You can import a planogram or an entire planogram section from a CSV (or XLSX) file into Quant using the Import Planogram from Table option. If you have a CSV file that contains a list of products, including their exact position in the planogram, the following procedure allows you to quickly and easily create a planogram based on the data in the table.

Each row of the imported CSV file represents one product. Each column represents one property (attribute). The following attributes are required:

• Primary product ID or EAN, so that Quant can correctly identify each product to be placed in the planogram.
• The shelf number on which the product will be placed. By default, Shelf number 1 in Quant is the first shelf from the top. The corresponding matching attribute in Quant will be the Shelf Index.
• The position of the product on the shelf, with position number 1 corresponding to the first product from the left.

If the table contains only the above mentioned attributes, each product will be placed in the planogram just once. If you want to use the import to determine the number of packages for each product, you can also include the number of packages in width, height and depth in the table. It is not necessary for the table to contain product names. The products are imported using Product Data Import. Therefore, if the table contains a column with product names, you will not import it.

Save the table in CSV or XLSX format:

Example of the imported table for a planogram

If you are importing a planogram section, you will also need to import the Segment attribute, which represents the number of the imported segment.

Example of the imported table for section

Once you have the table ready, open the Standalone Planograms (or Project Editor). Go to the template where you want to place the products from the table. In the main menu, select Template - Import Planogram from Table.

Import Planogram from Table

In the new window, click the Select File button and set the relevant properties:

• Name:

Fill in if you decide to save the import settings for future reuse (see the Recommendation below).

• Hanging Systems:

Check if you are creating a planogram for a hanging system.

• Bottom Top Shelves:

If you check this box, the first shelf will be the lowest shelf within the fixture.

• Imported Segment:

Only if your table contains products for multiple segments, enter the numeric value corresponding to the segment you want to import. In this case, the imported table must contain a column with values in the format s.p, where s is the segment number and p is the shelf number (e.g. 1.3 means that the product is on the third shelf of the first segment). You will then assign this column the attribute "Segment.Shelf". If your table contains this column, it does not need to contain a column indicating the shelf number.

• Merge Segments

Check this box if you want to create a planogram for the whole section.

• Character Set:

Select the character set whose characters are correctly displayed in the Source Preview pane - UTF-8 and windows-1250 are most commonly used.

• Header Line Count:

Fill in how many rows the header of the imported table has.

• Matching Attribute:

Select Primary Product ID or EAN.

How to set up other criteria is described in the manual Import Criteria.

Select the file to import and the import settings

In the Source Preview pane, assign the corresponding Quant attributes to each column in turn:

Assigning attributes

You can save the criteria settings in the Library pane and use them the next time you import. Quant will remember both the criteria and the order of the columns selected in the Source Preview.

Once you have assigned all attributes, click on the Import button. When the import is complete, you can close the window.

Import buttonThe products are now placed in the template in the respective order and the corresponding planogram is created.Finished planogram