Click on and validate a new catalog” “Upload You will be prompted to enter a catalog name. Please use the following naming conventions: Contract catalog: companyname_contract#_eVAcatalog Example: Acme_40500_eVAcatalog Non-contract catalog: companyname_eVAcatalog Example: Acme_eVAcatalog Agency Specific catalog: companyname_agency#_contract#_eVAcatalog Example: Acme_A194_40500_eVAcatalog Enter a brief description about the catalog contents and click “Next”. Example: shelves, and other office furniture’ ‘Desk’s, THE Commodity” SECTION IS NOT A REQUIRED STEP. “Add PLEASE CLICK IF YOU WISH TO SKIP THIS SECTION. ‘Next’ Add Commodity section. Should you choose to fill out this section, select the commodities that are located within your catalog using the 8 digits UNSPSC code: select the first two digits in the the second two digits in the field; the third two digits in the field; Segment field; Family Class and the fourth two digits in the field. Click Repeat this step for other Commodity “ADD”. UNSPC codes. Otherwise click to continue. “Next” Select the file to upload by clicking on the button. Locate the CIF file created earlier “Browse” (Same filename in Step 4 above) and select it. Open and the file path ending with the filename should appear in the box on the web page. Select Upload and you will be returned to the list of Catalogs Currently Loaded. The Status column, just to the right of your uploaded catalog file on the Catalogs screen, should be set to If you receive any errors or the status does not read please “Validated”. “Validated”, call the AMS Hotline at 1-866-289-7367 for help.
Click on “Upload and validate a new catalog” You will be prompted to enter a catalog name. Please use the following naming conventions: Contract catalog: companyname_contract#_eVAcatalog Example: Acme_40500_eVAcatalog Non-contract catalog: companyname_eVAcatalog Example: Acme_eVAcatalog Agency Specific catalog: companyname_agency#_contract#_eVAcatalog Example: Acme_A194_40500_eVAcatalog Enter a brief description about the catalog contents and click “Next”. Example: ‘Desk’s, shelves, and other office furniture’ THE “Add Commodity” SECTION IS NOT A REQUIRED STEP. PLEASE CLICK ‘Next’ IF YOU WISH TO SKIP THIS SECTION. Add Commodity section. Should you choose to fill out this section, select the commodities that are located within your catalog using the 8 digits UNSPSC code: select the first two digits in the Segment field; the second two digits in the Family field; the third two digits in the Class field; and the fourth two digits in the Commodity field. Click “ADD”. Repeat this step for other UNSPC codes. Otherwise click “Next” to continue. Select the file to upload by clicking on the “Browse” button. Locate the CIF file created earlier (Same filename in Step 4 above) and select it. Open and the file path ending with the filename should appear in the box on the web page. Select Upload and you will be returned to the list of Catalogs Currently Loaded. The Status column, just to the right of your uploaded catalog file on the Catalogs screen, should be set to “Validated”. If you receive any errors or the status does not read “Validated”, please call the AMS Hotline at 1-866-289-7367 for help.
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