The "PDF Productsheets" module enables you to generate PDF files with product information, which are prepared for certain channels and/or locales, in a user-friendly manner.
The module offers the following options of the data range to be generated in PDF files:
- all product information;
- channel-specific product information;
- locale-specific product information.
Installation
To install the "PDF Productsheets" module to your system, go to Administration > Module Manager
, find this module in the "Store" list and click Install
:
Select the desired version in the installation pop-up window that appears and click the Install
button. The module background will turn green and it will be moved to the "Installed" section of the Module Manager. Click Run update
to confirm its installation.
Please, note that running the system update will lead to the logout of all users.
To update/remove the "PDF Productsheets" module from the system, use the corresponding options from its single record actions menu in the Module Manager.
Administrator Functions
Generally, the "PDF Productsheets" module has no settings, however, to be able to generate PDF files for the locale-specific product data, the multi-languages parameters are to be configured. For this go to Administration > Multi-Languages
, choose the desired language(s) from the drop-down list that appears once you click the Input language list
field:
Click the Save
button to apply the configuration or Cancel
to abort the process.
User Functions
After the module installation, the Product Sheet
option appears both in the single record actions menu on the product records list/plate view page
and on the product detail view page:
Click this option to open the product sheet generator pop-up:
Please, note that the Locale
parameter is available only when the "Multi-Languages" module is activated by the administrator.
Product Sheet Settings
In the product sheet generator pop-up, specify the following parameters:
-
Product sheet template – the list of templates for generating the PDF files. The
Default product sheet template
option is defined by default. To expand the list of templates, please, contact us or your developer. -
Channel – the list of channel names that are linked to the given product record. The
Only global scope
option is defined by default, i.e. all product attribute values with theGlobal
scope will be generated to the PDF file. To generate channel-specific attribute values (including multichannel attributes), select the desired channel name in the list:Please, note that if there are no channels linked to the product record, then the
Channel
drop-down list will contain only one option –Only Global Scope
. -
Locale – the list of locales according to the options configured by the administrator. For each locale, a separate PDF file should be generated.
Product Sheet Generation
Click the Generate product sheet
button to start the operation. As a result, the PDF file, generated according to the defined parameters, will be open in a new tab:
Here all the data from the OVERVIEW
and PRODUCT ATTRIBUTES
panels of the given product record are displayed.
Please, note that in the generated PDF file, None
is shown for the unfilled data fields and attributes.
If there are no records on the IMAGES
panel of the given product at all or with the channel scope defined in the product sheet generator, there will be no image preview in the generated PDF file:
The generated product sheets can be used later as attachments to the reports, tables, printed catalogs with product information, etc.
Generating Mass Product Sheets
AtroPIM also supports the ability to generate product sheets for up to 200 products at the same time via the Generate PDF
mass action on the product records list view:
The product sheet generator pop-up appears:
Since only global product values are generated for the products array, there is no Channel
parameter in this pop-up.
Click the Generate product sheet
button to start the operation – the Queue Manager pop-up will open displaying the operation status and progress:
In the Queue Manager pop-up, click the Download
button for the completed operation to view the generated PDF file in a separate tab.
If you need to generate PDF files for product records within one catalog, filter the products by the desired catalog and use the Generate PDF
mass action:
Product Sheets History
To view the list of generated product sheets, click the History
button in the product sheet generator pop-up, executed via the Generate PDF
mass action on the products list view page:
On the "Attachments" list view page, the records are sorted by their creation time. They can be viewed in a separate pop-up via the View
option from the single record actions menu:
To remove a product sheets history record, use the Remove
option and confirm your decision in the pop-up that appears.
Get the "PDF Productsheets" module now to generate as many product sheets as needed via a user-friendly mechanism! The ability to generate product sheets for catalogs is also included!