SPS Commerce

A complete guide to the Assortment application.

Assortment User Guide

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Mary Jackovin-Bates

Erica Enerson

Tips, Guides, and FAQs about your Assortment Catalog

Assortment

Help article describing the function and use of Selection Codes and Product Codes in Assortment.

Selection Codes and Product Codes

Help Article describing the different Item Identifiers that can be used to uniquely and globally identify an item.

Item Identifiers

What is a Product Type?

Lengths and data types for the Assortment spreadsheet template

Attribute Data Types and Lengths

Providing Inner and Outer Pack Quantities in Assortment.

Pack Quantities (Inner & Outer)

Help article describing possible packaging configurations for your items and the dimensions and quantities you may be asked to provide.

Item Packaging and Dimensions

Guidelines for adding pricing as a new item is created as well as updating pricing as changes are made.

Providing Pricing in Assortment

Link to an interactive walk-through of the process of providing prising for your items in Assortment.

Providing Pricing in Assortment Walk-Through

Help article describing the two methods for adding images to your item records in Assortment.

Providing Media (Images) in Assortment

Link to an interactive walk-through of the process of uploading item images directly into Assortment.

Adding Item Images via Upload Walk-Through

How to add additional, repeatable attribute information to your item records.

Adding Repeatable Fields to Assortment

Link to an interactive walk-through of the process of insering one or more repeatable attributes into the Assortment Item Import template.

Inserting Repeatable Attributes

Link to an interactive walk-through of the process of inserting repeatable attributes into the Item Import template.

Inserting Repeatable Attributes Walk-Through

Unit of Measures (UOM)

How to access, use, and import templates on the GS1 Code Book application

GS1 Color and Size Code

This article explains Order Lead Time, its valid codes, and its role in accurate shipping, delivery, and inventory management.

Order Lead Time

Help article describing the attribute Locale in Assortment, learning how to set item language/region.

Locale

Help Articles that assist in correctly collection item data for Assortment

Data Collection in Assortment

Describes the flow of item data from supplier to retail trading partner, using Assortment.

Assortment General Data Flow

Learn how to customize your Items view through the Column Picker feature.

Column Picker Feature

Learn more about how to view and customize your Item Details in your catalog.

Item Details

Use Export Catalog to receive your complete Assortment catalog via email.

How do I download my complete catalog of items?

Assortment Import Process

Link to an interactive walk-through of the process of importing items into Assortment.

Importing Items into Assortment Walk-Through

This article describes how to change the access settings of your items by Trading Partner.

Trading Partner Settings

Help Articles for using the Assortment Application 

Using Assortment

This article describes the two types of errors you could encounter when uploading item data into Assortment and how to correct these errors.

Assortment Error Troubleshooting

Link to an interactive walk-through of the process of resolving item errors in Assortment.

Resolving Errors in Assortment Walk-Through

Help article describing possible steps to take when resolving upload issues in Assortment.

Assortment Troubleshooting Checklist

Characters that are Invalid for Assortment

Invalid Characters

This article discusses how Item Errors are specific to Trading Partners and may or may not require correcting based on intended recipients.

Trading Partner Errors

Help Articles for resolving errors in the Assortment application

Error Resolution

Target Plus Assortment Attribute Help

Target Plus Pricing Help

Help article describing the next steps to take after an item has been exported from Assortment to Target Plus.

Target Plus Item Statuses

Troubleshooting Guide for Common Target Plus Errors

Help Articles that address attribute and process requirements of specific trading partners

Trading Partner Specific Requirements

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