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How to add a product in your Order Guide
How to add a product in your Order Guide

This article provides a step-by-step guide on how to add products to your Order Guide through various methods: from a supplier’s catalog, by uploading an invoice, manually, or using an Excel template.

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Written by Iana Lebourdais
Updated this week

💡 Make sure you have already added your suppliers. If not, follow the instructions in our article, How to add suppliers

Add products from a supplier’s catalog

  1. Click on a supplier chat

  2. Next, click on Start order

  3. You can search for products by category via the search bar (e.g. “Produce”)

    1. Click on a category

    2. Browse the list of products

    3. Click on Add

    4. Add as many as you like

    5. Finally, click on Save changes

  4. To search for products by name via the search bar (e.g. “Carrots”)

    1. Tap the name of the product you are looking for on the search bar

    2. Select the product and click on Add

    3. Finally, click on Save changes

How to add products from the supplier's catalog within the Choco App


Upload an Invoice

⚠️ Following these steps will add products to your current Order Guide. If you want only the products from your invoice, make sure to delete the ones you no longer need

  1. Click on the card Upload a past invoice or stock-take sheet

  2. Take a photo via the camera or select one you previously took

  3. Upload as many invoices as you want

  4. Click the Send button to trigger the request

  5. We’ll send you a push notification to let you know once the products have been added

How to upload a past invoice to generate an order guide via Choco App


Add products manually

These steps are possible only if the supplier allows custom products or if the supplier doesn't have a catalog.

  1. Click on Start Order

  2. Click on Add Product

  3. Click on Manually add products

  4. Type in the name of the product, the unit and optionally Product ID, Price, Par & Category

  5. Click on Add to create the product

  6. Once the product is created, you can click on Add Product to add another one


Add products with the Excel template

You can edit your Order Guide via an Excel template directly on the Webtool.

  1. Click on Start Order

  2. Click on More, top right

  3. Click on Export to download the Excel template

  4. Open the file using Excel or Google Sheets

  5. Manually add the products by entering the product name, unit, and optionally Product ID, Price*, Par and Category

  6. Save the file as a Microsoft Excel format

  7. Click on More, top right

  8. Click on Import. A new window titled Upload Excel template will open on the right

  9. Drag and drop your Microsoft Excel file into the window

  10. The products from the Excel template will now appear in your Order Guide

*The price must be entered in cents, without any dots or commas (e.g., 50€ should be written as 5000) and without including the currency symbol.


Excel template information fields

Below are all the current product information fields that you can include on your excel template.

Information field

Excel tag

What it refers to

Product name*

product_name

The name of the product that is sent along with your orders to the supplier.

Unit*

unit

The quantity and measurement at which each product is sold.

Product ID

externalId

The numeric code identifying the product in your supplier’s catalog.

Product display name

display_name

The product’s name in your order guide. Only visible to you and your team.

Price**

price

The product’s custom price to be written as a number without the currency. Only visible to you and your team.

Currency

currency

The price currency. This should be written as EUR, USD or GBP.

Par

par

The minimum amount at which a product should be on-hand in your inventory at all times. Only visible to you and your team.

My category

category

The product’s category in your order guide. Only visible to you and your team.

*Mandatory

**The price must be entered in cents, without any dots or commas (e.g., 50€ should be written as 5000) and without including the currency symbol.

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