Supplier Contract Pricing

3 | Import/Export Supplier Contract Price File

This article covers Import/Export Price File in Supplier Contract Pricing within Backoffice. Importing and Exporting Price File can be done either an XML file or CSV file. Supplier Contract Pricing is available from Bepoz v4.7+.

This article covers Import/Export Price File in Supplier Contract Pricing within Backoffice.

Importing and Exporting  Price File can be done either an XML file or CSV file.

Supplier Contract Pricing is available from Bepoz v4.7+.

Prerequisite
  • To access to the Supplier Contract Pricing Settings; the applicable Operator privileges will need to be enabled:
    • Operator Maintenance 'Stock Control' Tab
      • All 'Supplier Contract Pricing' flags

Import/Export File Format
  • The Import and Export Price file format can be found in the below table:
 
 

Filed

Type

Description

ProducID(Bepoz) Long int The existing Bepoz ProductID (if exists)
SupplierID Long int The Bepoz SupplierID (if exists)
Supplier Name Text 100 The Supplier Name (if exists)
Supplier Code Long int The Supplier Product code (if exists)
Product Description Text 200 The product description (if exists) 
Cost Ex int $0.00
Start Date Date * DD/MM/YYYY - the date that the pricing becomes valid
* This field should be blank when Price file is exported
End Date Text * DD/MM/YYYY - the date that the pricing is no longer valid
This field should be blank when Price file is exported
Order Size   1 = Unit
2 = Case
*This field should be blank when Price file is exported
Order Size Barcode Long int
  • Barcode number for quantity (i.e unit or case)
  • This field should be blank when Price file is exported
Price Type   S = Standard
P = Promotion
* This field should be blank when Price file is exported
Preferred Supplier Boolean Yes = Change
No = No Change
* A product can only have a single preferred supplier record per store or globally
* This field should be blank when Price file is exported
 

 


Import/Export Price File
  • In Supplier Contract Pricing, Operators can Import/Export Price File from a local storage file
  • The Price File can be imported either using an XML file or a CSV file
  • To Import a Price File using a CSV file, follow the below steps:
    1. Select 'Import Price File' option on the top header of Supplier Contract Pricing.
    2. A Supplier List window will display for you to select a Supplier. Select a Supplier and click 'Select Supplier' button
    3. Select the CSV file from the local storage file
    4. Once its imported and no error messages displayed, the price file record will be categorised into four different categories

Record Type

Description

Matched Products
  • Price file product is linked to the selected Supplier in the Price file and linked to a Bepoz Product
  • A product is a matched product when Supplier, Supplier Code and ProductID (Bepoz) match
Un-matched Products
  • The Price file Product is linked to the selected supplier in the Price file and NOT linked to a Bepoz Product
Linked Products
  • The Price file product doesn't have a Price file entry but has a link to the selected supplier
Un-Linked Products
  • The Price file product neither has a price file entry and nor a linked supplier
 
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Import Processing Window

 

  • While importing, Operator can either:
    • Accept 
      •  Imports all matched and edited records in the 'Keep' state
      • Discards all records in the 'Discard' state
      • Reprocess for errors, if any
    • Reprocess
      • Reprocess records and displays further errors for these records or hides them from the screen if no longer in error state
    • Cancel
      • Returns to Suppliers Contract Pricing home page and doesn't import any records
  • Operators can also manually action Price file records before the import process is completed; these options are:
    • Keep
      • Where a ProductID (Bepoz) exists, creates a Supplier pricing record in Bepoz, then creates a Supplier Link and sets the Preferred Supplier
    • Discard
      • Records are discarded and not stored in the database
    • Reprocess
      • Records are reprocessed further errors.
  • N.B Not all Actions are available for all error record types which means an error record may only have an action type of Discard.
  • To Export a Price File, you would need to select the Venue and Store first and then select the supplier
    • You can select multiple products from different suppliers if you wish, it would create an export file per supplier
  • Select the 'Export List' button to export the selected products
  • Save the file either in CSV or XML
  • From there you can send the Exported file to your Supplier and they can fill in the File using the File Format above