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Fields in the General tab must be carefully filled in. If the mandatory data are not completed, the care product won’t be properly described in the exported catalogs.

Reminder: the unique key of a product is determined by:

• The manufacturer code (care product identification frame)

• The distributor code (care product identification frame)

• The product code (care product codes frame)

In the catalogs, a care product label must be unique except in the case where the manufacturer codes and/or distributors are different.

Care product identification

This frame is used to assigned a manufacturer, distributor and a name to the care product. 

How to fill in the characteristics:

• Assign a manufacturer and a distributor

  1. When the catalog does not contain any product, that it is created from scratch, the manufacturers and distributors don’t exist. They must be created. (see the documentation IWICATALOG - Parameters: Man/Dist tab  for the creation and IWICATALOG - EDI catalog settings to know how to replace manufacturers and/or distributors in the catalog when exporting)

  2. If the catalog has been imported, the groupment codes in the catalog will be indicated in each product

• Fill in the care product name that can be modified for a distributor (number of characters depending on the format):

  • 60 👉 in Opto11

  • 50 👉 in Optimeyes

• Manufacturer name: to indicate the original name of the care product given by the manufacturer

• B2C name: to indicate the name that you want to have on your B2C

• Public product: to indicate if the product is available in the Public catalogs or only for (a) groupment(s) il particular 

Care product codes

• GTIN (mandatory): fill in the GTIN, EAN or UPC code of the packaging. As a reminder, the GTIN code is equivalent to the UPC code (preceded by two zeros) and the EAN code (preceded by one zero)

• Product code (mandatory): assigned by the manufacturer, this code must be unique for the same manufacturer and distributor pair.

• EDI code (mandatory): code to use when ordering. If not used then equal to the product code.

• ACL code (mandatory): code assigned by the ACL. Identification number for products that do not have a marketing authorization and that are sold in pharmacies or parapharmacies. This code is used exclusively in France.

Main characteristics

• Care solution: specifies the function of the solution

  • Multipurpose

  • Peroxyde

  • Desinfection

  • Protein removal

  • Rinsing

  • Washing

  • Cleansing

  • Moisterizing

• Application type: specifies the type of contact lens to which the solution can be applied

  • Soft

  • Hard

  • Universal

• Expiration once opened: specifies the indicative number of days the product can be stored under normal conditions after opening

• Standard use duration: specifies the indicative number of days of use with the maintenance solution under normal use

Groupment

For further information about the management of groupments, click on the following link 👉 IWICATALOG - Groupment management

To add a groupment on a lens, click on the following link 👉 IWICATALOG - Groupment management

You can click on this link 👉 IWICATALOG - EDI catalog settings to learn how to manage groupments in exports.

Families

Families serve as filters. They can be used in iWiCatalog in order to easily find a set of products but also in exported catalogs in order to include or exclude products belonging to a family.

You can click on the linkl 👉IWICATALOG - EDI catalog settings to learn how to manage families in exports.

To add a family on a product, you must click on the list of available families and then click on the blue Add button, to make it appears in the table.

Only the visible families in the table are available on the product.