The MS modules
Core Data Manager
Maintain the product information that drives the system.
Core Data Manager brings product descriptions, images, identifiers, suppliers, bundles, prices and listing settings into a central workspace. Staff prepare channel-specific information alongside the catalogue and maintain the business settings used by other modules.
Explore what this module can doHow it connects
Product data feeds Search, Inventory, Sales and Packing. Marketplace preparation works with Amazon Management and eBay Management; enabled listing changes are processed by Marketplace Automation.
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Products and catalogue
12Core Data ManagerOne central place to maintain product data
Maintain shared product information through a focused editing workspace.
- Find incomplete records
- Carry a product selection across views
- Add or remove supported shared records
One central place to maintain product data
Maintain shared product information through a focused editing workspace.
- Find incomplete records
- Carry a product selection across views
- Add or remove supported shared records
Find matching or incomplete records, select a group of products, and carry that selection across information, suppliers, barcodes, categories, replenishment, images, documents, stock, pricing and costs. Authorised editors can add and save supported records and relationships while seeing which values have changed.
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Find incomplete records
Search selected fields for blank values alongside matching or non-matching text criteria.
Carry a product selection across views
Keep the selected product group while switching between related content, supplier, category, media and price views.
Available fields and editing actions depend on the configured area and staff permissions. Saved changes feed shared data and downstream processing; external listing updates still depend on their processing and acceptance.
Core Data ManagerProduct identity and types
Maintain the identifiers and classifications used throughout MS.
Product identity and types
Maintain the identifiers and classifications used throughout MS.
Keep internal and manufacturer product codes, titles, subtitles, brand, manufacturer, condition, colour, size and customer age or gender classifications together. Products can represent individual items, bundles or services.
Product maintenance is intended for authorised managers, data staff and administrators. Additional available fields depend on the installation.
Core Data ManagerReusable product content
Prepare product descriptions once for use across channels.
Reusable product content
Prepare product descriptions once for use across channels.
Maintain up to twelve description parts, ten bullets and six box-content fields, alongside custom labels, product news and internal notes. Release dates, warranty, shelf life and version-history information can also be stored with the product.
This maintains shared content. Publishing to marketplaces and the website is handled by the relevant downstream processes.
Core Data ManagerSafety, origin and customs product data
Keep handling and product-origin references with the catalogue.
Safety, origin and customs product data
Keep handling and product-origin references with the catalogue.
Maintain country of origin, HS codes and hazardous-goods information such as UN references, descriptions, flashpoint and ADR classifications. Safety-document links, proof-of-age flags and supported product-safety contact or attestation fields can also be recorded.
This is data maintenance, rather than certification of compliance or a complete regulatory checking service. Operational use depends on the relevant consuming workflow.
Core Data ManagerProduct barcode references
Associate products with the codes staff and channels use.
Product barcode references
Associate products with the codes staff and channels use.
Store a primary barcode and maintain multiple UPC or ISBN references for a product. The product overview summarises the associated codes, and references can be added, changed or removed.
This maintains catalogue references. Scanning and label production are separate operational workflows.
Core Data ManagerBundles under one product code
Sell a collection of items as a single product.
Bundles under one product code
Sell a collection of items as a single product.
Define a bundle's component products and required quantities under one master product code. The recorded contents underpin bundle stock and cost views, so the business can work with the bundle as a product while retaining its component definition.
The editor offers individual components rather than nested bundles. Stock, selling and fulfilment depend on the stored component quantities and the relevant workflows.
Core Data ManagerCategories and product membership
Organise the catalogue into reusable categories.
- Assign product categories
- Configure category presentation
Categories and product membership
Organise the catalogue into reusable categories.
- Assign product categories
- Configure category presentation
Maintain a folder and subfolder hierarchy with descriptions and category images, then assign products to one or more categories. Category settings can specify intended website visibility and whether a category should hide when it has no products.
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Assign product categories
Add or remove a product's membership in the maintained category tree.
Configure category presentation
Maintain category descriptions, image assignments, intended website visibility and empty-category settings.
This maintains category structure and presentation settings. The live storefront's rendering is a separate part of the website arrangement.
Core Data ManagerProduct manuals and datasheets
Keep supporting documents connected to the right products.
- Maintain the document library
- Link documents to products
- Download supporting documents
Product manuals and datasheets
Keep supporting documents connected to the right products.
- Maintain the document library
- Link documents to products
- Download supporting documents
Upload and name manuals, datasheets and other files, then link them to products with suitable display names. Document metadata indicates whether material is intended to be Public or Private on the website, and selected files can be downloaded.
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Maintain the document library
Upload supporting files and maintain their names and intended website-visibility metadata.
Link documents to products
Associate an existing library document with a product and a suitable display name.
Download supporting documents
Save a selected document to a chosen local file or export documentation to a chosen folder.
Public and Private describe intended website visibility, rather than a guarantee of private file storage. Actual storefront visibility depends on the website implementation.
Core Data ManagerCatalogue maintenance through spreadsheets
Work on catalogue and company data in familiar workbooks.
- Maintain shared records through Excel
- Maintain directories and relationships in bulk
- Maintain media links through workbooks
Catalogue maintenance through spreadsheets
Work on catalogue and company data in familiar workbooks.
- Maintain shared records through Excel
- Maintain directories and relationships in bulk
- Maintain media links through workbooks
Export selected records to headed and formatted worksheets, edit supported fields, and import the changes. Supported workbooks cover products, barcodes, suppliers and terms, categories, bundle contents, replenishment, staff and location relationships, plus image and document templates.
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Maintain directories and relationships in bulk
Import supported supplier, staff, branch, location, category, bundle, replenishment and supplier-term relationships.
Maintain media links through workbooks
Use supported image and document templates and product-image sheets to maintain media records or link existing images.
Workbook formats and key headings matter, and access follows the authorised editing layouts. Import results can include accepted rows alongside reported invalid rows, so the reported results need review.
Core Data ManagerImage resource workbook report
Review stored image resources in a spreadsheet.
Image resource workbook report
Review stored image resources in a spreadsheet.
Export an image-resource report showing the stored variants' sizes and byte counts alongside last-updated information. Use that report to review the image resources associated with the catalogue.
This reports recorded resource information. It is not a storage-billing, backup or completeness guarantee for the remote image library.
Stock and buying
5Core Data ManagerSupplier offers and reorder terms
Keep several sources and buying terms for the same product.
Supplier offers and reorder terms
Keep several sources and buying terms for the same product.
Assign a main supplier and maintain multiple supplier offers with cost, currency, supplier product code and minimum reorder quantity. Installed supplier-offer fields can also hold information such as delivery days.
This configures supplier information; it does not place an order. Spreadsheet round trips cover the supported offer columns and do not include every additional field.
Core Data ManagerReplenishment targets by location
Set product targets for the locations you supply.
Replenishment targets by location
Set product targets for the locations you supply.
Maintain a product's target quantity at named merchant locations and review those targets alongside the product. Location choices follow the relevant staff and seller assignments.
These are replenishment settings. Physical movements and replenishment operations are handled by Inventory.
Core Data ManagerBranch stock and average cost reference
Consult product stock and average active-stock costs while maintaining data.
- Compare branch stock
- Consult average active-stock costs
Branch stock and average cost reference
Consult product stock and average active-stock costs while maintaining data.
- Compare branch stock
- Consult average active-stock costs
Read branch stock quantities and average unit costs in the configured branch currency. Bundle stock uses complete sets supported by components, while bundle costs combine component quantities and average costs.
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Compare branch stock
Consult recorded active-stock quantities by branch and complete-set quantities for bundles.
Consult average active-stock costs
Review average unit costs by branch currency, including quantity-weighted component costs for bundles.
These views are read-only. Costs use recorded dated exchange rates, with missing rates falling back to 1:1; this is not a replacement valuation guarantee.
Core Data ManagerBranches, locations and seller access
Configure where stock is held and which locations each seller uses.
- Maintain business branches
- Define warehouse locations
- Assign seller stock locations
Branches, locations and seller access
Configure where stock is held and which locations each seller uses.
- Maintain business branches
- Define warehouse locations
- Assign seller stock locations
Maintain branch addresses, countries and currencies, and location records with area, bay, bin, barcode, notes and listable status. Assign branches and locations to staff or supported sellers, with location picking priorities for downstream workflows.
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Maintain business branches
Configure branch contact details, country and currency for the shared system.
Define warehouse locations
Maintain branch, area, bay and bin locations with their barcodes, notes and listability.
Assign seller stock locations
Assign branches and locations to supported staff or sellers and set location picking priorities.
This configures shared location and seller relationships. It does not book, move or pick stock from this workspace.
Core Data ManagerSupplier maintenance and value comparison
Maintain supplier details and compare offers with product values.
- Maintain supplier contacts
- Compare supplier offers with selling values
Supplier maintenance and value comparison
Maintain supplier details and compare offers with product values.
- Maintain supplier contacts
- Compare supplier offers with selling values
Keep supplier address, contact information, notes and installed directory fields centrally. A supplier-product view places offered cost and currency alongside accessible branch selling prices and stock, with a workbook export for the full selected supplier set.
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Maintain supplier contacts
Maintain central supplier contact details, notes and the supported directory fields.
Compare supplier offers with selling values
Review the sampled on-screen supplier cost, branch-price and stock comparison or export the full selected supplier set.
The on-screen comparison displays a limited sample of ten products; the selected-supplier export covers the wider set. Disabled or inaccessible branch tiers are excluded.
Selling and accounts
3Core Data ManagerRetail, trade and channel price tiers
Maintain prices for different customers, branches and channels.
- Maintain branch and channel price tiers
- Configure price-tier tax inclusion
Retail, trade and channel price tiers
Maintain prices for different customers, branches and channels.
- Maintain branch and channel price tiers
- Configure price-tier tax inclusion
Store enabled product price tiers, including configured branch, marketplace and trade-customer prices. Each tier can be tax-inclusive, tax-exclusive or disabled, supporting simultaneous retail and trade arrangements across the configured countries and currencies.
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Maintain branch and channel price tiers
Edit accessible enabled product price tiers for the configured branches and marketplaces.
Configure price-tier tax inclusion
Set a tier to include tax, exclude tax or be disabled.
Available tiers depend on the installation and branch access. Stored channel prices are configuration; remote listings update through downstream processing.
Core Data ManagerTax and dated exchange settings
Maintain shared tax and currency rules for business workflows.
- Configure tax by country or postcode
- Maintain dated currency rates
Tax and dated exchange settings
Maintain shared tax and currency rules for business workflows.
- Configure tax by country or postcode
- Maintain dated currency rates
Configure country or postcode tax records, rates and whether shipping is taxable. Maintain currency-pair exchange rates over selected date ranges so consuming workflows can use the relevant dated rate.
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Configure tax by country or postcode
Maintain tax records and whether shipping is taxable for the configured country or postcode rules.
Maintain dated currency rates
Set currency-pair rates over chosen start and end dates for consuming calculations.
Rates are maintained by the business, rather than fetched live. Complete rate coverage matters: some calculations fall back to 1:1 when a rate is missing, while invoice issue checks for a valid applicable rate.
Core Data ManagerPayment methods and document messages
Configure shared payment options and business messages.
- Configure payment methods
- Maintain business document messages
Payment methods and document messages
Configure shared payment options and business messages.
- Configure payment methods
- Maintain business document messages
Maintain supported tender-type settings and shared business data. Invoice, proforma and balance-sheet messages are available in the business-data overview for central editing.
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Configure payment methods
Maintain the installed tender-type settings used by payment workflows.
Maintain business document messages
Edit the shared invoice, proforma and balance-sheet messages.
Additional business and tender fields depend on the installed configuration. These settings do not by themselves process a payment.
Marketplaces
7Core Data ManagerProduct availability and operational rules
Control which products are intended to be sold or reordered.
- Set channel availability
- Maintain reorder and discontinuation rules
- Maintain delivery and tax exceptions
Product availability and operational rules
Control which products are intended to be sold or reordered.
- Set channel availability
- Maintain reorder and discontinuation rules
- Maintain delivery and tax exceptions
Maintain marketplace and website availability choices, including listable and restricted states. Product-level settings also include discontinuation and reorder reasons, undeliverable countries and tax-exception rules.
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Set channel availability
Maintain the supported per-channel listable or restricted availability choices.
Maintain reorder and discontinuation rules
Set product reorder or discontinued flags with their recorded reasons.
Maintain delivery and tax exceptions
Store product-level undeliverable countries and tax-exception rules for consuming workflows.
These configure product behaviour for consuming workflows. Supported availability fields do not imply that every marketplace is connected or that an external listing has accepted the configuration.
Core Data ManagereBay listing configuration
Prepare eBay listings from shared product information.
- Configure eBay price and quantity rules
eBay listing configuration
Prepare eBay listings from shared product information.
- Configure eBay price and quantity rules
Set account and site, product code, title and subtitle, categories, condition, template and stored policies. Listing controls include activation, price adjustments and rounding, quantity adjustments and stock buffers; category choices provide their stored condition options.
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Configure eBay price and quantity rules
Set listing price adjustments, rounding, quantity adjustments and stock buffers.
The editor offers configured UK, French, Spanish, Italian and German sites and fixed-price listings. Publication depends on downstream processing and eBay accepting the submission.
Core Data ManagereBay category item specifics
Prepare the category details needed for an eBay listing.
- Load category requirements
- Maintain item-specific values
eBay category item specifics
Prepare the category details needed for an eBay listing.
- Load category requirements
- Maintain item-specific values
Populate item specifics from eBay category taxonomy, including combined requirements and recommendations for a second category. The editor highlights required aspects and offers supported fixed-value choices, suggestions and permitted custom values.
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Load category requirements
Fetch taxonomy guidance for the selected category and combine relevant second-category aspects.
Maintain item-specific values
Use supported strict choices, suggestions or custom values to maintain the listing's aspects.
Taxonomy retrieval requires usable account authentication and category setup. Editor guidance does not guarantee that a listing will satisfy every eBay acceptance rule.
Core Data ManagerAmazon listing and attribute configuration
Prepare Amazon listing settings and supported product attributes.
- Configure Amazon listing rules
- Use product-type attribute guidance
- Maintain and remove attribute values
Amazon listing and attribute configuration
Prepare Amazon listing settings and supported product attributes.
- Configure Amazon listing rules
- Use product-type attribute guidance
- Maintain and remove attribute values
Set account, site, product type and condition, activation and title-use controls, tax code, business discount, price adjustments and stock buffers. Available product-type definitions guide supported attribute values and repeat entries, with stored values available for review and amendment.
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Configure Amazon listing rules
Maintain account and site, activation, product type, condition, tax code, business discount and price or quantity settings.
Use product-type attribute guidance
Use available stored definitions for supported attribute requirements, value choices and repeated entries.
Maintain and remove attribute values
Amend supported saved attributes or clear a saved value to request its removal, with conflicting writes refused by the attribute save path.
The main editor offers configured UK, French, Spanish, Italian and German sites. Attribute guidance depends on available definitions and covers supported simple structures; desktop saving does not guarantee Amazon acceptance.
Core Data ManagerWebsite listing configuration
Adapt shared product information for your website listings.
- Compose website product content
- Configure website selling rules
Website listing configuration
Adapt shared product information for your website listings.
- Compose website product content
- Configure website selling rules
Configure the website product code, title source, description-part order and placement of listing notes. Set listing price adjustments, rounding, quantity rules and buffers, zero-stock or no-image retention, Click and Collect and backorder flags.
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Compose website product content
Set the title source, description-part order and listing-note placement for the website listing.
Configure website selling rules
Set supported price, quantity, buffer, retention, Click and Collect and backorder options.
These are per-listing settings for the configured website arrangement. Storefront rendering, checkout and publication depend on the website implementation.
Core Data ManagerListing images, status and update requests
Keep channel presentation connected to shared product data.
- Choose images for each listing
- Inspect listing status and errors
- Request another listing-processing pass
Listing images, status and update requests
Keep channel presentation connected to shared product data.
- Choose images for each listing
- Inspect listing status and errors
- Request another listing-processing pass
Exclude selected product images from an individual Amazon, eBay or website listing while retaining the shared image library. Review recorded listing status and errors, use supported external listing links, and mark selected Amazon or eBay listings for another processing pass when needed.
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Choose images for each listing
Exclude selected shared product images from an individual Amazon, eBay or website listing.
Inspect listing status and errors
Review recorded marketplace status or error information and open the supported external listing link.
Request another listing-processing pass
Mark selected Amazon or eBay records for downstream update processing.
Update requests are handled downstream and do not guarantee immediate or successful publication. Displayed status is recorded information, rather than a live status refresh.
Core Data ManagerListing, price and attribute workbooks
Make coordinated pricing and listing changes in spreadsheets.
- Update base and marketplace prices
- Maintain channel listings through workbooks
- Export guided Amazon attribute workbooks
- Import supported Amazon attribute changes
Listing, price and attribute workbooks
Make coordinated pricing and listing changes in spreadsheets.
- Update base and marketplace prices
- Maintain channel listings through workbooks
- Export guided Amazon attribute workbooks
- Import supported Amazon attribute changes
Price workbooks can include base tiers and calculated marketplace price variations, while listing workbooks maintain supported Amazon, eBay and website fields. Amazon attribute workbooks group entries by product type and provide guidance, available value lists and supported validation when edited values are imported.
Functions in this topic
Update base and marketplace prices
Use price workbooks to change enabled base tiers and supported marketplace listing price variations.
Maintain channel listings through workbooks
Import supported Amazon, eBay and website listing records or configured deletes, with a separate worksheet route for eBay item-specific values.
Export guided Amazon attribute workbooks
Generate product-type worksheets with saved values, help comments, a guide and available strict-value lists.
Import supported Amazon attribute changes
Apply supported validated edits or explicit clearing from the comparison workbook while retaining unchanged values and reporting invalid groups.
These workbooks change stored configuration for downstream processing. Supported fields, countries and attribute structures vary; invalid groups can be reported while other valid changes are accepted.
Picking and dispatch
1Core Data ManagerPacking and shipping information
Give operational workflows the product information they need.
Packing and shipping information
Give operational workflows the product information they need.
Store packing notes, sold-as information, dimensions, weight and shipping volume. Maintain master-carton quantity and barcode, ready-to-ship-box information and a priority-service colour alongside the product.
These are shared product settings used by other workflows. Maintaining a value here does not itself select a courier or enforce a packing instruction.
Printing and couriers
1Core Data ManagerDocument and courier print routing
Send staff document work to the intended printing application.
Document and courier print routing
Send staff document work to the intended printing application.
Configure printing-application choices for receipts, delivery notes, invoices, identification labels and pick lists. Separate courier mappings route label work to the intended printing application.
This selects shared printing-application routes. Physical printer setup and document output are handled by Printing.
Search and visibility
2Core Data ManagerStaff and module permissions
Organise staff access to the appropriate parts of MS.
- Maintain staff accounts
- Configure group access and editing
- Maintain personal settings
Staff and module permissions
Organise staff access to the appropriate parts of MS.
- Maintain staff accounts
- Configure group access and editing
- Maintain personal settings
Maintain staff records, privilege groups and module access, including whether an authorised group may edit an area. Account locking and user printing settings can be configured, while a signed-in user has a separate route to their own available profile settings.
Functions in this topic
Maintain staff accounts
Maintain staff identity, privilege-group membership, account locking and supported print settings.
Configure group access and editing
Organise staff into privilege groups with selected module access and edit permission.
Maintain personal settings
Let the signed-in user review and save their own available profile and printing settings.
Viewing and editing are distinct permissions. Available controls depend on the module and installation; these settings do not establish a universal security certification.
Core Data ManagerCatalogue maintenance activity
See who carried out recorded catalogue work.
Catalogue maintenance activity
See who carried out recorded catalogue work.
Catalogue saves, removals, imports, exports and other supported actions produce activity records with the operator and operation context, plus recorded messages or errors. Staff can use Search's Logs workspace to investigate that activity.
Recording is best-effort and describes operations, rather than a complete field-by-field revision history. It does not provide a catalogue undo function.
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