charlotte Square</street>
      <middlename />
      <telephone>0845 123 2920</telephone>
      <created_at>2012-01-13 09:49:18</created_at>
      <region_id>0</region_id>
    </default_billing_address>
    <default_shipping_address>
      <city>Newcastle</city>
      <firstname>Andrew</firstname>
      <updated_at>2012-01-13 11:03:34</updated_at>
      <is_default_shipping>true</is_default_shipping>
      <country_id>GB</country_id>
      <company>Internetware</company>
      <postcode>NE1 4XF</postcode>
      <prefix>Mr</prefix>
      <region>Tyne and Wear</region>
      <lastname>Snape</lastname>
      <is_default_billing>true</is_default_billing>
      <fax>0845 123 2921</fax>
      <street>Newcastle Business Centre
6 Charlotte Square</street>
      <middlename />
      <telephone>0845 123 2920</telephone>
      <created_at>2012-01-13 09:49:18</created_at>
      <region_id>0</region_id>
    </default_shipping_address>
  </Customer>
</ArrayOfCustomer>

Sample XSLT file for transforming the Magento XML customers to Zynk XML customers (also available in the Auto Mapper)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">

    <xsl:output
    method="xml"
    omit-xml-declaration="no"
    standalone="yes"
    indent="yes"/>

    <xsl:template match="/">
        <Company>
            <Customers>
                <xsl:for-each select="ArrayOfCustomer/Customer">
                    <xsl:call-template name="Customer" />
                </xsl:for-each>
            </Customers>
        </Company>
    </xsl:template>

    <xsl:template name="Customer">
        <Customer>
            <Id><xsl:value-of select="email"/></Id>
            <CompanyName><xsl:value-of select="default_billing_address/company"/></CompanyName>
            <CustomerInvoiceAddress>
                <Title><xsl:value-of select="default_billing_address/prefix"/></Title>
                <Forename><xsl:value-of select="default_billing_address/firstname"/></Forename>
                <Middlename><xsl:value-of select="default_billing_address/middlename"/></Middlename>
                <Surname><xsl:value-of select="default_billing_address/lastname"/></Surname>
                <Company><xsl:value-of select="default_billing_address/company"/></Company>
                <Address1><xsl:value-of select="default_billing_address/street"/></Address1>
                <Town><xsl:value-of select="default_billing_address/city"/></Town>
                <Postcode><xsl:value-of select="default_billing_address/postcode"/></Postcode>
                <County><xsl:value-of select="default_billing_address/region"/></County>
                <Country><xsl:value-of select="default_billing_address/country_id"/></Country>
                <Telephone><xsl:value-of select="default_billing_address/telephone"/></Telephone>
                <Fax><xsl:value-of select="default_billing_address/fax"/></Fax>
                <Email><xsl:value-of select="email"/></Email>
            </CustomerInvoiceAddress>
            <CustomerDeliveryAddress>
                <Title><xsl:value-of select="default_shipping_address/prefix"/></Title>
                <Forename><xsl:value-of select="default_shipping_address/firstname"/></Forename>
                <Middlename><xsl:value-of select="default_shipping_address/middlename"/></Middlename>
                <Surname><xsl:value-of select="default_shipping_address/lastname"/></Surname>
                <Company><xsl:value-of select="default_shipping_address/company"/></Company>
                <Address1><xsl:value-of select="default_shipping_address/street"/></Address1>
                <Town><xsl:value-of select="default_shipping_address/city"/></Town>
                <Postcode><xsl:value-of select="default_shipping_address/postcode"/></Postcode>
                <County><xsl:value-of select="default_shipping_address/region"/></County>
                <Country><xsl:value-of select="default_shipping_address/country_id"/></Country>
                <Telephone><xsl:value-of select="default_shipping_address/telephone"/></Telephone>
                <Fax><xsl:value-of select="default_shipping_address/fax"/></Fax>
                <Email><xsl:value-of select="email"/></Email>
            </CustomerDeliveryAddress>
            <TermsAgreed>1</TermsAgreed>
            <AccountStatus>1</AccountStatus>
        </Customer>
    </xsl:template>