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Genereal guide on how to create products manual or via a Excel file, using prduct.com upload function.

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Written by Andreas Stensig
Updated over 4 months ago

Important: Before you start creating products, you should consider whether it should actually be your supplier who creates them in their own company and then shares them with your company. This way, you can take advantage of the platform's collaboration features by allowing suppliers to share the information. If you are a supplier, you should also consider whether your subcontractor should be on the platform so they can share information with your company.

Create products manually in the system:

  1. Go to "Data" in the navigation on the left.

  2. Go to "My Products" in the navigation on the left.

  3. Now press on the "Add Product(s)" button in the right corner.

  4. Then choose "Create product".

Create products with Excel/CSV file:

  1. Go to "Data" in the navigation on the left.

  2. Go to "My Products" in the navigation on the left.

  3. Now press on the "Add Product(s)" button in the right corner.

  4. Then choose "CSV Upload product(s)".

  5. Press on "Select a new file" and the choose the Excel/CSV file you want to import.

  6. Now all the columns from the file is displayed, to give you an overview of the data. Now press "Next".

  7. Now you can optional link products if needed. If your variants are connected via an ID you can map what Column Name and Product Identifier should be linked.

  8. Now you can optional chose to update existing products if ID matches with the uploaded products.

    1. If you want to update you have to chose whether to overwrite all data or not.

  9. Now you need to map the files columns to a field in the system. When all information is mapped all the columns to a matching attribute in our system. When you are done, press on the "submit" button below.

    1. Be aware: some of the values is under categories. For example: SKU, GTIN is a part of the field "Product Identifier" and Product dimensions like product height is a part of the field "Dimension".

    2. If you are missing an attribute from the list, you can create Custom Attributes, but beware, this will take you out of the pop-up, and your progress with mapping and uploading will be lost.

  10. When the import is finished, you will get an overview about how many products was uploaded successful, failed og canceled. By pressing the "Show details" button. If you cannot figure out whats wrong, get the support at the chat in the corner.

  11. You are now good to go and can find the imported products in the "My Products" in the navigation on the left.

How to upload images via a Excel/CSV file?

If you want to upload images from a Excel/CSV file you need to have a public image link in a seperat column. This column should then be mapped to the "Image" attribute when uploading. When uploaded the image land in the attribute and in the Assets tab on the product.

How to upload PDF files via a Excel/CSV file?

If you want to upload PDF file from a Excel/CSV file you need to have a public link to the specific PDF file in a seperat column. This column should then be mapped to a attribute when uploading. This has to be a attribute with the file upload function (you can create your own custom attribute if needed).

When I upload a CSV file, the columns are not separated correctly?

This is due to wrong formatting of the CSV file. Please try and open the file in excel and then use "Save as" to a new CSV file. This should fix the formatting so it can be read by the CSV uploader.

Please note:

Some values ​​are placed under categories. For example: SKU and GTIN are part of the "Product Identifier" field, and product dimensions such as product height are part of the "Dimension" field.

If you are missing an attribute from the list, you can create custom attributes. However, please note that this will take you out of the pop-up and your mapping and upload progress will be lost.

Once the import is complete, you will get an overview of how many products were uploaded successfully, failed, or were canceled. Press the "Show details" button for more information. If you cannot figure out what is wrong, you can get help via the support chat in the corner.

You are now ready to get started and can find the imported products under "My Products" in the navigation menu on the left.

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