The data quality reports of My Product Manager show that not correctly filling in dimensions and/or weights is one of the most common and made mistakes. Dimensions and weights always need to be indicated. This way, the consumer knows what they buy online.
How can you see if your products contain these errors?
Check in the data quality report, which you can find in My Product Manager at ‘My reports’, ‘If isTradeItemNonphysical does not equal 'true' then grossWeight shall not be empty’ or ‘Depth/Height/Width is missing’ or any other error or warning related to the ingredient (statement).
If so, then follow the below steps to fill in the ingredient statement in a correct manner. This way, the product sheets will be visible to data recipients, even after the re-run.
How do you solve an error or warning?
This depends on through which way you register or edit your product sheets in My Product Manager.
Web interface My Product Manager
STEP 1
Log into the web interface of My Product Manager with your login credentials and go to ‘My products’.
STEP 2
Use the search function and enter the description, GTIN or brand of the product. To open the product sheet, click underneath ‘GTIN’ on the 14-digit GTIN of the product.
Next, click on ‘Edit data’ to edit the product sheet.
STEP 4
Verify if all relevant fields for dimensions and weights are filled in correctly. If necessary, use the complimentary available fields to correctly fill in dimensions and weights.
For the dimensions, fill in the field “height”, “depth” and “width”. Select in the field ‘unit of measure’ which unit of measure is used to express the value.
For the net weight*, fill in the field ‘net weight’. For the gross weight, fill in the field ‘gross weight’. Select in the field ‘unit of measure’ which unit of measure is used to express the value.
*The value of the net weight needs to equal the net content if this is expressed in (kilo)gram.
STEP 5
To fill in the value of the net content, use the field ‘Net content’. Select in the field ‘unit of measure’ the unit of measure that is used to express the value. Use the search function of My Product Manager and enter ‘net content’.
- Does the label mention a description of the net content? Then fill this in in the field ‘Net content Statement’. Specify in the field ‘language’ which language is used to fill in the description
STEP 6
Does the label also mention a drained weight, then fill this in in the field ‘drained weight’. Select in the field ‘unit of measure’ the unit of measure that is used to express the value. Use the search function of My Product Manager and enter ‘Drained weight’.
The GS1 standard concerning measurement rules can be found here.
STEP 7
Click on ‘Save’ or ‘Validate & Next’ to verify and validate the edit and the entire product sheet. If there are any other errors and/or warnings, then you need to resolve these as well.
STEP 8
Click on ‘validate and release’. The updated product sheet is now available to data recipients.
Trough another GS1 GDSN-datapool or a machine-to-machine-connection
STEP 1
Log into the user environment of your system and open the product sheet.
To communicate the dimensions and weights, there are several GS1 GDSN attributes available. Verify if all relevant attributes for dimensions and weights are filled in correctly. If necessary, use the complimentary available attributes to fill in the dimensions and weights.
- depth*, fill in here the depth of the product;
- height*, fill in here the height of the product;
- width*, fill in here the width of the product;
- netContent, fill in here the net content of the product;
- netContentStatement, does the label mention a discription of the net content? Then fill in this information here. Use this attribute in combination with the GS1 GDSN attribute ‘languageCode’ to specify the language.
- grossWeight*, fill in here the gross weight of the product;
- netWeight*, fill in here the net weight of the prodcut;
- The value of the net weight needs to equal the net content if this is expressed in (kilo)gram.
- drainedWeight*, does the label mention a drained weight? Then fill in this information here.
*In combination with the GS1 GDSN attribute ‘measurementUnitCode’ to specify the unit of measure..
The GS1 standard concerning measurement rules can be found here.
STEP 2
Make sure the edit is saved and the updated product sheet is available to data recipients by releasing or (re)publishing it to the data pool.
STEP 3
Verify after releasing or (re)publishing the CIC messages of the data recipient and if the My Product Manager data quality report does no longer contain errors and/or warnings.