Thread: Multi-Variant Product add through WSI

Trying to add a product with multiple variants. The product is loading up fine, but the variants are not making it in there. I have gone over the docs, and it looks like I have it correct, but can not get it to work. I am probably missing something really simple? Anybody have any ideas? My variant block looks like the following:

HTML Code:

  <Variants>
<variant Action="Add">
  <IsDefault>0</IsDefault>
  <Name>Order 48-95</Name>
  <Description></Description>
  <SE>
    <SEName></SEName>
    <SEKeywords></SEKeywords>
    <SEDescription></SEDescription>
    <SENoScript></SENoScript>
    <SEAltText></SEAltText>
  </SE>
  <Published>1</Published>
  <IsTaxable>1</IsTaxable>
  <IsShipSeparately>0</IsShipSeparately>
  <FreeShipping>0</FreeShipping>
  <IsDownload>0</IsDownload>
  <Weight>1.0</Weight>
  <Price>1.54</Price>
<MinimumQuantity>48</MinimumQuantity>
<DisplayOrder>48</DisplayOrder>
<Colors>
<Color SKUModifier="0" PriceDelta="0">White</Color>
<Color SKUModifier="1" PriceDelta="0">Pink</Color>
<Color SKUModifier="2" PriceDelta="0">Blue</Color>
<Color SKUModifier="3" PriceDelta="0">Green</Color>
</Colors>
</variant>
<variant Action="Add">
  <IsDefault>0</IsDefault>
  <Name>Order 96-143</Name>
  <Description></Description>
  <SE>
    <SEName></SEName>
    <SEKeywords></SEKeywords>
    <SEDescription></SEDescription>
    <SENoScript></SENoScript>
    <SEAltText></SEAltText>
  </SE>
  <Published>1</Published>
  <IsTaxable>1</IsTaxable>
  <IsShipSeparately>0</IsShipSeparately>
  <FreeShipping>0</FreeShipping>
  <IsDownload>0</IsDownload>
  <Weight>1.0</Weight>
  <Price>1.12</Price>
<MinimumQuantity>96</MinimumQuantity>
<DisplayOrder>96</DisplayOrder>
<Colors>
<Color SKUModifier="0" PriceDelta="0">White</Color>
<Color SKUModifier="1" PriceDelta="0">Pink</Color>
<Color SKUModifier="2" PriceDelta="0">Blue</Color>
<Color SKUModifier="3" PriceDelta="0">Green</Color>
</Colors>
</variant>
<variant Action="Add">
  <IsDefault>1</IsDefault>
  <Name>Order 144 or more</Name>
  <Description></Description>
  <SE>
    <SEName></SEName>
    <SEKeywords></SEKeywords>
    <SEDescription></SEDescription>
    <SENoScript></SENoScript>
    <SEAltText></SEAltText>
  </SE>
  <Published>1</Published>
  <IsTaxable>1</IsTaxable>
  <IsShipSeparately>0</IsShipSeparately>
  <FreeShipping>0</FreeShipping>
  <IsDownload>0</IsDownload>
  <Weight>1.0</Weight>
  <Price>1.02</Price>
<MinimumQuantity>144</MinimumQuantity>
<DisplayOrder>144</DisplayOrder>
<Colors>
<Color SKUModifier="0" PriceDelta="0">White</Color>
<Color SKUModifier="1" PriceDelta="0">Pink</Color>
<Color SKUModifier="2" PriceDelta="0">Blue</Color>
<Color SKUModifier="3" PriceDelta="0">Green</Color>
</Colors>
</variant>
</Variants>

The XML for WSI is case sensitive. Set your lowercase variant to proper-case Variant

Ok, that was stupid

Now when I do the upload, I get no products in there. I ran the xml through the import tester app and get the following error. It doesn't really tell me what is happening though.

HTML Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<AspDotNetStorefrontImportResult Version="" DateTime="8/24/2009 6:17:45 PM">
  <Transaction Name="ReallyCoolImport">
    <Item NodeType="Product" Name="Unique Wildflower Seed Favors" GUID="513109E1-A163-4E95-8F95-2D39C11318EC" ID="16411" ActionTaken="Add" Status="OK" Message="" />
    <Error Message="Exception, Message=Must specify valid information for parsing in the string." />
    <Rollback />
  </Transaction>
  <Error Message="Must specify valid information for parsing in the string." />
</AspDotNetStorefrontImportResult

Any ideas? What string is causing an issue?
Also, is there a version of the Test App that works with Vista x64? I get the error "Could not load file or assembly "Microsoft.Web.Services3" every time hit go.

THanks for the help

We'd need to see the XML you're trying to import to determine what's going wrong. As far as the error message, you need to install Microsofts Web Services Enhancements 3.0 on the machine