Managing Images on Product Records

Depending on how you manage your business and product file parameters, you may have images stored in Eclipse that are used for the company website. You can use these images as tools to give your employees a visual aid when selling items or checking inventory. In Solar Eclipse, images display in Product Maintenance and Inventory Inquiry, but they are also used in the Web Order Entry and Eclipse Mobile companion products.

Note:Eclipse supports most product image files. Review the Before You Begin section for image setup requirements.

Before You Begin

Address the following control maintenance records:

Product Image Viewer Properties - Indicate if you want to use the image viewer and if you want the thumbnail images to display in small panes.

Setting WOE, PDW Image Priorities, IMG - Determines which image the system should use when more than one image is associated with a product record. You may need to log in to the Eterm application.

As of Release 8.7.8, you must have PDW Imaging or Document Imaging companion products to attach images to product files.

PDW Imaging - Set up your system according to the PDW instructions for images to identify the PDW path for images.

Document Imaging - Set up your system according to the WOE images enabling instructions. In addition, set up the website directory path to enable WOE images.

To attach an image to a product record in Product Maintenance:

From the Maintenance menu, select Product to display the Product Maintenance window.
In the Product field, enter the product name or ID and press enter to display the record for which you want to attach an image.
From the User Tools > Imaging menu, select Index Images.
Browse your system to locate the image file you want to use.
Save your changes and exit the window.

For more information about document imaging, see Creating Custom Indexing Profilesand Document Imaging Overviewin the Document Imaging help documentation.

For information about PDW Imaging, see how to use Data Types in Defining PDW Metadata Itemsin the Product Data Warehouse help documentation.

More Options for Product Images

The following topics are available for further information about how images are used:

To...	Refer to this topic:
attach images to a product's record that display with the product description on your web site.	Attaching Images to Products for Web Commerce or Attaching Imagines to Eclipse Records in Document Imaging
review how product images are stored in your PDW catalog and use these images on your web site.	PDW Product Images in Web Commerce
set up your web site to display product images next to the subcategories in a drill category list.	Assigning Images to Subcategories in Drill Categories
attach scanned images to Eclipse records, such as a customer, user, or product record.	Attaching Images to Solar Eclipse Records
edit image indexes.	Deleting or Editing Images in the Index
attach Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) to product records in order to easily access the MSDS for the product.	Attaching MSDS to Product Records
review thumbnail images for product records.	Navigating the Product List in Web Commerce