Designer can handle an unlimited amount of suppliers with or without an article catalog. One supplier can be set as the main supplier which means that this supplier will be selected when articles are retrieved from the map.

 

1.In the menu bar, select Organizer > Show/Hide administration.

2.Select the Suppliers tab.

3.Press Search to search for the suppliers that exists in the system.

4.Select a supplier in the south panel to show information about the supplier in the east panel.

5.Edit the information if needed and press Save.

 

Tool buttons to the left in the south panel:  

Create new supplier.

Import/update article catalog for selected supplier.

Article catalogs import format.

Update articles.

Replace articles.

Delete article catalog for selected supplier.

Make selected supplier to main supplier.

Administrate catalog connections.

Create report from search result.

Delete supplier.

 

The file format for import and updating of the article catalog should be a semicolon separated text file. The function Article catalogs import format shows what the file should contain.

Semicolon separated files can be created in Office/Excel by using Save as and the alternative semicolon separated. The file extension can be for example csv or skv depending on the version of MS Office. The name of the file does however not matter when loading the file. The file is selected in the file dialog for Update articles.