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Steps to start the upload
On this page we clarify some steps you should follow before your upload.
Import
After you have made your settings and preparations, you can now start getting your data from the cloud or your spreadsheet into the tool. Therefore use the Cloud Synchronization Button or one of the Import Forms.
After you have successfully imported your data into the tool, it will look something like this, depending on your user interface settings:
Transfer Rules of the Product Settings
When you're importing with Spreadsheets, there's a lot to consider when it comes to choosing products, marketplaces, colors, and scaling options. Depending on which spreadsheet files you use, there are different rules.
MBA.xlsx
If you use the MBA.xlsx file, there is not much to consider. In it you specify the template name that you created in the settings. If it is specified correctly, it will be selected during the import. Otherwise the Default template is selected, which is usually also called Default in your settings and is the first template in the list.
MBA_Old.xlsx
For some use cases it can be helpful to use the MBA_Old.xlsx spreadsheet. However, since not all relevant information for the product settings can be transmitted with it, there have to be rules to assign you the product settings within the tool. To be exact, it's all about your Product Types, Colors and Market specifications. If you import with information from:
Product Types, Colors, Market We create a custom template in the tool, which contains the information from your specifications and take the missing information, such as scaling values and hex colors, from your default template.
Product Types, Colors We could only guess for which markets you want to publish your given product types and colors. Therefore, the default template will be applied.
Product Types, Market We create a custom template in the tool, which contains the information from your specifications and take all the colors, scaling values and hex colors of your given product types form the default template.
Product Types The default template will be applied because only importing products isn't enough information to build custom templates.
Colors, Market We create a custom template in the tool, which contains the information from your specifications and activate all the products that are activated on your given markets from the default template.
Colors The default template will be applied because only importing colors isn't enough information to build custom templates.
Market We create a custom template in the tool, which contains the information from your specifications and activate all the products and colors that are activated on your given markets from the default template.
None of the three was present If you imported no information regarding product types, colors or market, we assume that you want your default template to be applied.
Check
Before you can upload, you should make sure that all data has been imported correctly. For MBA you should pay attention to the listing and the product settings.
Listing
Expand your Row and check if your listing was imported correctly.
In our example everything was imported successfully. As you can see the language labels tell us that something is warning us at FR. Let's hover and see what it tells us.
It tells us that the given listing for FR is not available or not in the expected language for the french marketplace. Translating from one of our existing listings will do the trick, which will be shown in the next step.
Yellow warnings do not stop you from starting the upload. The tool can also translate during the upload process. However, we recommend to perform all possible steps in the tool.
Translation
If you want to translate before uploading, you can do this for each row individually by right-clicking on a row and selecting Translate, or if you want to translate all rows at once, you can click Select All in the Workspace Controls and then the Translation icon.
It has now been translated into FR and there is no warning anymore.
Product Settings
One of the most important checks you should do before uploading is to check if your specified template was assigned correctly, a proper custom template was created from the information of an old spreadsheet or if the settings from LazyCloud were transferred properly to the cloud template created in the tool.
To do this, we call up the Platform Product Settings via the Shirt icon and see the product table for each row in the workspace in the window that opens.
On the left we see the title and filename of the loaded listings in the workspace. Selected is the first design from the list, which has been assigned a custom template. Since our table file for testing was still an outdated MBA_Old.xlsx file, a Custom Product Setting was created as expected.
If you are not satisfied with what has been assigned, you can now change it here. Either you make individual settings, such as selecting or deselecting products, or you click on the Select Template dropdown field and select a different Product Settings template.
A custom template is just a temporarily created template. It is not saved in your template settings and changes to the custom template only affect the selected design.
Image Conversion
If your LazyConverter setting is turned on and you want us to convert your images to the recommended format, check again if you want whitespaces removed and how the results look in our Image Preview.
Trademarks
If you want to check your trademarks in LazyMerch, it is recommended to do it after the translation. If you have activated the Initial Check, the TM button will already show you by color if the entries you imported contain trademarks or not. Furthermore, you should have checked if your trademark settings show the Nice classes you want.
If you want more explanation about Trademark Check and all the different options, click here.
Start
After you have conscientiously completed all the previous steps, the next step is the launch. You have the following options:
Upload a single or all selected designs
To upload a single design or several selected ones, select the desired quantity and right-click on one of the selected designs. In the right click options select "Upload selected".
Start upload for MBA only
To start the upload for one platform only, in our case MBA, you can right-click on MBA in the collapsed platform navigation bar and select the Play button to start.
Or if the Platform Navigation Bar is expanded, you can reach the Play button without right-clicking.
Start by Running All
If you click the Run All button at the top right of the workspace, all platforms in which you have loaded listings will start. There is also a Run Sequenced option that allows you to control how many platforms can run at the same time.
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