Imported products are not appearing in frontend

[PetAdore]

Hello Forum:

After importing products from a csv file, the products appear in the backend catalog, but are absent from the front end (even after reindexing and clearing cache).  In order for the products to appear on the front end, I have to individually save each product in the backend catalog.  Given that I have nearly 20k skus, this will be time consuming.  May I request advice and suggestions?

Thanks,

Michelle

[Store_Manager · Accepted solution]

Hello.

Please, check the the points mentioned in this article -

https://www.mag-manager.com/useful-articles/case-studies/case-study-products-are-not-visible-at-fron...

Pay special attention to product website, check if you had that column in your import file.

If it does not work and you still need to re-save your products to to Catalog- Manage products, select a few goods and via mass action 'Update attributes' try for example to change visibility for all of selected goods. 

Hope this helps.

[PetAdore]

Thank you,  Adding "base" to the " _product_websites" column solved the problem.  MrKhoa99 provided the details.  

I will check out Store Manager - thank your for the link.