Products

Purpose: Use the Products screen to review or work with products, or items, in the Order Broker database. Products in the database are visible in locate items searches conducted from an integrated system, such as Order Management System or Xstore.

Used for the Routing Engine module.

Product relationships: See Product, System Product and Product Location for an overview of the relationships among Order Broker elements, including products.

How to display this screen: Select Products from the Home Screen or from the Products Menu.

Note:

Only users with Products authority can display this screen. See the Role Wizard for more information.

How are products created in the Order Broker database?

Typically, you create products through a product import integration with your external system of record. The process you use to download products from an integrated system varies based on the integration. See Importing Items/Products, Inventory, Barcodes, and Locations into the Database for an overview.

Important:

You should not normally create products by completing the entry fields at the top of the Products screen. Instead, you should always create and update product and related information through import from the external systems (such as Order Management System or Xstore. See Importing Items/Products, Inventory, Barcodes, and Locations into the Database for background.

Options at this screen

Option	Procedure
create a product Note: Normally, you should not create products using this method. By creating a product in Order Broker directly rather than using the process described under Importing Items/Products, Inventory, Barcodes, and Locations into the Database, you run the risk that product information will be inconsistent with that in the external systems, such as Order Management System or Xstore.	Optionally, select a different organization from the Organization drop-down box. The organization associated with your Default Shipping System is selected by default. See Data Hierarchy for more information on how products are integrated within organizations. Note:You must complete the Preferences screen for an organization before you can select it from the drop-down box. Optionally, enter a product code in the Product field. Product codes can be 1 to 35 positions in length, and must be unique within the organization. If you do not enter a product code here, you can enter it at the New Product screen. Optionally, enter a name in the Name field. Names can be 1 to 40 positions in length. If you do not enter a name here, you can enter it at the New Product screen. Optionally, enter a master style in the Master Style field. Master styles can be 1 to 35 positions in length. This is an optional field. Click New. If: the product already exists in the organization, Order Broker displays an error message. your entries were valid, you advance to the New Product screen, where you can complete the creation of the product. Note: If you click Cancel after advancing to the New Product screen, the product is not created.
search for a product	When you first advance to this screen, no products are displayed. The organization associated with your Default Shipping System is selected by default. Click Search to retrieve the first 50 products in your organization, or use any combination of the fields at the top of the screen to restrict the search results to matching products: Select a different organization from the from the Organization drop-down box to restrict your results to this organization. You can also select a blank organization to remove this field from your selection criteria. Enter a full or partial product code in the Product field to restrict your results to product codes starting with your entry. Enter a full or partial system product code in the System Product field to restrict your results to product codes that have any system products starting with your entry. The system product code itself is not displayed with the search results. Enter a full or partial name in the Name field to restrict your results to products whose names contain your entry. Enter a full or partial master style in the Master Style field to restrict your results to products whose master styles start with your entry. Click Search. Case? All the enterable fields on this screen are case-insensitive for searching; for example, an entry of a or A matches a product code of ABC1234.
select a product for review or maintenance	Click the edit icon () next to a product to advance to the Edit Product screen. Note: If the Edit Product screen is already open in another tab, you advance to that screen, with the previously-selected product displayed.
delete a product	Click the delete icon () next to a product to delete the product from Order Broker. Note: You can delete a product only if there is not an existing system product or product location for the product; however, if there are no system product or product location records, any existing product UPC codes or product attributes are deleted. You might need to delete a product if it was created inadvertently in the default system and later deleted there. For example, this situation can occur if you inadvertently generated extra SKU's of an item in Order Management System. In this situation, deleting the product in Order Broker is necessary because deleting the SKU in Order Management System does not automatically delete the product in Order Broker.
advance to the System Products screen	Click the systems icon () next to a product. Note:If the System Products screen is already open in another tab, you advance to that screen, with the system products for the previously-selected product displayed.
advance to the Product Locations screen	Click the locations icon () next to a product. Note: If the Product Locations screen is already open in another tab, you advance to that screen, with the product locations for the previously-selected product displayed.
advance to the Product Attributes screen	Click the attributes icon () next to a product. Note: If the Product Attributes screen is already open in another tab, you advance to that screen, with the product attributes for the previously-selected product displayed.
advance to the UPC screen	Click the UPC icon () next to a product. Note: If the UPC screen is already open in another tab, you advance to that screen, with the UPC barcodes for the previously-selected product displayed.

Fields at this screen

Field	Description
Search/new fields:
Organization	See organization. Defaults from the organization associated with the Default Shipping System from your user profile, but you can override this default.
Product	See product. Product codes can be 1 to 35 positions in length. Enter a full or partial product code and select Search to display products whose codes start with your entry. Not case-sensitive for searching; an entry of A or a matches a product code of A12345.
System Product	See system product. System product codes can be 1 to 35 positions in length. Enter a full or partial system product code and select Search to display products that have any system product codes that start with your entry. The system product code itself is not displayed with the search results. Not case-sensitive for searching; an entry of A or a matches a product code of A12345.
Name	The Name of a product. Product names can be 1 to 40 positions in length. Enter a full or partial name and select Search to display products whose names start with your entry. Not case-sensitive for searching; an entry of A or a matches a product name of Arabica Coffee Beans.
Master Style	See master style. Master styles can be 1 to 35 positions in length. Enter a full or partial master style and select Search to display products whose master styles start with your entry. Not case-sensitive for searching; an entry of A or a matches a master style of A12345.
Results fields:
Organization	See organization.
Product	See product.
Name	The Name of a product.
Master Style	See master style.
Systems	Select the systems icon () next to a product to advance to the System Products screen. Note: If the System Products screen is already open in another tab, you advance to that screen, with the system products for the previously-selected product displayed.
Locations	Select the locations icon () next to a product to advance to the Product Locations screen. Note: If the Product Locations screen is already open in another tab, you advance to that screen, with the product locations for the previously-selected product displayed.
Attributes	Select the attributes icon () next to a product to advance to the Product Attributes screen. Note: If the Product Attributes screen is already open in another tab, you advance to that screen, with the product attributes for the previously-selected product displayed.
UPC	Select the UPC icon () next to a product to advance to the UPC screen. Note: If the UPC screen is already open in another tab, you advance to that screen, with the UPC barcodes for the previously-selected product displayed.
Edit	Select the edit icon () next to a product to advance to the Edit Product screen. Note: If the Edit Product screen is already open in another tab, you advance to that screen, with the previously-selected product displayed.
Delete	Select the delete icon () next to a product to delete the product from Order Broker. Note: You can delete a product only if there is not an existing system product or product location for the product; however, if there are no system product or product location records, any existing product UPC codes or product attributes are deleted.