I just need a quick way to update a small number of fields for existing entities, not update every field. I created a minimal CSV with column headings like:
`nid, field_whatever, field_something_else`
However, the form validation fails because the CSV doesn't contain certain required fields:
Your CSV has missing required fields:
- title
Of course this would be a problem CREATING nodes, but I just need to UPDATE nodes. My existing nodes already have titles. I'd just add the 486 titles to the CSV, but there are about ten other required fields, some of which are quite complex. This should not be necessary.
With this module, having the entity ID (nid for nodes) is the only way to indicate whether the import is meant to be an update or create operation.
If that is the standard, then it should check whether that column exists, and ignore the required fields check.
Check if the CSV contains the entity id key, if it exists, skip the required fields check.
FYI, I just commented out the entire required check, and it imported just fine.
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I just had a second thought. Maybe we just add a checkbox: "Ignore missing required fields", or "Skip field validation" or something that just let's the user do what they want?
Good idea. I also need this feature. It's pointless requesting all mandatory fields for update operation.