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Bugs? On www.shmax.com? Ha ha, you kill me... / Re: Clicking on a toyline just...
Last post by CyclonustheWarrior - March 30, 2025, 04:39:33 AMOk, seems to been fixed!
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Bugs? On www.shmax.com? Ha ha, you kill me... / [RESOLVED] Clicking on a toyli...
Last post by CyclonustheWarrior - March 29, 2025, 09:37:34 AMIf I click on, say, the Age of the Primes section, instead of showing me the list of AOTP toys, it takes me to the list of every toy the website has listed. This is really annoying.
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Bugs? On www.shmax.com? Ha ha, you kill me... / Re: XLS Export of Collection c...
Last post by shmax - March 08, 2025, 03:33:31 PMReleased what I think is a fix. What you should be seeing now is that each tab in the downloaded collection spreadsheet doesn't know about the other tabs, meaning that a toy that is linked to both "Star Wars" and "Transformers" will appear under both tabs. However, within a tab, you will only see each toy once. Let me know if that works!
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Bugs? On www.shmax.com? Ha ha, you kill me... / Re: XLS Export of Collection c...
Last post by shmax - March 02, 2025, 10:09:06 PMHaven't gotten to this yet, but Engledogg has highlighted a few points that make me think it might not be as straightforward as I thought. Should be able to give it some thought this week...
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Bugs? On www.shmax.com? Ha ha, you kill me... / Re: XLS Export of Collection c...
Last post by bjallen2880 - February 27, 2025, 11:15:03 AMI agree with triKlops. Perhaps 'Collapse duplicates' is something to test out?
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Bugs? On www.shmax.com? Ha ha, you kill me... / Re: XLS Export of Collection c...
Last post by triKlops - February 22, 2025, 08:02:54 PMCollapse duplicates would be great!
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Bugs? On www.shmax.com? Ha ha, you kill me... / Re: XLS Export of Collection c...
Last post by shmax - February 21, 2025, 09:15:16 AMWell, my take on this is that each tab in the generated spreadsheet is a "collection" (one for Star Wars, one for Transformers, etc), and that it would be more surprising if toys that make appearances in both top-level categories *weren't* present in both tabs. But if you would much rather have it the other way, then I could try adding a "Collapse duplicates" checkbox, or something. Let us know what you think.
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Bugs? On www.shmax.com? Ha ha, you kill me... / Re: XLS Export of Collection c...
Last post by engledogg - February 20, 2025, 06:47:58 AMNow, for toys like the Cyberverse example you provide above, in which a Transformers toy appears in two lines within the Transformers category, Cyberverse is a bit of a special case as it started off in Dark of the Moon, as a "sub-toyline" composed of smaller toys all at a similar scale, meant to interact with each other), and spanned into Transformers: Prime (ending with Beast Hunters). All Cyberverse toys were co-branded, either DotM or Prime, so both toylines have to be accounted for in the database. Cyberverse is more complex than a size class and was its own thing. so that's why we treat it as such.
We can't say that the Optimus Prime above was only a Transformers: Prime Cyberverse toy, nor can we say that he was only a Cyberverse Series 2 toy - he was both, so that's why he is cross-listed.
Same goes for something like DotM Cyberverse Prime ( https://www.shmax.com/product_details/8350/optimus-prime ) .
As far a solution to the spreadsheet duplicate entries issue goes, unfortunately, that's above my pay grade, lol.
I'll pass it on to shmax and see if he has any ideas.
MIKE
engledogg
We can't say that the Optimus Prime above was only a Transformers: Prime Cyberverse toy, nor can we say that he was only a Cyberverse Series 2 toy - he was both, so that's why he is cross-listed.
Same goes for something like DotM Cyberverse Prime ( https://www.shmax.com/product_details/8350/optimus-prime ) .
As far a solution to the spreadsheet duplicate entries issue goes, unfortunately, that's above my pay grade, lol.
I'll pass it on to shmax and see if he has any ideas.
MIKE
engledogg
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Bugs? On www.shmax.com? Ha ha, you kill me... / Re: XLS Export of Collection c...
Last post by engledogg - February 20, 2025, 06:47:46 AMYep, a toy can (and should) be listed in multiple toylines - especially crossover lines, like the Collaborative toys, the Star Wars and Marvel Transformers crossovers, Kre-O, Funko, etc. Since both properties are involved, those toys are considered to be parts of both properties/ top-level categories.
For example, the Star Wars crossovers (like Yoda here, https://www.shmax.com/product_details/6782/yoda-to-republic-attack-shuttle) - I, as a Transformers collector, consider them to be Transformers first, Star Wars second, whereas someone that focuses on Star Wars would likely consider them to be Star Wars toys first, Transformers second. They are a combination of both properties, so each toy appears in both top-level categories (Star Wars and Transformers).
For example, the Star Wars crossovers (like Yoda here, https://www.shmax.com/product_details/6782/yoda-to-republic-attack-shuttle) - I, as a Transformers collector, consider them to be Transformers first, Star Wars second, whereas someone that focuses on Star Wars would likely consider them to be Star Wars toys first, Transformers second. They are a combination of both properties, so each toy appears in both top-level categories (Star Wars and Transformers).
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Bugs? On www.shmax.com? Ha ha, you kill me... / [RESOLVED] XLS Export of Colle...
Last post by bjallen2880 - February 19, 2025, 07:25:45 AMHello -
I am noticing that when you export your collection, there are duplicate entries if a toy is associated with multiple toylines.
For example, if you have Transformers Prime Cyberverse Optimus Prime (UPC 653569805724) in your collection, it shows up twice in the Excel export because he is listed under these two entries:
I guess my first question - should an item be listed in more than one toyline?
If yes, there are instances where an item has more than one toyline, then is there a way to handle the exports differently so there's no duplicates?
I am noticing that when you export your collection, there are duplicate entries if a toy is associated with multiple toylines.
For example, if you have Transformers Prime Cyberverse Optimus Prime (UPC 653569805724) in your collection, it shows up twice in the Excel export because he is listed under these two entries:
- Transformers > Cyberverse > Commander Class > Series 3
- Transformers > Prime > Cyberverse > Beast Hunters > Commander Class
I guess my first question - should an item be listed in more than one toyline?
If yes, there are instances where an item has more than one toyline, then is there a way to handle the exports differently so there's no duplicates?