Working with Designer Pages

In this article, you will learn how to easily export product data from Designer Pages and import as products in Canoa.

Step 1: Launch Designer Pages

• Open a folder in Designer Pages.

• Select the products you wish to bring into Canoa.

Step 2: Export Data

• Select Excel Export.

• Select Product Data.

• You may want to add additional data before exporting.

Selected products in a Design Pages folder

Optional* Step 3: Open a spreadsheet program

• Open the exported CSV in Excel, GoogleSheets, Airtable or your preferred spreadsheet program to update fields to match Canoa’s format.

Important note: Delete Designer Pages Product ID. This will cause an error during importing as Canoa gives a Product ID to each product when first imported.

• Refer to the Product Data Template for approved fields.

Product data before updated with Canoa approved field names.

Highlighted columns have be updated with Canoa approved field names.

• Now, download (export) the updated spreadsheet to a CSV file.

Step 4: Launch Canoa

• Open a Canvas (shown below) or Catalog Pro

• Upload the CSV file into Canvas or Catalog Pro.

• Match the fields in the CSV from Designer Pages with the Canoa provided fields.

If you complete Step 3, the fields will automatically match and populate once imported.

Upload icon in Canvas

Import window in Canvas

• Once imported, you will be prompted to add the product cards to the Canvas.

• The products will be automatically saved to your Catalog for use time and time again.

Newly imported product cards in Canvas

Read more about uploading a CSV file into Canvas here for further assistance.

Read more about importing CSV files with Catalog Pro here.

How to use your newly collected products in Canvas:

• Add additional product information, images and 2D drawings by right-clicking and choosing View Product Details.

• Search for similar and complementary products with the AI Recommendations icon in the bottom left corner of your Canvas.

Click on a product to activate Canoa AI. Right click to edit product details.

• Toggle between the product card view and image view when the product is selected.

• Use all of Canoa’s design tools to start creating your mood board, layout, or presentation.

Designer Pages product in Canoa's Canvas

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