http://info.picnictime.com/ 2026-05-31T06:44:49-07:00 http://info.picnictime.com/ http://info.picnictime.com/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=favicon.ico text/html 2015-08-26T13:46:58-07:00 http://info.picnictime.com/doku.php?id=start:pimguide:addafileoranimage&rev=1440622018&do=diff To add a file or an image to a product : * Open the product to which you wish to add a file or an image. * Select the group where is the attribute type File or Image. * An area is available to drop a file or image, or click the area to search for your file or image. text/html 2015-08-26T13:46:01-07:00 http://info.picnictime.com/doku.php?id=start:pimguide:addattributestoaproduct&rev=1440621961&do=diff You can add attributes for a product, if attributes are not already added by the product’s family. In the product edit form : * Click on the add attributes button. * Choose attributes you want to add for the product by clicking on their labels. text/html 2015-08-26T15:19:31-07:00 http://info.picnictime.com/doku.php?id=start:pimguide:associateproducts&rev=1440627571&do=diff To add/remove relations for an existing product: * Locate the product you want to edit associations * Click ‘Associations’ tab for the product On the left panel, there is the list of available associations in the product database. When the tick is green, the product has a relation with this association with one or more products and/or groups. If the tick is grey, the product has not relations with the association. text/html 2015-08-26T11:45:03-07:00 http://info.picnictime.com/doku.php?id=start:pimguide:association&rev=1440614703&do=diff What is an association? An association is a relation between one product to other products and groups. The particularity of this relation (contrary to groups) is the direction (one-to-many). An association has only a code and a localized label. The association is typically used for creating Packs. text/html 2015-08-26T15:43:52-07:00 http://info.picnictime.com/doku.php?id=start:pimguide:attributes&rev=1440629032&do=diff What is an attribute? Attribute is the smallest entity in the product database, which allow to manage information about products. Note that the settings below can be defined and customized by the administrator to suit your needs. General properties text/html 2015-08-26T11:04:11-07:00 http://info.picnictime.com/doku.php?id=start:pimguide:channels&rev=1440612251&do=diff What is a channel? A channel allows us to select products and some of their information to be exported with a connector. For example, a channel for our website and another one for the catalog. A channel works as a filter with the following properties : text/html 2015-08-26T14:32:18-07:00 http://info.picnictime.com/doku.php?id=start:pimguide:classifyaproduct&rev=1440624738&do=diff A product can be classified in different trees and several categories. To classify an existing product : * Locate the product you want to classify * Click ‘Categories’ tab for the product On the left panel, there is the list of trees available in the product database. When the tick is green, the product is classified in one or more categories in the tree. If the tick is grey, the product is not classified in the tree. text/html 2015-08-26T11:36:46-07:00 http://info.picnictime.com/doku.php?id=start:pimguide:completeness&rev=1440614206&do=diff What is Completeness? A product is considered as complete when we have enough information to export this product to a channel. The definition of completeness can vary : * From a family to another : a TV will not require the same kind of data than a book or a shirt text/html 2015-08-26T16:16:11-07:00 http://info.picnictime.com/doku.php?id=start:pimguide:createacategory&rev=1440630971&do=diff Create a new category in a tree: * Right-click the parent category and select the option Create to open the Create category form. * Type the code of the category, and optionally, labels in different locales. The code is the only required field to create a category. text/html 2015-08-26T16:10:16-07:00 http://info.picnictime.com/doku.php?id=start:pimguide:createagroup&rev=1440630616&do=diff Create a new group: * Click New group button at the top of the Groups grid page (Edit > Groups) to open the Create group dialog box. * Type the code and choose a type of group. If the selected group is Variant, the field “Axis” displays to give axis for this variant group. text/html 2015-08-26T15:36:27-07:00 http://info.picnictime.com/doku.php?id=start:pimguide:createanassociation&rev=1440628587&do=diff Create a new association: * Click New association button at the top of the Associations grid page (Settings > Associations) to open the Create association dialog box. * Type the code. * Click Create button so that the product database creates the association and opens the association edit form. text/html 2015-08-26T11:55:08-07:00 http://info.picnictime.com/doku.php?id=start:pimguide:createanewproduct&rev=1440615308&do=diff Create a new product Click New product button at the top of the Products grid page to open the Create product dialog box. Type the Identifier (SKU) of the product, and optionally, choose a family to initiate a template and apply completeness.The identifier is the only required attribute to create a product. It is defined during the installation and configuration of the product database. text/html 2015-08-26T15:31:18-07:00 http://info.picnictime.com/doku.php?id=start:pimguide:createatree&rev=1440628278&do=diff Create a new tree: * Click Create tree button at the top of the Categories page to open the Create tree form. * Type the code of the tree, and optionally, labels in different locales. The code is the only required field to create a tree. * Click Save button so that the product database creates the tree and opens the tree edit form. text/html 2015-08-26T15:35:33-07:00 http://info.picnictime.com/doku.php?id=start:pimguide:editacategory&rev=1440628533&do=diff To edit a category or a tree: * Click the category to open the Create category form. * Enter values for properties of the category. * Click Save button so that the product database saves the category and opens the category edit form. text/html 2015-08-26T16:09:36-07:00 http://info.picnictime.com/doku.php?id=start:pimguide:editagroup&rev=1440630576&do=diff Edit a group: * From the page ‘Edit>Groups’, click the group to open the Group edit form. * Select/unselect products to add/remove them to the group. Or click the tab Properties to edit labels. * Click the button Save. In case of variant group, only products with values for axis can be added to the group. Products without values or without the attributes are not displayed in the grid. text/html 2015-08-26T15:37:02-07:00 http://info.picnictime.com/doku.php?id=start:pimguide:editanassociation&rev=1440628622&do=diff Edit an association: * From the page ‘Settings>Associations’, click the association to open the Association edit form. * Edit labels. * Click the button Save. See Associate products to create relations between products. text/html 2015-08-26T16:10:03-07:00 http://info.picnictime.com/doku.php?id=start:pimguide:editattributesvalues&rev=1440630603&do=diff Edit an existing product * Locate the product you want to edit * Choose the locale you want to edit, by selecting one in the product header. Proposed locales are locales requested for at least one channel. If there is not the locale you want to edit, there are two possibilities: text/html 2015-08-26T14:33:18-07:00 http://info.picnictime.com/doku.php?id=start:pimguide:enabledisableaproduct&rev=1440624798&do=diff To enable or disable a product : * Locate the product you want to enable or disable. * In the product header, toggle the button in the product header to enable or disable the product. * Click Save button. You can enable / disable several products by Modifying Multiple (‘Bulk’) products. text/html 2015-08-26T16:15:11-07:00 http://info.picnictime.com/doku.php?id=start:pimguide:groups&rev=1440630911&do=diff What is a group? A group allows you to create a set of products. It works as a link between products. Groups have codes, localized labels and a type. The type allows specific rules and behaviors to apply to the type of group. The most example is the type Variant. This type has specific properties : “Axis”. Axis are attributes used as variation of the Variant group. For example, for a group “Dress” with the type ‘Variant’, we can have two axis of variation : Color and Size. That means all produc… text/html 2015-08-26T15:41:07-07:00 http://info.picnictime.com/doku.php?id=start:pimguide:importproducts&rev=1440628867&do=diff Import products Importing products is useful especially if you want to update your products from third party systems. The CSV connector allows you to import product information from a CSV file in two ways : * Directly from user interfaces * From a path given in the configuration of the import profile. text/html 2015-08-26T15:47:24-07:00 http://info.picnictime.com/doku.php?id=start:pimguide:locales&rev=1440629244&do=diff What is a locale? A locale is the association between a language code (en, de , fr) and a country code (us, ca, uk). Each product can have different values per locale (for instance my product can have different values for en_us and en_ca). Each locale of a product has its own lifecycle. text/html 2015-08-26T11:52:05-07:00 http://info.picnictime.com/doku.php?id=start:pimguide:login&rev=1440615125&do=diff The login panel will be displayed if you have not logged in to the product database. Log in Enter your Username and Password and click the Log In button. The dashboard will be displayed. Please Note: Selecting the Remember me on this computer check box will prevent you from being automatically logged out on a given browser and computer. However, your session will not be preserved, e.g. last search, current product, etc. text/html 2015-08-26T15:16:43-07:00 http://info.picnictime.com/doku.php?id=start:pimguide:massactions&rev=1440627403&do=diff Mass actions Mass-action wizard enable operations to be performed on multiple products at once. These operations are performed on the grid. The following list details the available bulk operations: * Delete Lets you delete multiple products at once. text/html 2015-08-26T15:20:36-07:00 http://info.picnictime.com/doku.php?id=start:pimguide:productcompleteness&rev=1440627636&do=diff Product completeness A product completeness is a percentage that represents mandatory attributes which have a value for a specific locale and a specific channel. The calculation is done after every save changes. To view a product’s completeness : text/html 2015-08-26T15:23:01-07:00 http://info.picnictime.com/doku.php?id=start:pimguide:producthistory&rev=1440627781&do=diff Product history A product history is a record of changes made to a product, including: * Changes to an attribute from the user interface * Changes to an attribute from imports * Adding / Removing specific attributes * Classification in categories text/html 2015-08-26T16:09:50-07:00 http://info.picnictime.com/doku.php?id=start:pimguide:usingtheproductsgrid&rev=1440630590&do=diff Using the grid to search products To perform a search: * Choose Edit > Products. The products grid is displayed. There is a filter bar above the grid. This filter bar contains localized filters : it is a filter is based on an attribute, and if the label of the attribute is defined for the current, the label is displayed. It there is not a label for the locale, the code of the attribute is displayed. You can change the locale with the locale switcher on the top of the screen. text/html 2015-08-26T11:53:37-07:00 http://info.picnictime.com/doku.php?id=start:pimguide:workspace&rev=1440615217&do=diff The Dashboard is the first page you see (by default) after logging in to the product database. The navigation bar (at the top of the screen) is the same on every screen in the product database. It contains links which give you quick access to many of the most useful functions. The white area of the screen, below the top navigation bar, contains pages that you can pin or add to your favorites.