Activating or Deactivating a Product

In the Quicklizard application, the "Activate / Deactivate" feature gives user the ability control whether a product is included in the pricing process and receives updated price recommendations.

Main benefit: A user can conveniently manage and keep control of their product listings in the Quicklizard application.

This article explains:

1. The difference between active and deactivated products

2. How to manually activate or deactivate products in the Quicklizard application

3. How to activate or deactivate products via FTP 

4. How to activate or deactivate products via API

1. What is the difference between an Active or Deactivated Product

An active product is:

• Visible in the Quicklizard platform

• Included in price recommendations

• Counted as a billable product

A deactivated product is:

• Visible (in greyed out color) in the Quicklizard platform, if the filter is set to Product Status = Inactive

• Not included in price recommendations

• Not counted as billable

• Excluded from product reports

Deactivating a product is useful when you want to temporarily remove a product from active use without deleting it permanently.

Deactivated products remain stored in the system for two months. After that period, they are permanently deleted.

2. How to Manually Activate or Deactivate Products in the QL application

Product activation and deactivation can be done only from the Pricing Recommendation Page (PRP), and not from the Product Description Page (PDP).

Furthermore, only users with a Role that includes the Advanced Permissions - Reprice Products (Send To Pricing) can activate or deactivate products.

Follow the below steps to activate or deactivate products

1. Go to the Pricing Recommendation Page (PRP)

2. Select the (single or multiple) product(s) using the checkboxes beside each item.

   • Even though there is no limit to how many items can be manually (de)activated in the application, we recommend to use the FTP or API method in case you want to (de)activate a large number of items.

3. Open the Actions for selected menu.

4. Choose Activate or Deactivate.

5. The system will show a confirmation window. Click Yes in this window to confirm your action.

6. The item’s status will be updated instantly.
   
   

3. How to Activate or Deactivate Products via FTP

Clients that use flat files to share product data with Quicklizard, can manage product activation and deactivation through their FTP feed.

1. Add a column named disable to your product dataset.

2. Assign one of the following values:

   • '0' → product is active

   • '1' → product is deactivated

3. Save your updated dataset file.

4. Deliver the file to QL as part of your daily data sharing process.

Once the file will be processed by QL,the product status of the relevant products will be updated in the platform.

4. How to Activate or Deactivate Products via API

Clients that use an API integaryion to share product data with Quicklizard, can manage product activation and deactivation through the API.

1. Include the parameter disable in your API request body.

2. Set the value to:

   • '0' → activate the product

   • '1' → deactivate the product

3. Send the API request to update the product status.

For detailed technical instructions and examples, refer to the Quicklizard API Documentation.