Currently, you can upload product data using CSV (Excel) format. The CSV format is useful when you want to upload a large number of products at once, typically more than 100-1000 products. This method helps save time when uploading products. Here's a tutorial on how to use it:
Step 1. Go to Product, then Click Import
Step 2. Download CSV Sample, Edit Data, then Upload Data
Notes :
Open the sample file that has been downloaded and edit the values according to the product you want to put into the DealPOS system, then click Save. If the display of the CSV file format is messed up, you can fix the format by following the steps in this article: " Why my file CSV has display bad format "
Click Choose File to upload the CSV file that was created. To display additional setup options you can click more options. When it's finished you can press the upload button to save your product into DealPOS.
Make sure you also set the Inventory Options - Update to "Yes", if you also want to import the Initial / Opening Inventory for your product in the outlet.
Table Properties :
Standard Column Sample :
Notes :
If the product has no variants, you can empty the variant column.
Column Properties :
Column | Description | Data Type | Sample |
Category | Category of the product | String | Food |
Product* | The name of the product | String | Burger |
ProductCode | Code which is used to uniquely identify a Product | Number | 4050 |
Variant | Available variants for the product | String | Jumbo |
Code | Code which is used to uniquely identify a variant | Number/Text | BGR4001 |
Supplier | Supplier Name when you Buy Product | String | Jhon |
UnitCost | Price when you purchase to supplier | Number | 20000 |
UnitPrice | The price you want to sell to your customer | Number | 30000 |
Discount | Discount of the product | Number | 10 |
Weight | Set weight product | Number | 1 |
UOM | Units of measurement from your product | String | PCS |
Type | Standard / Non-inventory / Complementary / Serialized / Composite | String | Standard |
Brand | Brand Name of Products | String | Delicious Burger |
ReorderPoint | Alert users when inventory below the ReorderPoint | Number | 5 |
Commission | Give your sales commission for selling products | Number | 10 |
Description | To make notes for your product | String | Glass product |
ProductDescription | To explain notes your product | String | "This product contains glass" |
Tags | Tag for your product | String | Glass |
ExpirationDay | Expiration point in the day | Date | 8/04/2020 |
ExpirationMonth | Expiration Point in the month | Date | 20/12/2020 |
UnitQuantity | Each variant contains some units of goods | Number | 10 |
PaymentType | If you want a payment type that can be made | String | Cash |
ProductImageURL | If you want to insert the product image | Text (URL Image) |
Dynamic Column Name :
Column | Description | Data Type | Sample |
Inventory_{Outlet Name} | The inventory count of the particular product in a certain outlet | String | outlet1 |
MinStock_{Outlet Name} | Lower limit from inventory stock. | Number | 10 |
MaxStock_{Outlet Name} | Upper limit from inventory stock | Number | 50 |
ExtraCost_{Outlet Name} | Extra cost is an additional fee charged to the outlet, such as shipping costs | Number | 2000 |
UnitPrice_{Outlet Name} | If you have two or more prices in your outlet for two or more outlets | Number | 10000 |
Discount_{Outlet Name} | If you have two or more discounts in your outlet for two or more outlets | Number | 10% |
Pricebook_{Pricebook Name} | If you have a price book for your products | String | AprilPromo |
Components_(CompositeProduct) | If you want to make composite for two or more products. | String | Tshirt |
Notes :
You can input the opening inventory while adding product using Spreadsheet by filling the quantity from the product in the “Inventory_(Name of Outlet)” field in the .CSV file.
When you having trouble making CSV file, here are to fix the bad format in your CSV file :
Mac OS : Fix Bad Format in CSV File (MacOS
[Tutorial Video] Import Product List using Excel / CSV File
You might like to read these related articles below :
If you have a large amount of products data and want to edit data products at once (bulking), you can read this article : How to Edit Product Bulk
You can also create a new product by using a web spreadsheet (via web interface). You can read this article : Create New Product via Web Spreadsheet
If you want to know about the product type from DealPOS, you can read these articles collections : Products Type
