The system allows lets you to easily import your style information through xls or csv. See the steps below.
Template 1 - Importing All Style Information
We can import a number of fields in the system depending on what you require. Below is a list of fields available to be imported:
Style Information
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Description - Style Description
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Department - Level 1 of a product category e.g. Apparel, Fashion, Ladies, Mens etc.
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Product Group - Level 2 of a product category e.g. Accessories, Bottoms, Outerwear
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Product - Level 3 of a product category i.e. Skirt, Shorts, Jackets, Blazer, Coats
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Fabric Composition - e.g. 100% Cotton
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HTS Code - HS Code is used when importing and exporting goods
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Season - e.g. Summer, Winter
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Year - e.g. 2023
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Maker - This is the Supplier
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Division - If you have more than one brand
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Pattern #
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Del from date (must be dd/mm/yy)
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Del to date (must be dd/mm/yy)
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Drop - What shipment the style is arriving in
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Weight - This is the weight of the product
Pricing Data
Make Price
Buy Price
Wholesale Price
RRP Inc GST
Discount
Sale Price
Colour
Colour 1 - Mandatory 1 colour required and max is 35
Colour 2
Colour 3 etc.
Template 2 - ONLY Updating Prices
The only mandatory fields needed are Style Number & any of the price fields.
If you want to only update buy price, then you will only require Style Number & buy price on your excel file.
It’s important to only display the values that you need on the excel report.
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For more information on importing prices, see the Updating Buy, Wholesale & RRP Prices through Excel help doc.
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information via XLS or CSV.
Excel Spreadsheet Formatting
Before importing any styles, you will need to format an excel spreadsheet.
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The system allows you to import your style information through xls or csv
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Make sure there is NO blank row at the top and that the column headers are in row 1
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The filters need to be removed
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The discount column needs to be a percentage number eg. 30 or %30 not $30
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ensure your Excel spreadsheet is properly formatted:
The system supports XLS or CSV files only
Make sure No blank rows at the top; column headers must be in row 1
Remove all filters before importing
The discount column should be a percentage (e.g., 30 or 30%, not $30)
The price field cannot be 0.00
The negative can’t be on No negative values in the spreadsheet
There can only be 1 The file must contain only one worksheet tab on the excel
Things to Consider Before Importing
You have the option can choose to import either by Style or by SKU.
See importingBelow is the Importing by SKU template below. It includes size range, size , which includes Size Range, Size, and GS1 fields.
See importing 
Below is the Importing per Style template below. Note that only size range is required, not the individual sizes. The GS1 barcode is not required either.
. Only the Size Range is required—individual sizes and GS1 barcodes are not needed.
All Size Ranges and Product Categories must be entered into set up in your system before importing; otherwise, otherwise the import will not be successful.
If you are wanting to update pricing for multiple trading entities you will need to do seperate imports. For example if you want to import AUD pricing and USD pricing, you will need to import your file twice.
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Step-by-step guide
Once your file is correctly formatted, you are 're ready to import.
To beginstart, go navigate to the Product Search Productsscreen
You'll find the Style Importer is located down at the bottom of the Product Search screen. Once you click
Click the Style Importer button, and it will open in a new window
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Before dragging in your file
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, complete the fields
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on the left
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of the Style Importer
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Choose an existing template - Here you can select from a pre-a Template - Select a saved template or you can create a new one . A template saves the fields so that you don’t have to match them each time you use the Style Importerto avoid re-matching fields each time.Instructions for creating your own template are listed at the end of this help doc.
Add Styles to a Line - You can add the styles to an exisiting collection by selecting the Pick an existing line from the drop down or if the line is not yet created in the system you can choose to create a new line from the Style Importer. Follow the prompts on how to create the linedropdown or create a new one if it doesn’t exist.
Select Buy Currency -If you are importing/updating pricing you can select the buy currency of the products on the excel file. Otherwise you can leave this blank if you are not importing this fieldChoose the currency if importing pricing, or leave blank if not.
Trading Entity - Similar to Buy Currency, if your importing/updating pricing information select the trading entity you are wanting to import/update. Otherwise you can leave this blank if you are not importing this field. Remember that multiple Trading Entities cannot be updated at once, separate imports need to be done per Trading Entity.
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Select if updating pricing; otherwise, leave blank. Each Trading Entity must be imported separately
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4. After completing the fields on the left hand side you can then , just drag your file to into theImport Fields. section
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5. Once you drop After dropping your file into the Import Fields section, the column headings from the excel Excel file will appear. You then need to drag the excel fields one by one to the Drag each field to the Field Matcher and match each field it with the corresponding Indigo8 Import Field.
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6. Before importing you can specify wether you are importing per , choose whether you're importing by Style or by SKU. You can select this from the drop down located SKU using the dropdown in the top right hand corner.
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7. Once all the fields are matching correctly matched in the Field Matcher and you have entered in all required information you can now import your excel file. Do this by selecting required details are entered, click the Import button at the bottom of the Style Importer to proceed.
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8. Once the import is complete and has been successful you will see a screen similar to below:
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9. To check that your styles have successfully imported you will need to After a successful import, a confirmation screen will appear similar to the example below.
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To verify a successful import, refresh your line on the Products Screen and check review the information that you imported details.
Saving a Template
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Creating a new template saves
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your matched fields in the Field Matcher, so
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you won’t need to reassign them each time you
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import.
Under "Choose An Existing Template
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," selectCreate New
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Enter
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your desired template
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name and
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click Save
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Make sure to click Save in the bottom right
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corner
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as well
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To reuse this template, just select it from the Choose an Existing Template
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dropdown. The saved fields will auto-populate.
Style Details | Other Details | Pricing | Colours |
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Style# – Unique style number (Mandatory) | Size Range – (Mandatory) | Make Price | Colour 1 – (Mandatory) |
Description – Style name | Season & Year – e.g. Summer 2023 | Buy Price | can add maximum of 35 color |
Department – Top-level category (e.g. Apparel, Mens, Ladies) | Maker – Supplier name | Wholesale Price | |
Product Group – Mid-level category (e.g. Bottoms, Outerwear) | Division – If multiple brands exist | RRP (Inc. GST) | |
Product – Specific type (e.g. Skirt, Jackets) | Pattern# | Discount | |
Fabric/Made From – Fabric name | Delivery Dates – From & To (dd/mm/yy) | Sale Price | |
Fabric Composition – e.g. 100% Cotton | Drop – Shipment batch | ||
HTS Code – For importing/exporting | Weight – Product weight |