If you are currently utilizing Brand Syndication to make your online content stand out on retailers' .coms or would like to begin, To-Do Lists can help you view and manage it efficiently and effectively. Get Core content in great shape with all of your recipients with the To-Do List feature in the Syndigo platform. This will show you exactly what’s missing or not yet perfect on all Core content products linked to any integrated or direct recipient.
Article Contents:
- Where to Find To-Do Lists
- To-Do List Overview
- Complete Product Setup Tab
- Fix Data Quality Issues Tab
- Publish & Address Feedback
Where to Find To-Do Lists
Navigate to the Connections tab and select any recipient that’s identified as Direct or Integrated – those are the two types of recipients that accept Core content publications. (Most recipients will be integrated.)
Each of these recipients has a To-Do dashboard as part of the first panel of the recipient page.
To-Do List Overview
Publication Status
This helpful overview provides automatic filters and another way of “seeing content’ and its syndication situation with retailers. It is especially useful for those “pending supplier action” (may need to make corrections and/or republish) and “synchronized” (helps to see those items in brand wins situations that need to be republished after a content update).
Retailer Syndication Information
Click the blue Information Icon to the right of the Recipient Name to open a Help article containing useful details like Feed Information, Product Details Page mapping, Image information and much more. Informative Syndication Information is available at a glance at the top of the Recipient Details page.
Using a Filter with To-Do Lists
If you only want to work on specific products today – maybe a single brand, or certain GTINs that have been updated recently – use a filter on the To-Do List. The filter works just like it does elsewhere on the site. Select the filter near the top of the Recipient page, above the rest of the To-Do List pane.
The To-Do List Has Three Tabs:
Complete Product Setup Tab
NOTE: The number located beneath “complete product setup” and before “products with set up issues” is the total number of products that have the issue. By clicking the “View All” in blue you will be taken directly to the All Products tab which is filtered to only those products.
The Complete Product Setup tab contains two panels:
- Summary of Product Setup Issues Panel
- Linked and Unpublished Products Panel
Summary of Product Setup Issues Panel
The Summary of Product Setup panel includes:
- Products Missing a Category
- Product Aging (Products linked but never published to the recipient)
- Products linked to recipient but not requirement set
*The percentage located beneath “Summary of Product Setup Issues” is the percentage of the linked products impacted by each issue.
Product Count and Product Impact:
- Product Count: Total number of products that have the issue. This number is always a link that lets you act to correct the issue.
- Product Impact: The percent of the linked products impacted by this issue.
Linked and Unpublished Products
The Product Linked and Unpublished Products panel breaks down aging products by weeks. The View and Unlink options available in the Summary Panel are also available here.
Actions on the Product Setup Tab
For any issue on the Product Setup tab, clicking the Product Count (in blue) will give you options to correct the issue.
Missing Category
- View: Arrive at the All Products tab, filtered to only the products with this issue. (may individually or bulk edit for a select few or all)
- Edit: Arrive at Bulk Edit, filtered to the products with this issue. You can quickly add a category and save your changes.
Aging
- View: Arrive at the All Products tab, filtered to the products that have not been published. Here, you can select one or more products and publish.
- Unlink: Unlinks all products in the product count from the recipient. NOTE: Recommended to first select View to see which products are impacted, then select the specific products you want to unlink. Select “Remove” to unlink the specified products.
Products Not Linked to Requirement Set
- View: Arrive at the All Products tab, filtered to the products that are not linked to a requirement set. (the ability to select specific items to bulk link is not available here)
- Link: Links all products in the product count to the requirement set. If the recipient has more than one requirement set, you will have the option to pick which one to link to. Again, recommended to View first to examine each item and link if appropriate.
Fix Data Quality Issues Tab
NOTE: The number located beneath “Fix Data Quality Issues” and before “Products with Data Quality Issues” is the total number of products that have issues. By clicking View All (in blue) you will be taken directly to the All Products tab which is filtered to only those products.
The Fix Data Quality Issues tab contains five panels:
- Summary of Product Data Issues Panel
- Missing Required Attributes Panel
- Top Missing Required Attributes Panel
- Critical Data Issues Panel
- Top Attributes with Critical Data Quality Issues Panel
Summary of Product Data Issues Panel
The Summary of Product Data Issues panel includes the following generalities:
- Missing attributes that are required by the recipient
- Attributes that are present, but have a critical data quality issue stopping publication
- Images of the wrong size or resolution
- Spelling or Grammatical Issues
The percentage located beneath “Summary of Product Data Issues” is the percentage of the linked products impacted by each issue.
The Summary of Product Data Issues panel shows the top 5 data quality issues impacting your products, combining both critical issues (that prevent you from publishing) and recommended issues (to meet best practices). This panel shows the top 5 issues and another bucket (“All other data issues”) for all remaining issues.
Some specific examples of Data Issues include the following:
- Required Attribute is missing value
- Asset DPI does not satisfy min and max allowed DPI
- Asset file type is invalid
- Not all words in the value are spelled correctly
- Subsequent word must be lower case but is not
- Value cannot contain duplicate consecutive phrases
- Asset file name has invalid number of characters
- Issues regarding duplicate values
- First word must be capitalized
- Value cannot contain multiple consecutive whitespace characters
- Attribute Must Contain a value
- All Values must be the same as each other
Data Issues Counts and Product Impact
- Product Count: Total number of products with the error. This number is always a link that lets you act to correct the error.
- Attribute Count: Within the products impacted, the total number of attributes that have this error.
- Occurrence Count: Within the products impacted, the total occurrences of this error across all products.
- Product Impact Percentage: The percent of linked products impacted by this issue.
NOTE: Not all Data Quality Issues prevent publication and successful synchronization/syndication.
Missing Required Attributes Panel
The Missing Required Attributes panel highlights the number of products missing 1 attribute, 2-3 attributes, 4-5 attributes, 6-9 attributes or 10+ attributes. Each recipient determines which attributes are required for publication.
Top Missing Required Attributes Panel
The Top Missing Required Attributes panel highlights the top missing attributes. This panel is driven by the recipient’s requirement set and whether or not the recipient has notated the attribute as required. These are the top 9 missing attributes with the tenth spot housing all remaining missing attributes. This list is dynamic and changes as you update your products.
Critical Data Issues Panel
The Critical Data Issues panel highlights the number of products that have 1 critical data quality issue, 2-3 critical data quality issues, 4-5 critical data quality issues, 6-9 critical data quality issues or 10+ critical data quality issues. These attributes have a value but something is flagged as an error. These errors must be corrected before the products can be published.
Top Attributes with Critical Data Quality Issues Panel
This panel highlights the attributes with critical Data Quality Issues. These are the top 9 attributes with critical data quality issues with the 10th spot housing all remaining missing attributes. This list is dynamic and changes as you update your products. These errors must be corrected before the products can be published.
Actions on the Data Quality Issues Tab
For any error on the Data Quality Issues tab, clicking the Product Count will give you the same two options to correct the issue:
- View: Takes you to the All Products tab, filtered to the products with this issue.
- Edit: Takes you directly to Bulk Edit, filtered to the products with this issue. From here, you can quickly edit and save your changes.
NOTE: Once changes are complete, you must publish to the recipient.
Publish & Address Feedback
NOTE: The number located beneath “Publish & Address Feedback” is the total number of products that have issues.
The Publish & Address Feedback tab contains two panels:
- Summary of Product Publication Issues Panel
- Publish & Address Feedback Product Table
Summary of Product Publication Issues Panel
The Summary of Product Publication Issues Panel includes:
- 100% Ready but Unpublished
- Products with Publication Issues
- Products Published When Not Ready
*The percentage located beneath “Summary of Product Publication Issues” is the percentage of the linked products impacted by each issue.
Product Count: Total number of products that have the issue. This number is always a link that lets you act to correct the issue.
Product Impact: The percent of the linked products impacted by this issue.
Actions on the Publish & Address Feedback Panel
For any issue on the Publish & Address Feedback tab, clicking the Product Count (in blue) will give you options to correct the issue.
100% Ready but Unpublished
- View: Arrive at the All Products tab, filtered to only the products with this issue. (may individually or bulk edit for a select few or all)
- Edit: Arrive at Bulk Edit, filtered to the products with this issue. You can quickly publish your products within Bulk Edit.
Products with Publication Feedback
- View: Arrive at the All Products tab, filtered to the products that have been published and received Recipient Feedback. Here, you can select one or more products to correct and republish.
- Address: Takes you directly to Bulk Edit, filtered to the products with Feeback issues. From here, you can quickly edit and save your changes.
Products Published When Not Ready
- View: Arrive at the All Products tab, filtered to the products that were published prematurely.
- Address: Takes you directly to Bulk Edit, filtered to the products with this issue. From here, you can quickly edit and republish.
Actions on the Publish & Address Feedback Product Table
Select products by placing a check mark to the left to select the product and take the following actions:
- Publish - Publish one or more products directly from this tab to the chosen recipient.
- Edit - Select a single product to edit within a Product Details Page.
- Bulk Edit - Select one or more products to edit within a Bulk Edit page.
- Unlink - Unlink one or more selected products from the chosen recipient.
- Export Table - Download the data contained within the product table for further analysis. Exporting this view is particularly helpful when reviewing Recipient Feedback details.
