How does Sales Layer PIM connector for Excel work?
Sales Layer can import your Excel product catalogs in minutes, automatically identifying your set fields and taxonomies. Digital assets can also be imported and will be assigned to their relevant products. You can also continue to view your data in your usual Excel format, within your new PIM system. From here, you can connect your catalog to all of your sales channels and procurement platforms via our range of built-in connectors.
Import XLS product catalogs in seconds
Microsoft Excel has long been used by manufacturers, suppliers and retailers to input and maintain product data. However, as a database for information, the tool has severe limitations and can hamper the efficiency of your product information management. With Sales Layer, you can create a product catalog in Excel, then import it in seconds to PIM in seconds to create a centralized product hub. From here, data can be connected to your selling channels, with any changes automated to all touchpoints. This ensures consistent information wherever your buyers view your products.
Optimize your Excel product catalogs
Using Microsoft Excel for product information management can often cause confusion across teams and departments, with multiple versions circulating at the same time. These can be rife with outdated information, errors and missing fields. With PIM as your centralized database, you can easily identify gaps and errors in your data with our analytics tools. Any changes you then make can be automated across all channels so every stage of your supply chain is seeing accurate, updated and reliable information.
View and work in Excel format within PIM
While Excel is outdated and limited as a resource for product information management, the programme offers a user-friendly view that many stakeholders are familiar with and comfortable working in. That’s why Sales Layer PIM allows you to continue working with your product data in an Excel view - within a platform that automates and syndicates your catalogs in real time. In addition, Sales Layer offers a user-friendly interface that doesn’t require any technical expertise and can get you up to speed in just two hours.
Integrate your digital assets
One of the major advantages of importing your Excel product catalogs to Sales Layer PIM is the ability to integrate your digital assets with your product data. Sales Layer offers digital asset management (DAM) for uploading, storing and syndicating images, videos and other multimedia assets relating to your products. Product images and videos are, for example, stored within Sales Layer alongside their assigned product. An upgrade to storing assets separately from your Excel catalogs, this ensures that you have all of your data in the same convenient location and are displaying the correct assets across all of your sales channels.
