http://www.magentocommerce.com/wiki/how_to_add_products_using_the_import/how_to_ automatically_import_simple_grouped_and_configurable_products 1) Create a new advanced profile 1.1) (System?Import/Export?Advanced Profiles) ? Add New Profile 1.

2) You can use Productimport as Profile Name

1.3) Insert the following text as Actions XML <action type="dataflow/convert_adapter_io" method="load"> <var name="type">file</var> <var name="path">var/import</var> <var name="filename"><![CDATA[name_of_my_impor_file.csv]]></var> <var name="format"><![CDATA[csv]]></var> </action> <action type="dataflow/convert_parser_csv" method="parse"> <var name="delimiter"><![CDATA[,]]></var> <var name="enclose"><![CDATA["]]></var> <var name="fieldnames">true</var> <var name="store"><![CDATA[0]]></var> <var name="number_of_records">1</var> <var name="decimal_separator"><![CDATA[.]]></var> <var name="adapter">catalog/convert_adapter_productimport</var> <var name="method">parse</var> </action> 1.4) Change name_of_my_impor_file.csv string with the name of your CSV file (eg. p roducts.csv) 1.5) Click on Save Profile button and, when the advanced profile list is display ed, take note of the new profile ID (it should be 7 if no profiles were created before) 2) Upload Productimport.php file to /var/www/magento/app/code/local/Mage/Catalog/M odel/Convert/Adapter/Productimport.php 2.1) Look for the following line: $rootId = 2; // our store's root category id in your copy of Productimport.php and change with the ID of your root category. 3) Copy the cron_import_products.php file in the Magento root folder (eg /var/www/ magento/) and make it executable (chmod +x cron_import_products.php) 3.1) Look for the following line: $profile_id = 7; // SYSTEM - IMPORT/EXPORT - ADVANCED PROFILES in your copy of cron_import_products.php and change with the profile ID you have taken note at step 1.5) 4) Add a cron job to execute the import script periodically, something like * * * root /var/www/magento/cron_import_products.php 5) Prepare a products CSV file with the following columns: 00 0

"sku","websites","store","has_options","type","attribute_set","config_attributes ","news_from_date","categories","name","image","small_image","thumbnail","option s_container","status","visibility","weight","description","qty","is_in_stock","a ssort","size","Wholesale","Normal","price","associated" 6) If you want, prepare a customers CSV file with the following columns: "password_hash","website","email","group_id","firstname","lastname","billing_pre fix","billing_firstname","billing_middlename","billing_lastname","billing_suffix ","billing_street_full","billing_city","billing_region","billing_country","billi ng_postcode","billing_telephone","billing_company","billing_fax","shipping_prefi x","shipping_firstname","shipping_middlename","shipping_lastname","shipping_suff ix","shipping_street_full","shipping_city","shipping_region","shipping_country", "shipping_postcode","shipping_telephone","shipping_company","shipping_fax","crea ted_in","is_subscribed","customer_activated" 7) When you want to update your Magento store, you need to upload your CSV files to /var/www/magento/var/import/ folder. 8) Your image files must be in /var/www/magento/media/import folder. Note: If you receive an Undefined property error when running, change the Produc timport.php file as suggested by glandix2: http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/35865/P135/#t143154 Done!