The Find Products tab allows you to build a search condition to locate the products you are interested in, and to then search for the products. In the set of products returned from the search, you select specific products to update.
Search conditions are built by selecting a product field, a comparator, and a value to use in the search. The product field is the product information that will be searched, the value is the content of the field that you are interested in, and the comparator defines the relationship between the field and the value. A sample search condition is "Product name" "Includes" "Shirt", where "Product name" is the product field, "Includes" is the comparator", and "Shirt" is the value. Some comparators such as "Is true" or "Is false" do not require values.
Multiple search conditions can be combined to form complex search rules.
Search Condition: This box contains the tools to use to build the search condition to find the products that will be updated.
Product Field: Select the product field to be used in the search from the first drop-down box.
Comparator: Select the comparison value from the second drop-down box. The comparator is used to define how the field selected in the "Product Field" drop-down compares to the contents of the "Value" field.
Value: Enter the value being searched against in the third field. This field will not appear if the selections made in the "Product Field" and "Comparator" drop-downs do not require a value.
"+" (plus sign): Select the "+" (plus) sign if you want to define another search condition for the search. If more than one search condition is created, the search will return products that fit all of the search conditions. For example, if one search condition is defined for product names with "shirt" in them and a second is defined for products that are active, the results returned will be limited to products with the word "shirt" in their name that are also active.
"-" (minus sign): Select the "-" (minus) sign if you want to remove a search condition.
Clear All: Select this button if you wish to remove all of the search conditions you have defined.
Find Products: Select this button if you wish to search for products using the search conditions you have defined.
After the product search is executed, the page will redraw and the following fields will appear at the bottom of the page:
Show Thumbnails: Select/deselect this checkbox to include/exclude the product thumbnail images in the "Thumbnails" column.
Update Selected: Select this button to begin the process of updating the selected products. The Product Updates tab will appear. Make your updates on that tab and save them.
Export Selected: Select this button to export information about the selected products. The page will refresh and the Product Export information will appear. Follow the instructions on the Product Export tab to export the product information.
Search results grid: This grid contains the list of products that were found in the search.
Product Id: This column contains the ID of the product.
Style #: This column contains the style number of the product.
Product Name: This column contains the name of the product.
Thumbnails: This column contains the thumbnails of the products if the "Show Thumbnails" checkbox is selected or icons that will display the thumbnails when the mouse hovers over the icon.
DC Inventory: This column contains the inventory amount in the DC (Distribution Center) for the product.
Store Inventory: This column contains the inventory amount of the product in stores.
Active: Select/deselect this checkbox to activate/deactivate the product. Inactive products will not appear on the website.
Edit: Select this icon to edit the product. The Product Updates tab appears. Make your updates on that tab and save them.
Delete: Select this icon to remove the product from the website.
Check box or Select All: Select the check boxes in this column or select the "Select All" button to select every product returned in the search.