Review the Shop@UW Tips
Using Other Product Search Options
(10/04/2013) Clicking on a supplier sticker opens a new search window (see picture below) and enables an item search for from one supplier. This feature is advantageous for users that want to view specific item/s from one supplier.
Hint: Leaving the search field empty will return all available items from the supplier.
Review the online tutorials, "Other Product Search Options," for additional information about using the filter options in the search results window: 1) PDF or 2) video.
Shop@UW FAQ's Answer Functional Questions
(08/23/2013) The Shop@UW FAQ's provide quick answers for shoppers. Two topics were added to explain unique functions on supplier punch-out sites:
- IDT: Fill in Required Fields at Checkout
- Qiagen: Checking Product Availability
Visit the Shop@UW FAQ web site.
Creating and Using Favorites
(08/13/2013) Favorites represent products that are frequently ordered from hosted supplier catalogs and provide the shopper with quick access to those items. This functionality is only available from those suppliers listed in the Hosted Supplier Showcase. Items from a punch-out site cannot be added to favorites; however, search and favorite functions are usually available directly on the vendor punch-out sites. Review the documentation about creating favorites in two formats:
A benefit of using the favorites function is that the user is able to rename item descriptions to more intuative descriptions than those that were uploaded by suppliers. A new Shared Favorites folder was recently added to Shop@UW called 2014 Calendars from Staples where all of the item descriptions in the folder begin with "2014 Calendar."
If the shopper enters "2014 calendar" in the Shop & Compare field on the Shop&UW storefront home page, all of the items from the Shared Favorites folder are filtered to the top of the search results window.
Duplicate Supplier Stickers in Hosted Catalog and Punch-out Shoecases
(08/12/2013) When a supplier is configured in the Shop@UW system so their catalog items can be searched for in the Shop & Compare search field, the supplier sticker is included in the Shop at a Hosted Supplier Catalog showcase. If one of the hosted catalog suppliers do not have a price file uploaded to the Shop@UW system, it may be configured to either: 1) get a live price from the supplier's punch-out web site or 2) provide a "Order from Supplier" link that navigates directly to the searched for item on the supplier's punch-out web site. Because the supplier also has a punch-out web site, a duplicate supplier sticker is available in the Shop at a Punch-out Supplier Site showcase.
Please note: items from punch-out suppliers that do not have stickers in the Shop at a Hosted Catalog showcase are not searchable and do not show up in the search results window.
Variations for Displaying Prices in the Search Results Window
(08/12/2013) Users will notice two different system display messazges where the price is displayed :
1. Getting LivePrice
- The price is obtained from the supplier's punch-out web site.
- "Getting LivePrice" text changes to the actual price.
- LivePrice shows a special icon
next to the price. - "Add to Cart" button is avialable in the search window without leaving the Shop@UW site.
- Current suppliers returning "Getting LivePrice" in the search window: Fisher Scientific, VWR, and Sigma-Aldrich.
2. Order from Supplier
- The "Order from Supplier" text is hyperlinked and navigates directly to the item on the supplier's punch-out web site.
- Add item to cart on the punch-out site.
- Click on the punch-out site "check out" button or link and, continue clicking through the punch-out site to return the order to the Shop@UW shopping cart.
- Current suppliers returning "Order from Supplier" in the search window: Bio-Rad.
- Review documentation about punch-out suppliers.
Documentation about the system dispaly messages can be found on the Tutorial Index web page.
Meet the "Organizational Message" Box in Shop@UW
(07/03/2013) The Shop@UW organizational message box provides links to areas of interest on the Shop@UW reference web site after logging into the system.
Use Filters and Keywords to Find Priducts in Shop@UW
(07/01/2013) When the user performs a product search using the "Shop at the Top" functionality, the result may end up to be thousands of items. Refine the items search in the results window by using filters and keyword that are found in the left panel of the search results web page. There are several filter options in the Filter Results panel: By Supplier, By Manufacturer, By Packaging, etc.
The Shop@UW Tutorial Index contains a PDF and Video called, Filtering and Sorting Search Results.
Training Documents and Video Links are Online!
(03/04/2013) Training documents and video are now available in the Shop@UW application. Click on the "training manual icons" within Shop@UW to find links to PDFs and video.
Links to additional training are also found by clicking on the Training link in the navigation links above and selecting Tutorial Index from the drop down menu.