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How to Review Vendor Catalog Items and Resolve Them

What This Task Does

This task reviews staged vendor catalog items and moves them toward resolution by classifying them, archiving them, or sending them into product-attempt or mapping workflows.

Use it when a vendor feed has imported items that still need operator review.

Before You Start

Make sure:

  • the vendor already has staged catalog items
  • you know whether you are looking for invalid, unmapped, archived, or newly changed items
  • you understand that staged vendor items are not customer-facing yet

Steps

  1. Open the vendor record.
  2. Go to Catalog Items.
  3. Filter the list to the state you need to review:
    • validity
    • mapping status
    • selling status
    • stock status
    • manufacturer
  4. Open the edit dialog for an item when you need to change:
    • archive state
    • manufacturer
    • category
    • type
  5. Save the item if you changed it.
  6. Open the item detail page when you need deeper review.
  7. From the detail page, inspect:
    • staged inventory rows
    • mappings
    • resulting canonical inventory
  8. Use the detail actions when needed to:
    • archive or restore
    • delete
    • auto-assign manufacturer
    • create a product attempt

What Happens Next

After you resolve a staged item:

  • it is easier to move into mapping or product-attempt workflows
  • later inventory and storefront behavior can change once mapping and inventory sync follow

Common Mistakes

  • Confusing staged vendor items with real sellable products.
  • Assuming the edit dialog lets you rewrite every imported field.
  • Forgetting that valid and mapped are different states.
  • Deleting an item when archiving would have been safer.

Sources

  • packages/admin/src/Livewire/Admin/Vendor/CatalogItems/DataTable.php
  • packages/admin/src/Livewire/Admin/Vendor/CatalogItems/EditDialog.php
  • packages/admin/src/Livewire/Admin/Vendor/CatalogItem/CatalogItemDetails.php
  • packages/admin/resources/views/components/vendor/catalog-items/page.blade.php