Author:  Teup  Posted:  Jan 26, 2024 18:32  Subject:  Re: Variant merge - specific answers needed  Viewed:  54 times  Topic:  Catalog Cancel Reply

BrickLink ID Card Teup (6610) Location:  Netherlands, Utrecht Member Since Contact Type Status May 6, 2004 Seller Store: BLOKJESKONING

In Catalog, SylvainLS writes:    In Catalog, Teup writes:    […] Wow. ALL those numbers will change? Yikes. This is going to cause a gigantic administrative headache over here. All of this REALLY REALLY could have been explained in much clearer detail so we'd all understand much earlier on what EXACTLY is going to happen. (If so many users misunderstand what exactly will happen, it's really not all those users' fault..) Not to mention all the inventory gremlins this is going to cause for months/years to come. I don’t know how you handle changes but there will be both a change of the IDs AND of the names. (I know my local solution can only manage to automatically recover from a change of one of those: by looking for the other.) Thanks, yes, names don't matter to me, but the IDs will be a real puzzle. (It's ok, but communication would have been key..) Btw, some advice for all sellers who... well... for all sellers (because this mess will affect us all): On 1 Feb when this hits, you can go to your inventory page and check the box at "Non-Unique" and press "Go!". This will take you to all of your duplicate lots so you can eliminate or comment them. (Maybe this was obvious but I was today years old when I discovered this )

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Re: Variant merge - specific answers needed - SylvainLS (46)

[...] I don’t know how you handle changes but there will be both a change of the IDs AND of the names. (I know my local solution can only manage to automatically recover [...] (4 months ago, Jan 26, 2024, to Catalog)

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Re: Variant merge - specific answers needed - Teup (6610)

[...] I realize now that this is REALLY going to wreck our sync and inventory management in a way that I don't yet know how to repair. Thanks Bricklink, for again proving [...] (4 months ago, Jan 26, 2024, to Catalog)

Re: Variant merge - specific answers needed - zorbanj (827)

If you wait until then, you won't be able to differentiate the duplicate lots without pulling them from inventory. If you are planning on adding comments I think it's [...] (4 months ago, Jan 26, 2024, to Catalog)

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