Product Uploader - New experience

❗ Important: The feature described in this topic is in Preview status.For a description of product phases, see Product lifecycle phases. New features will be added iteratively based on user feedback. This feature requires a technical representative to enable it for your marketplace. Please contact your AppDirect representative to request access.

The Product Uploader - New Experience provides an improved, streamlined interface for managing product catalogs in bulk. This preview version offers enhanced usability, better error handling, and a more intuitive workflow for creating, updating, and managing products at scale.

Capabilities

• User Interface capabilities
  • Visual feedback: Clear indicators for upload status, validation results, and processing progress
  • Contextual help: Inline guidance and tooltips throughout the interface
• File management
  • Drag-and-drop support: Easily upload files by dragging them into the upload area
  • File preview: Preview CSV files before processing to verify content
  • Progress Tracking: Real-time progress indicators for long-running operations
• Enhanced validation
  • Pre-upload validation: Validate your CSV files before upload to catch errors early
  • Detailed error reports: Comprehensive error messages with specific row and column references
  • Data type checking: Automatic validation of data types and formats

Prerequisites

• Feature enablement: Contact your AppDirect technical representative to enable the Product Uploader - New Experience for your marketplace.
• Permissions: You must have Marketplace Manager or Developer role permissions.

File formats and sizes supported

• CSV file structure
  • Encoding: UTF-8 encoding is required
  • Delimiter: Comma (,) as field separator
  • Headers: First row must contain column headers
  • Quotes: Text fields containing commas should be quoted
  • Line endings: Use standard line breaks (LF or CRLF)
• File size limits
  • Maximum file size: 1 GB per file
  • Product limit: Up to 25,000 products per file
  • Asset impact: Files with images/assets may support fewer products due to size constraints

  📝 Note: Keep files under 1 GB total size, including all assets.

Migration Path

• Both experiences may be available during the preview period
• You can switch between experiences (if both are enabled)
• Data created in either experience is compatible
• No data migration required when switching.
• Activity logs data generated is exclusive to the experience used.

Access new experience

Once enabled by your technical representative:

1. Log in to your AppDirect marketplace
2. Navigate to Products > Manage product catalogs
3. Click Product uploader
4. Click the Try New Experience button. The new Product Uploader page opens.

Limitations

As a preview feature, the following limitations apply:

• Feature completeness: Some advanced features may not be available yet.
• Performance: Large operations may take longer than the final version.
• UI changes: Interface may change as features are added
• Documentation: Documentation will be updated as features are releases.