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Deleting Items in a Hosted Catalog

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Suppliers can delete individual products from a catalog, within Unimarket. Or delete items in bulk by exporting the catalog file, making changes offline, and re-uploading the revised CSV file. Changes must be Published for Review to take effect for customers.

 

Prerequisites

  • Audience: Premium Supplier

  • Intent: Delete individual products or products in bulk from an existing open catalog.

  • Access: Must be logged into the Unimarket supplier portal.

 

Delete Items Individually (Manually)

  1. Select Catalogs on the left panel.

  2. Click View Catalogs.

 

  1. Ensure the State filter is set to Open.

  2. Select the name of the desired catalog.

 

  1. Click the Active Products tab.

  2. Locate the desired item(s) using the Search field or Sort by field.

  3. Click Delete in the line item of the product you want to remove.

  4. A pop-up box will appear; select OK to confirm deletion.

    • The product is now moved to the Draft Products tab with a status of Deleted.

 

  1. Click the Draft Products tab to review the change.

  2. When ready, click Publish for Review.

  3. A confirmation message will appear. Select Publish.

 

  1. If your customer has enabled Catalog Review Approval, you will receive a message confirming submission for review. Reach out to your customer to request review and approval of the updated catalog.

 

Delete Items in Bulk via CSV Upload

To delete multiple products or an entire list of products from an existing catalog, you will use the Remove them option during the file upload.

  1. Export the Catalog File:

    • Click the Active Products tab.

    • Select More Actions and click Export Active Products.

    • On the Job Submitted box, click the here hyperlink

 

  • The Background Jobs screen will populate, click the Download link once the file is in a Finished State.

 

  1. Edit the File Offline:

    • Open the downloaded spreadsheet. Delete the rows for all products you want to remove from the catalog.

    • Save the updated file as a CSV (Comma delimited) file.

       

  2. Upload the Revised File:

    • Go to the Active Products tab.

    • Select More Actions

    • Click Upload Catalog File.

    • Select Browse to attach the updated CSV file.

    • In the drop-down under Products not in upload section, select:

      • Remove them: Any products that were in the original catalog but are not present in your new upload file will be deleted from the catalog.

      • Keep Them: Any products not in the upload file will remain in the catalog.

    • Select OK.

 

The Catalogs in Progress screen will appear to monitor the upload.

  1. Publish Changes:

    • When the status is complete, go to the Draft Products tab.

    • Select Publish for Review.

    • Select Publish in the confirmation message.

  2. Reach out to your customer to request review and approval of the updated catalog.

 

Important Notes on Customer Approval

  • Catalog Review Approval: If your customer has enabled this feature, any updates submitted (including deletions) must be accepted or declined by the customer, before any further changes can be made.

  • Disconnected Customer: When a supplier is disconnected from a customer who enabled Catalog Review Approval, the following actions are available: Export Active Products, Export Draft Products (if drafts exist), Close (if no published drafts exist), and Delete (if the Catalog is closed).

  • Deleting Draft Items: You can use the same CSV upload process (Steps 1-5) on the Draft Products tab. By selecting Export Draft Products to bulk delete items currently pending review.