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Manufacturer Catalog

Before adding a Manufacturer’s name to a Product, you have to add it in Motadata ServiceOps Portal. Here, you can maintain a list of manufacturers’ names that you can associate with various Products in the system.

To view the Manufacturer Catalog page, navigate to Admin > Asset Management > Manufacturer Catalog.

Manufacturer Catalog Page
Manufacturer Catalog Page

Here, you can do the following things:

  1. Search: You can search for the required manufacturer by name.
  2. Import Manufacturer: You can import multiple manufacturers in bulk.
  3. Add Manufacturer: You can add a manufacturer.
  4. View Product: You can view the associated products.
  5. Edit: You can edit the manufacturer details.
  6. Delete: You can delete the manufacturer if not required. A confirmation message will appear. Click Yes to continue or Cancel to stop the process. You can delete only the custom manufacturers and not the default.
  7. No. of Records: Set the number of records to be viewed per page. You can view 10, 25, and 50 records per page. The default value is 25.

Import Manufacturer

To import manufacturers,

  1. Click the Import Manufacturer button on the list page and Manufacturer Batches page appears.
  2. Click the Import CSV Batch button.
Import CSV Batch
Import CSV Batch
  1. Select the .csv file if you already have it filled with the respective fields. If not, select the new .csv file using Click Here and fill the respective details. Once the file is uploaded, click Next.
Select .CSV File
Select .CSV File
  1. Map the fields as per the requirement. By default it is mapped, only in case of removal or change of some parameters mapping is necessary, and click Save Batch.
Map Fields
Map Fields
  1. The Manufacturer Batches page appears. It displays the status of the import along with the details like processing time, total records, success records, failed records, etc. as shown below. Once successful, the imported manufacturers will appear on the list page.
Imported CSV Batches
Imported CSV Batches

Add Manufacturer

To add a manufacturer,

  1. Click the Add Manufacturer button and a popup appears.
  2. Enter the Name and Description of the manufacturer.
  3. Click Add. Once the manufacturer is added, you can edit and delete it if required. You cannot edit and delete the default manufacturers.
Add Manufacturer
Add Manufacturer

View Product

To view the list of associated products, click the View Product button. You can associate the products to the manufacturer from the Product Catalog page.

View Product
View Product