SetAreaCode and SetStoreId confusion

[jeromeclic79eb]

Hi Community,

I am getting very confused with these two functions and their meaning when importing products programmatically.

I have only one store and need to import products programmatically.

The code seems to be working well and all products are imported.

Before starting the import I have:

• $state->setAreaCode('adminhtml');

Then during the loop of products I have:

• $product->setData('store_id', 0);
  

or:

• $product->setStoreId(0);
  

My problem is that some of the settings don't seem to be shown in front-end.

For example:

• the special price from and to dates
  I can see that they have been imported correctly in admin but they are not considered in front-end
• the description
  I can see the description in admin but I can't see it in frontend

Could someone explain to me if I am making a mistake with either of these two parameters (Area Code and Store Id)?

Thanks so much for any help

Jerome

[jeromeclic79eb]

This is what I could find out so far:

This topic is also related to my other question here:

https://community.magento.com/t5/Magento-2-x-Programming/Product-getSpecialToDate-not-showing-same-a...

I have the feeling that I need to delete the products that I have imported so far before re-importing them programmatically.

Then, I probably have to set my parameters like so:

• $state->setAreaCode('adminhtml'); // this would be the admin area in which I can still make changes later
• $product->setStoreId(1);  // this would be the default store id

But to be honest, I am still not entirely sure.

I have done a test:

• I deleted existing product manually
• I have imported the product (with special price) programmatically with 
  • area code: "adminhtml" 
  • store id: 1
• product was set correctly and front-end was showing correct special price
• I have change the special price dates in admin to a past date (so that it should not apply anymore) 
• front-end is still showing the product with special price... as if nothing had been changed

I am still confused.

How can I import products programmatically with the correct area code and store id so that I still can make changes manually in the back-end?