The Products Clipboard feature in Product Manager PRO offers a powerful way to manage and apply bulk changes to multiple products quickly and efficiently. This tool acts like a clipboard for your products, allowing you to copy, update, or apply changes across a selection of products in a few simple steps.
Key Features
1. Add Products to Clipboard
- Easily select one or more products from the product list and add them to the clipboard.
- The clipboard acts as a temporary storage area where you can apply changes to multiple products at once.
2. Bulk Actions on Clipboard Products
Once products are added to the clipboard, you can perform a variety of bulk actions:
- Apply Changes Across All Clipboard Products:
- When you make changes to one product, you can apply those same changes to all products in the clipboard.
- This includes fields like product name, price, quantity, etc.
- Bulk Assign Categories:
- Assign or remove categories for all products in the clipboard in one action.
- Bulk Update Manufacturers:
- Assign or remove manufacturers for multiple products at once.
- Bulk Add or Remove Filters:
- Add or remove filters for the products in the clipboard simultaneously.
- Bulk Assign Related Products:
- Assign or remove related products for all clipboard items in a few clicks.
- Assign Stores in Bulk:
- Choose which stores to assign the products to and apply this change in bulk.
3. Efficient Bulk Updates
- Save time by making changes to multiple products at once without needing to go through each product individually.
- Apply the same changes across products with one simple action, ensuring consistency across your product catalog.
4. Quick Management
- The clipboard acts as a temporary workspace where you can manage and update products quickly without affecting your entire product list.
- Perform actions like enabling or disabling, copying, or deleting products, or making category-related changes without navigating through each individual product.
How to Use the Products Clipboard
- Add Products to Clipboard:
- From the product list, select the products you wish to add to the clipboard.
- Click the “Add to Clipboard” button to add them to the clipboard for bulk editing.
- Make Changes:
- Once products are added, you can make edits to one product, and those changes can be applied to all the clipboard products.
- Use the options to bulk update categories, manufacturers, filters, related products, and stores.
- Apply Bulk Actions:
- After making the desired changes, apply the actions to the entire clipboard by selecting the action button (e.g., Assign Categories, Update Manufacturers).
- Clear Clipboard:
- Once your actions are complete, clear the clipboard to free up space for new bulk actions.
Benefits
- Massive Time Savings: Make changes to multiple products at once instead of editing them individually.
- Improved Consistency: Ensure consistency across your product catalog by applying the same changes to clipboard products.
- Flexibility and Control: Add, update, or delete categories, manufacturers, and more in bulk, all from the clipboard.
- User-Friendly: A straightforward, easy-to-use interface makes managing large product inventories simple.
How to add products to clipboard
Select the product checkbox and click on Add to Clipboard
Now you can perform the following actions
- Bulk add or remove categories for the products in the clipboard.
- Bulk update Manufacturers
- Bulk add or remove filters
- Bulk assign related products
More options…
When you edit the table values or add images to the products, you can copy these same values to all the clipboard products. For that, you will have to select the checkbox as shown in the image below
For example, I want to update quantity to 100 to all products in the clipboard.
The action now will be applied for all the products in the clipboard
When you refresh the page, you can see the data is updated.
The Products Clipboard feature is an essential tool for OpenCart store owners looking to streamline their product management process, save time, and ensure consistency across their entire product catalog.