Catalogue Item File
- Open your Catalogue Item File in Microsoft Excel and fill in the Catalogue Item File’s fields with relevant information
Fields highlighted in grey shading with bold text in the table below are mandatory fields and must contain data
HTML can be used for the ProductDescription and SpecialInstructions fields if required. Keep field text all on one line (or one cell in Microsoft Excel) and do not use carriage returns or it will cause issues with the upload. Instead, use the <br> tag to add line breaks
Field | Description | Example Value |
ProductCode | The code of the product | B100 |
ProductName | The name of the product | Corona 24 Pack Carton |
ProductDescription | A description of the product, keep all descriptions on one line (65000 character limit) | This is a bottle of Beer.<br>It’s very refreshing. |
CategoryLevel1 | The first level category (Beer -> Lager -> Cartons) | Beer |
CategoryLevel2 | The second level category (Beer -> Lager -> Cartons) | Lager |
CategoryLevel3 | The third level category (Beer -> Lager -> Cartons) | Cartons |
UNSPSC | United Nations Standard Products and Services Code | - |
ManufacturerName | The name of the manufacturer | Generic Beer Co. |
ManufacturerProductCode | The manufacturer’s product code | BEER01 |
SpecialInstructions | Can be used in addition to the description (400 character limit) | This is a second description |
UnitOfMeasure | The unit for measuring an item (2 character limit e.g. EA for each) | EA |
Weight | Shows an items weight on the website (unrelated to freight) | 7.92kg |
Size | Shows an items size on the website (unrelated to freight) | - |
FreightChargeApplies | The item weight value used for freight rules based on weight e.g. 1 for 1kg or 100 for 100g | 0.6 or 600 |
LeadTime | Time (in days) that it will take for item to be processed. | 2 |
MinimumOrder | The minimum number of a products that must be ordered | 1 |
StandardPrice | The standard (regular) price of a product | 3.20 |
GSTRate | The Tax rate for an item | 10 |
Priority | The higher (1 being the highest) the priority value the sooner it is shown in a category list. | 10 |
IsHidden | Shows (0) or hides (1) a product on the website. | 0 |
AllowStockLevels | Shows (1) or hides (0) an item’s stock balance set in StockBalance | 1 |
StockBalance | Shows (1) or hides (0) the amount of stock on hand for the item | 235 |
AllowNegative | Enables (1) or disables (0) backordering of items for customers | 0 |
Buyer File
As a part of a website project we can perform a once off upload of customer accounts. This is achieved via a Buyer File, although some additional files may also need to be provided depending on your customer records. You should populate this file with all the accounts that you want to login to the website upon launching it. See the legend below for a description of what each field is for and also the file (attached) for an example of the data we will require.
Please extract the customers from your accounting system and add the data to the buyer file format. Once complete please return the buyer file to us for review.
- The "Seller Reference" is the defining record of your customer as per your accounting system. It is very important for this to be accurate.
- There may be additional fields to the ones below. These should be covered in documentation you receive from Straightsell.
Field | Summary | Example |
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BuyerName | The customer's company name. | Building Co |
Address1 | The first part of the customer's address | 123 Main Street |
Address2 | An optional second line for a customer's address | Corner 1 and 2 Streets |
City | The city or suburb | Melbourne |
State | The state | VIC |
PostCode | The post code | 3000 |
Country | The country | AU |
Fax | If a customer has a fax number | 12348888 |
AdminName | The full name of the customer. | John Smith |
AdminEmail | The email address of the customer. Should match BuyerUserName if using email addresses as usernames | |
AdminPhone | The phone number of the customer | 0499123999 |
ABN | Australian Business Number | 123456789 |
BuyerUserName | The usename of the customer. Should match AdminEmail if using email addresses as usernames | |
BuyerPassword | A generic password can be entered here as customers will be sent a link to set their own | Password99 |
BuyerType | 2 for an Administrator (full access to all logged in funcitons) or 1 for a Standard User (more locked down access) | 2 |
ApprovalStatus | 1 should be set here, 0 will mean Buyers aren't approved and will not be able to login. | 1 |
DefaultTerm | The default payment term for a Buyer. Only one can be set here. | Credit Card |
RestrictView | N/A | |
RestrictViewBy | N/A | |
DefaultStore | N/A | |
SellerReference | Must match the customer's reference in the accounting system. | BUILDINGCO |
StartPage | N/A |
Payment Terms File
Field | Summary | Example |
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BuyerReference | Must match the customer's reference in the accounting system. | 123 |
PaymentTerm | Match the payment term found in Ecommerce - Payment Terms | Credit Card |
Delivery Address File
Field | Summary | Example |
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Seller Reference | Must match the customer's reference in the accounting system. | |
Address Name | ||
Address 1 | ||
Address 2 | ||
Suburb | ||
State | ||
PostCode | ||
Country | ||
Special Instructions |
Account Manager Assignment
Field | Summary | Example |
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BuyerReference | Must match the customer's reference in the accounting system. | 123 |
AccountManagerUserName | The CMS username of the Account Manager found in Manage Users | Credit Card |