EasyCatalog lets you import different types of data, including Excel or CSV files. Moreover, you can connect to different systems such as Akeneo, Odoo, Microsoft Business Central, Compano, Pimcore, Sharepoint, Plytix and more, via JSON/XML feeds (or ODBC/MySQL).

You can even link different sources together, for example connecting product data to price tables via a unique ID. This way, data is easily retrieved and merged.

To import images into EasyCatalog, you can place them locally on your computer or on a file server. The images can be located in different subfolders, EasyCatalog can automatically locate and import them.

Another option is to include a link to the image in your data. At the time of generation, EasyCatalog will automatically “download” the most recent images, so you will always use the most up-to-date visuals.

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Whether you’re looking for advice on the most appropriate modules for your situation, need help setting up templates, or want support structuring your data for optimal results, I’m here to guide you through every step of the process.

Contact me for a no-obligation quote and find out how my expertise can help you make your EasyCatalog projects a success.

EasyCatalog’s standard turnaround time is 2 months after approval of the offer, provided all info/data is available.

After automatically generating a catalogue, you can retrieve its page number per article on the page. You can then use these page numbers to create a table of contents or an index, or a table of contents per chapter, etc…
Naturally, we can then link these to the correct page (in the case of a pdf).

Templates are formatted in InDesign and determine the display of your product(s) in EasyCatalog. A template can be a full page or spread (e.g. for technical data sheets), but also a simple product block that is repeated in your document.

Multiple templates can be created, after which EasyCatalog automatically chooses the most suitable one depending on the chapter or other criteria. The logic you can apply is endless, ensuring that repetitive data can be created and modified quickly.

Yes! There are several ways to create a catalogue with multiple languages:

you can generate a separate document for each language
you can choose to generate the different languages on top of each other (in different layers) simultaneously
you can create a document of (preferably the longest language – in most cases French). Using a kind of search-and-replace, you can then replace all French-language fields with another language. Because you can bundle several language fields together (using the suffix, e.g. _be-FR), you can do this quickly.

When I work with a large/dynamic database, I provide a field where you can enter the desired language, and then all data are filtered by that language, for further use.

The following barcodes and QR codes can be automatically generated in EasyCatalog (i.e. they do not need to be created separately first!):

EAN5,
EAN8,
EAN13,
EAN14,
Code 39,
Code 128,
GS1-128,
UPCA,
I2Of5,
Data Matrix,
QR Code.

EAN13, Data Matrix and QR code are the most commonly used codes.

These can also be made clickable in the case of a pdf.

If you don’t have a database or product photos yet, no worries! We can put you in touch with the right partners.
Master Data Partners, for example, may be mentioned as an excellent company that does photography and input of your products.

Yes and no!
Setting up the system requires some thinking and puzzling.
It takes knowledge of databases and data structure to load them correctly into EasyCatalog. It also takes knowledge of InDesign to create templates and know what can (and cannot) be done.

With EasyCatalog, you can achieve your goal in several ways, but what is the best way…?

That’s why, as a certified EasyCatalog specialist, I’m here to help you!

Once everything is set up, tested and approved, it sure is Easy to then start generating things yourself!

EasyCatalog has a powerful “grouping” function. This allows products to be bundled by chapter/subchapter/category/product group/…

Products that are available in different variants (colour, sizes, weight, dimension, content, …) can be bundled, so that e.g. one picture is displayed, together with a table of the different variants.