Building & Managing Your Digital Catalog

Organize, view, and enrich the products in your catalog.

Sorting Products with Custom Fields This document complements our documentation on: Custom Product Fields & Filters | Knowledge Base | SuperCat Solutions
Import Tradenames, Collections, Groups, and Categories Product taxonomy information is imported in a file named 'taxonomies.csv'. Please refer to the file template and field list below.
3 Ways to View Your Catalog Overview of eCat's three product views and special features of each
Related Items Items can be associated with each other in eCat by 'Collection' or 'Category'. Adding a field named 'RelatedItems' to your product file provides another way to flexibly associat…
Create Showroom Tags with Avery Design & Print Export product data from eCat. Then use Avery Design & Print Online to create custom showroom labels to your specifications. Include QR Codes or 1D barcodes to enable order scan…
Create Tags with Word The merge document page must be defined before labels can be printed. This involves selecting the label size and layout, defining the fields to print on each label, and selectin…
Hideable Products Hideable Products lets you keep discontinued, out-of-stock, or redundant items in your catalog without cluttering the main browsing views. Items marked as hideable are hidden by…
Multi-File Product Update Product data is normally uploaded in a single data file named ‘products.csv’.
Display Inventory Setup eCat enables sales reps to record, edit, and share dealer showroom display inventories, and to submit inventories to the eCat server. Organizations can download a file with the…
Kitting eCat enables grouping sets of individual items (components) that may or must be sold together into kits that relate to parent items.
Import Product Supplement Overview
Import Option Images Option images are usually photos of finishes, fabrics, and other options. They may also be labels, like 'COM', or 'Large'. The images display as buttons users can tap to choose…
Import Product Photo Standard eCat service supports publishing up to six photos for each product. For a small additional fee this can be increased to 12 photos per product.
Customer File eCat's customer file is used to publish customer information to eCat. In addition to a standard set of fields, custom fields can be added to the file to publish as much addition…
Product Stories File eCat's product stories file is used to optionally publish long product descriptions to eCat. These can be used to provide background information to support selling, technical sp…
Product Options Enable your company's eCat users to easily configure products by selecting product options like color, size, fabric, molding style, bulb type, trim, etc. Eliminate product confi…
Custom Product Fields & Filters Use Custom product fields to supplement the standard information in eCat's product file and to define SmartStacks and eCat product filters. Create as many custom product fields…
Groups & Categories Product Groups & Categories are used to classify products so items which are functionally similar can be displayed together in eCat for easy shopping. Each category is associate…
Tradenames & Collections Trade names are used to group products into the top level brands and styles, that your company distributes. Your eCat users can use tradename filters to show or hide trade names…
Product Inquiry Use this page to check product photos and data in the current products database on the server. This page is for information only. Product information must be changed in the prod…
Product File - Admin Product information is imported in a file named 'products.csv'. Please refer to the file template and field list below.
Custom Customer Fields (available in version 2.11)
SmartLists (2019 Update) Setting up your own SmartList can be done quickly, and provide customization that allows for a tailor made experience.
SmartLists SmartLists are named product selections sent to eCat by your company. They can be published selectively based on user group. Any desired product list can be displayed in an eCat…