How To Make Bulk Changes

How To Make Bulk Changes

On the home page of the i2o Product Center, your Inputs Dashboard shows you where your products are active and inactive on the i2o Retail Advisor platform. You may review recently discovered products, recently updated products, and whether you’ve used all your monitoring allowances. Your subscription determines how many products are allowed to be activated for each digital shelf monitoring scenario. These subscription limits are visible in the Inputs Dashboard. The i2o Product Center is synced weekly with Amazon Vendor Central and/or Seller Central to identify new products discovered in the systems.

Making Bulk Changes To Your Products

How To Download The Blank Template

  1. In the i2o Product Center, select the desired platform from the global switcher.
  2. Click on the Download icon at the View Details table.
  3. Select Blank Template (To Add New Products) to update your i2o catalog.
  4. Click Download. 

How to Download Existing i2o-Activated Products 

  1. In the i2o Product Center, click on the Download icon. 
  2. Select one of the following options for updating your i2o catalog, and click Download. 
    1. i2o Product Data (All inputs) - contains all your active i2o products 
    2. i2o Product Data (Monitoring flags only) - Contains filters of your active i2o products showing which monitoring flags are active or inactive 
    3. i2o Product Data (Attributes only) - Contains filters of your active i2o products showing only their attributes such as ASIN, title, MAP, etc. 

How to Upload Bulk Changes

  1. Navigate to i2o Retail Advisor Platform > Settings > Upload Changes.
  2. Go to Upload Changes and locate the dropdown menu in the top left corner with the Product Master template, which is selected by default.  
  3. Click on Download Template to download the template as an XLS/XLSX file. Update the file and save as XLS or XLSX. 
  4. To add your changes, you may either Drag and Drop Files Here or use the Choose File button to browse your file for upload. 
  5. Click Upload File. 
  6. You can notify other users by entering the email addresses separated by comma in the Notify User field. This is optional. 

How to View the Audit History

The i2o Product Center stores history of past changes made to your i2o activated products. To view the audit history for a product:
  1. Navigate to i2o Retail Advisor Platform > Settings > i2o Product Center > Products.  
  2. Select the platform from the global switcher at the top of the page.
  3. On the Products page, in the View Details column, click on the four squares on the product row. Or use the filter to search the product. 
  4. Click on Audit History to view the changes made to the product. 
  5. Click on the down arrow to download the change history. 
  6. Click on the cross to close the window. 

Customizing Monitoring Flags In The Inputs Dashboard

You may use the Inputs Dashboard to determine the monitoring scenarios for your i2o-activated products. The following fields can be enabled to:
  1. Activated for Monitoring: Products that are enabled for daily digital shelf monitoring, including:
    1. Daily product details such as price, buy box winner, content scoring, etc. 
    2. Best seller ranking 
    3. Reseller offers 
    4. Search rank 
    5. Customer reviews 
    6. Multi-platform daily price monitoring 
  1. Added to Watchlist: Products assigned to the Watchlist filter option in the i2o Retail Advisor application. (Does not include the Daily Alerts Email)
  1. Activated for Daily Alerts Email: Products that are included in the i2o daily alerts emails
  1. Active Platforms (Price Only): Platforms where products are actively being monitored for price such as Amazon, Walmart, Target, Best Buy, Home Depot, BH Photo, New Egg, etc.  
  1. Track Reseller Inventory: Products where reseller inventory is being monitored 
  1. Activated for Forecasting: Products activated for i2o Brand Forecaster 

Customizing Product Attributes

While not all fields may be applicable for each brand, there are a number of attributes that can be applied to your i2o-activated products. In many cases, these attributes can be customizable to align with an organization’s internal reporting conventions. Here are the available fields for customization and their definitions:  

  1. Channel: Mode of selling on platform, such as 1P/vendor or 3P/seller
  1. Platform: E-commerce platform on which the product is listed. Amazon, Walmart, etc. 
  1. Region: Country of the platform where the product is listed
  1. Product ID: Unique identification number of the product on the marketplace, such as ASIN
  1. Product Title: Product title according to the platform on which the product is listed
  1. Short name: Customizable nickname for labelling products; can be set up according to internal naming conventions
  1. Brand: Brand name under which the product is listed. 
  1. Category: Category to which the product belongs; can either be based on internal reporting conventions or assigned by platform defaults
  1. Model number: Unique model number provided by manufacturer
  1. Parent ASIN: Amazon-specific parent product code that anchors all variations of a specific child product codes
  1. SKU: Unique SKU identifier
  1. UPC: Unique 12-digit UPC code
  1. Release date: Date of first product release on the designated e-commerce platform
  1. List price: List price of the product on the marketplace
  1. MAP: MAP of the product defined by brand
  1. Replenishment status: Code to track the replenishment status for inventory management
  1. ISBN: ISBN of the product defined by the publisher
  1. EAN: Product code used in EU and internationally for identification
  1. Product URL: URL of the product detail page on the designated ecommerce platform
  1. Product Status: Product lifecycle status such as new, active, end of life, next gen, out of print, unavailable, or discontinued
  1. Search Terms Group: Grouping system that assigns alike products with a search terms hierarchy for search rank monitoring
Notes
Visit the i2o Product Center help resource page for detailed information.