ERP Fields Available on the Web

 

On your SKU and SKU Detail listings, WebAlliance can display information about your items that are pulled from your ERP system. Here's an overview of the fields that can be displayed on your item listings.

NOTE - If your website uses the PIM-Enterprise, Custom Fields are supplied there. It's not necessary to create them in the ERP system.

BrandOrSupplier Name

For more information about how BrandOrSupplier works, check out our article about Supplier Information

  • BrandName -PIM/User Defined Field
  • Supplier - Defined by the item's primary Supplier ID

You can (and should) use Supplier Name Override in the WebAlliance Admin panel to override the displayed name of an ERP supplier ID

Alternative Part Numbers

  • Supplier Part Number (ERP Dependent)
  • Alternate Part Number (sometimes available)
  • Customer Part Number - defined by a user profile's customer code

Item Suggestions

Supplementary Data

  • Field1 - Field5 (HTML Compatible Custom Fields - Can be used for various purposes)
  • Price Fields 1-10 (could be used as a reference price field - also can be used to sort search results and category listings)
  • Item Weight 
  • Keywords (from the ERP system)
  • Short Code

Price Fields work differently depending on your ERP system. Contact Aldrich Web Solutions with any questions.

Item Description Fields

Part Description (ERP Short Item Description)

Extended Description (ERP Long Item Description)

Web Description (PIM/Custom Field) 

Web Short Description (PIM/Custom Field)

Quick note about displaying Web Description - This is the recommended way of setting up your SKU Detail listing. There are 2 ways to make it work, though:

  1. Just use the Web Desc field. If there's a value, it will be displayed. If there's no value, nothing will be displayed.
  2. Show Web Desc if there's a value. If not, display the value from Web Short Desc. If that's empty, show Part Description *plus* Extended Description. This method ensures there will always be something in the description of your item's SKU Detail page.

Web Headline (PIM/Custom Field is automatically shown as the H1 on the SKU Detail page) 

Web Meta Description (PIM/Custom Field becomes the meta description for the SKU Detail page)

Web Meta Keyword (PIM/Custom Field) (NOTE - this does not set the meta keywords for the Item Detail page but it is searchable in the internal WebAlliance search engine)

Web Title (PIM/Custom Field is automatically shown in the Title bar of the SKU Detail page)

Notes on including HTML in these fields

Some of these listed fields are HTML Compatible. Generally, less is more here. Feel free to use HTML to enhance the text to include links, to make the text bold, to include bullet points, or for basic styling.  

Also, if you press <Enter> while placing information in these fields, (Web Desc for example), the <Enter> is interpreted as an extra line break on the website. If you develop the content in a place that generates HTML, it's a good idea to run that content through a whitespace stripping utility, which can be found through a web search.

Your website already applies styling to all elements. Any HTML you include in these fields will override the default styles. This could complicate troubleshooting and maintenance.