Understanding and utilizing Products
This article will help you organize and manage product data efficiently, ensuring consistency and completeness for working with Canoa and uploading your data onto the platform.
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This article will help you organize and manage product data efficiently, ensuring consistency and completeness for working with Canoa and uploading your data onto the platform.
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A product in Canoa represents an item that can be used in your interior design projects. This could be furniture, decor, or any other element you want to include in your designs. Each product in your Catalog contains essential details such as name, description, manufacturer, and specifications that help in identifying and utilizing it effectively.
A product in Canoa goes a bit further than a traditional PDF spec. On Canoa, products contain marketing images, CAD files, commercial data, certifications and more. A product here is logical entity that represents a particular product in the real world.
Products are important because they are the building blocks for everything we do on Canoa. Any design made on Canoa is a combination of products put together with a particular objective in mind. Products drive the recommendation engine, your ability to schedule designs and your catalog.
The Canoa product schema, or data model, is a structured format for organizing product data to ensure consistency and completeness to be ready for uploading to Canoa. It includes various key fields listed below with descriptions and the necessary format required.
Field Name | Description | Format |
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Here’s an example of how data might look in a CSV file following the Canoa framework outlined above:
CanoaGPT can assist with verifying data, correcting formatting issues, optimizing data for better organization, and converting files to the required formats. When using CanoaGPT, this model helps ensure that your data is correctly formatted and complete, ready for uploading to Canoa.
To learn how to use the CanoaGPT model on Open AI's ChatGPT, read onto the next article for a step-by-step guide. Have your CSV file ready to go.
Product ID
A Canoa defined unique identifier for the product
string
Product Name
A human readable product name or description
string
SKU
Stock keeping unit, unique identifier
alphanumeric
Images
Stock or marketing image of the product
URL (copy image address)
Drawing
2D vector drawing (top-down view)
.dwg, .dxf, .3dm
Manufacturer
Name of the manufacturer
string
Vendor
Name of the vendor
string
Color
Color description
string
Material
Materials used
string
Description
Detailed description
string
Quantity
The number of items available or required
integer
Size
Dimensions ("W x "D x "H)
string
List Price
Product's list price
currency
Discount
Discount rate
percent
Sell Price
Price after discount
currency
Net Price
Price after all discounts
currency
Markup
Markup rate
percent
Net Discount
Net discount rate
percent
Lead Time (Weeks)
Time required to deliver, including transit in weeks, (i.e. 12 Weeks)
integer
Finish
Product finish
string
Fabric
Fabric details if applicable to the product
string
Product URL
Link to the product's webpage
URL
Category
Canoa product category
string, single select
Subcategory
Canoa product subcategory
string, single select
Tags
Tags for classification (search-ability)
string
Available Stock
Stock quantity
integer
Weight (lbs)
Weight of the assembled product
decimal
Condition
Product condition (e.g., New, Used)
single select
Warranty
Warranty details in years
integer
Certifications
Associated certifications
URL
Configuration
Configuration details
COM/COL
Embodied Carbon
Carbon footprint of the product
Decimal
Customized
Customization status (Yes, No)
single select
Alternate SKU
Alternate identifier
string
Last Update
Timestamp of last update
string (ISO 8601 format)
Recycling Info
Recycling details
string
Attachments
Any additional information (i.e. Assembly Instructions)
URL