Viewing and Editing Items in the PIM

This article covers the different ways that you can view items, filter the items down,  select the items you want to edit, and then finally edit the items within PIM Enterprise.

Viewing Category Items

Items within a category will display inside the "Items" tab in the Details Window.  From here you will be able to see the items Part Number, ERP Description, and Web Description. 

Filtered View for Category Items

The items that are listed can be filtered in two ways: 

1. Quick Filter

The quick filters are located between the items and column headers.  Here you can quickly filter down the items based on the Part Number, ERP Description, or Web Description.  In the case above, we filtered down the items by those which had a Part Number that contains the value "TRT2 CSER16-01". 

2. Detailed Filter

The detailed filter is above the list of items to the left of the "Export" and "Import" buttons.  There you can filter down the items based on any of the following item details:

  • Part Number
  • ERP Description
  • Brand Name
  • Web Description
  • Web Short Description
  • Tags
  • User Fields 1-5
  • Search Keywords
  • Web Headline
  • Web Keywords
  • Web Meta Description
  • Web Title
  • Features

All Items Finished Definition

The "All Items Finished Definition" is used to see what filters are being applied.  With this tool, you can define which items are finished and will no longer show in the "All Items" list.  You can add filters or clear filters accordingly. 

If there are no items remaining that are missing the selected definition, a special message will be displayed that there are no items to display due to filters.  This message can be clicked in order to update your definition filters.

Editing Category Item(s)

Item Selection

Before you can start editing, you need to select an item or group of items.  This can be done using some of the standard keyboard and mouse shortcuts.

  1. Left-click:  This will select a single item from the category.
  2. Ctrl + Left-click:  This allows for multiple items to be selected from the category.
  3. Shift + Left-click:  This selects all items between the first and second selections from the category.
  4. Ctrl + A:  This will select all items from the category.

Item General Info

The "General Info" tab is where most of the details about an item can be edited.  This includes the item descriptions, web information, brand, and even user fields.  Once you have made a change to the item, select "Save" in the bottom right corner. 

The "General Info" tab also comes with tools to help you edit these details, like HTML/Textile Preview and Smart Edit.

PIM Enterprise allows for editing of multiple selected items at one time.  When you click "Save", you will be prompted to verify the decision.  This action cannot be undone, so always double-check that you have the correct selection of items before proceeding.

When selecting multiple items, NO values will populate in the item details section.  This is because there could be a variety of values for those selected.

HTML/Textile Preview

One of the tools under the "General Info" tab is HTML/Textile Preview.  This allows you to preview any HTML or Textile markup as if it were displaying on the website.  This can be done by clicking the "Preview HTML" link.  This will open a pop-up that will display the preview.  For more information on the Textile Markup Language, see our articles here.

Smart Edit

Another tool under the "General Info" tab is Smart Edit.  Smart Edit is a feature within PIM Enterprise that allows you to create item data on items using information the system already knows about those items.  To learn more, please see our article on Using Smart Edit.