Select similar items from a list

Owned by Anousha MENDY (Unlicensed)
Last updated: Aug 01, 2022
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Jul 22, 2022

VLK 105 - May 2022 - VUSION Link

Concept

Today our matching process is based on a link between the label ID and the item Id (that can be the item barcode). If you have a pack of more than one item without having a specific barcode for this pack, the matching needs to be adapted to display the right pack prices instead of the unitary price of the product.

For those cases, and if you have defined a specific internal code for the pack, VUSION Link offers the possibility to perform a matching on similar items. Each package item is considered as a unique and single item.

 

Please note that the feature requires the use of the following software:

  • Studio

  • VUSION Manager

  • VUSION Link

How to?

Step 1: Edit the BO file

You must have/add (if not existing yet) a "parentItemId" field in your BO files.
It is important to note that the similar items should always have the same “ParentItemId”.

Here for example, for all San Pellegrino articles we have the same “ParentItemId”: 333.

Step 2: Map this new field in Studio and deploy your new setting

To be understood by our system, you need to map this new field into your setting thanks to Studio.

A. Back Office tab

You need to reconfigure the BO file in Studio.


1- Click on “Add new configuration”.

2- Complete sections with the name of the file, type of the file, pattern and text file encoding.

3- Add file.

4- Save configurations.

B. Semantics tab

1- Check the following boxes.

2- On the semantics tab, map your new field on “parentItemId”. Drag and drop the new fields from your BO in the mapping section. Make sure the fields are matching the fields in the article data section.

 

Step 3: Deploy the setting of Studio on VUSION Manager

Read the VUSION Manager user guide part 2.5.2 to know more on how to deploy a setting
VUSION Manager documentation.

 

Step 4: Activate the feature on VUSION Manager

  1. Go to your “Technical configuration” tab on your retail chain.

  2. Go to “V-Link” tab, select “No” on the section “Item: Matching unknown”, so that VUSION Link will search within the existing items.

  3. Select “Yes” on the section “Item: Select similar item from list” to activate the feature on VUSION Link.

  4. Save configurations.

 

Step 5: VUSION Link

On VUSION Link matching page:

1- Scan the label or type the label ID.

2- Important! Put the “ParentItemId” in the item id box. For example here: 333.

3- Click on save.

4- You will then have the list of all the similar articles. Choose the articles you need to match with the label. It will save automatically.