Importing products is a swift approach to filling your inventory with product entries by uploading an Excel file for a convenient posting process. That is, this is the creation of a product without adding its residues.

Remember: you cannot import the stock balances. Instead, RemOnline allows you to import the product names and properties. Use postings to upload the product stock balances.

To start importing the products, hit the Import button on the My company > Products and categories page, and download an Excel file example onto your computer to import products to your inventory. We recommend working right in the import template.

Remember: Do not change the column names and order in the Excel file, so RemOnline can process the file and import your products correctly.

Let's consider the file content in detail.

ID - system unique product identifier.

If you create new products that are not yet available in RemOnline, leave this column blank. After uploading the file, the product IDs are generated automatically and will be displayed when exporting products.

The Сode column is the product code used for internal product identification.

The SKU is the product identifier. It often contains digital and characters. The vendor code may be the same as for the similar supplier and vendor product.

Barcode is a product ID that respects the international EAN-13, EAN-8, UPC-A, and Code128 formats. Barcode is a unique identifier, meaning there cannot be two products with the same barcode.

The Сode, SKU, and Barcode columns are not required.

The Name column contains the product name and is required. The Name default is a unique identifier, meaning there cannot be two products with the same product name. You can set a different unique identifier (Article or Code) or remove it completely. Learn more about setting up a unique product identifier in this article.

Unit of measurement. In this column, you must specify the units of measurement for each product.

The Category column contains the product category. This is a required field. You should preserve the subcategory order and divide them by the “>” character.

For instance, “Accessories > Apple Original > Case” will display in the following way:

Note: The “All products” category is a default root category.

The system automatically generates the categories missing on the My company > Products page.

The Warranty column represents the client warranty duration amount (it's a number).

The Warranty period is the unit of measurement for the client warranty (days or months).

Note: the Warranty and Warranty period are not required. However, if you need to add the client warranty, make sure to fill in both columns.

The Serialized column is required. If you want to enable serialization, indicate “yes” in the line; if you want to leave the products non-serial, indicate “no”.

Remember: Enabling serialization is irreversible. Once activated, you'll have to enter the serial number for every product item.

If you have already customized the product form and want to load information into the custom fields using import, add a column at the end of the file. The title of this column should be the same as the name of the custom field in the product form.

E.g., you have a custom field named "Color" in the product form.

In the file to be imported, add a column with the same name (at the end of the file, after the “Serialised” column).

Your import file should have up to 2500 entries.

Hit the Import button on the My company > Products and categories page, attach the filled file, and hit the Import button to upload your Excel file with products to the RemOnline system.

Exporting products is the reverse process of product importing.

Hit the Export button on the My company > Products and categories page to initiate an Excel file download.

Remember: The product export downloads all product names and properties from all warehouses, regardless of the stock balances.

The export file is similar to the import sample file.

The file contains the ID, Code, SKU, Barcode, Name, Category, Unit of measurement, Client warranty (value and period), and Serialized columns. There are also columns with the current prices you can use for product repricing.

Stock balance export gets only the products with positive stock balance.

Hit the Export button on the Inventory > Stock page to start an automatic download of an Excel file with your product stock balances.

The file contains the ID, Code, SKU, Barcode, and Name columns — these are the product identifiers. Unit of measurement column shows the unit of measurement for each specific product. The Bin location column displays the bin if you have enabled the bin location. The Balance column contains the current quantity of your product items in the inventory. The Serial numbers column contains the serial numbers of serial products. The exported Excel file also contains the price columns.

Import simplifies your inventory-filling routine, and export enables you to get detailed product information for extended analytics.

Use the product import and export features for product repricing and bulk changes of the product properties. Just export the product data, perform changes, and import back the changed product data into RemOnline.

Note: Do not change the product ID column fields, because it's a system unique product identifier, meaning there cannot be two products with the same product ID, the system will consider the entry as a new product and will create a new product profile for it.