CSV upload removing configurable_variations from configuarble products

[tkymuk]

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1. Magento 2.3.0 CE running on siteground shared host.

Steps to reproduce (*)

1. I created a configurable product with 4 simple products as variations. I downloaded the CSV for these a template. Deleted the products on the site. Added 5 more configurable products with 4 simple products for each configurable. I uploaded this CSV to find that the simple products linked to the Configurables via configurable_variations i.e. sku=TK-BGSA-222-10,adult_boxing_glove_size=10 oz|sku=TK-BGSA-222-12,adult_boxing_glove_size=12 oz, were not linked and were seperate in the product view. I then downloaded the data for the products and found that there was no data in the configurable_variations. It looks like Magento has stripped the data out and ignored it. This raises an issue of how do you bulk upload configurable products?

Expected result (*)

I expected configurable products with variations to be uploaded.

Actual result (*)

It didn't happen. Variations were seperate from their configurable parents.

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[ghost]

HI @tkymuk thank you for your report, issue already here -> magento-engcom/import-export-improvements#90

[tkymuk]

@engcom-backlog-nazar is there a fix or a work around in place for this yet?

[harshvardhanmalpani]

@tkymuk can you check type_id and has_options in table catalog_product_entity for your configurable products?
I had a similar issue #21682 and I worked around it using the following command
UPDATE catalog_product_entity SET type_id = "configurable" where sku in ("configurable-sku-1","configurable-sku-2","configurable_sku_3");

use backticks around column and table names

[tkymuk]

@harshvardhanmalpani thanks for the reply...is this a code edit or a table in phpMyAdmin?

[harshvardhanmalpani]

table catalog_product_entity
check for the product which you are trying to update