Generating Product Placeholders

This section describes how to generate product placeholders. The Generate Product Placeholders feature in Apparel Accelerator enables users to mass generate products without having to create products individually. Product Types attribute on seasonal plan should not be blank. Users with Merchandiser and Product Manager roles can access this feature.


Before you begin:


  • Ensure that the Seasonal Plan is in the Assign state.
  • Ensure that you are on the Plan Objectives page.

  1. On the Plan Objectives page toolbar, click Edit Plan Objectives to open the Edit Plan Objectives page.



  2. Specify the following.

    Field Name How to Enter
    Forecast Level Select a forecast level from the drop-down list to specify a forecast level for the seasonal plan.
    Product Type Click to search for and select a product type for the seasonal plan.
    1st Level Select a value from the drop-down list based on which products are grouped at first level.
    2nd Level Select a value from the drop-down list based on which products are grouped at second level.

  3. Click Done.

    The Power View page opens.

  4. Click Finalize Plan Objectives on the page toolbar.

  5. Click Generate Product Placeholders on the page toolbar and the Initiate Development Plan page opens.



    The columns contain the following information:

    Columns Description
    Marketing Name A hierarchal tree structure opens. Product types expand to show the first level of classification. The first level of classification inturn expands to show the second level of classification.
    Style Count The planned number of products for the defined line item. If the current row is not the end level, this information is a summary of all the items immediately beneath it and is not an editable field. This field is editable only on the last planning levels in the hierarchy.
    Planned Revenue The expected target revenue for that specific row. This field is editable only on the last planning levels in the hierarchy.
    Planned Margin The average target margin for that specific row. The default value should match the target margin of the context plan, and is editable at the end level. This field is editable only on the last planning levels in the hierarchy.
    Planned Markup The planned markup for that specific row. If the current row is not the last level of the plan hierarchy, the value displayed is the value as defined by the user during the initial creation of placeholder. The default value should match the target markup of the context plan, and is editable at the end level.
    % Newness The expected percent newness for that specific row. The default value should match the planned % Newness of the context plan. This field is editable only on the last planning levels in the hierarchy.

  6. Click Apply to save the values entered.

  7. Click Generate to generate the product placeholders.

  8. From page toolbar, click Categories > Line Assortment to view the generated product placeholders.

    Note: All the generated product placeholders will be display in seasonal plan's currency, which they are being generated. However user can edit the generated product's currency from the edit properties page of the product.