Create Product Automation
Product creation rules automatically create client-side products from incoming supplier products. This is the primary tool for building extended assortment — selling a broader range of products than what is managed in your ERP — without manual handling of every individual product.
Rules are evaluated every night. When new supplier products arrive that match a rule's criteria, Norce creates the corresponding client products automatically. Once a product is created, the rule no longer applies to it — changing a rule will not update already-created products.
The rule list
Navigate to Products → Automation → Create Product to see all active rules. Use Show Inactive to display deleted or disabled rules. If you have many rules, use the search field to filter by name.
Creating a rule
Click New to open the rule editor. The fields are organized in two parts: what supplier products to listen for, and what defaults to apply when creating the client product.
Supplier source
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Supplier | The supplier whose incoming products trigger this rule. Required. |
| Supplier price list | The specific price list from that supplier to listen on. A supplier may have multiple — standard, extended, agreement-based. Required. |
Client product defaults
These values are applied to the new product at creation time. They are not enforced afterward — you can change any of them on the product later.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Price list | Which client price list the new product is added to. Typically a base or standard price list for the target market. |
| SKU type | The product type to assign. Usually an extended assortment type, though a standard type is also possible. |
| SKU status | The initial status of the created product. Set to Coming to require a review step before the product goes live. Set to Active to make it immediately available for sale — common for spare parts or products that don't need additional content before selling. |
| Category | Restricts the rule to products in a specific category or subtree. Leave blank to apply across all categories. Use this to limit automation to a specific segment, such as spare parts, while keeping other products under manual control. |
| Manufacturer | Restricts the rule to a specific manufacturer. Leave blank for all manufacturers. |
Product and pricing overrides
By default, the new product inherits the price rules from the assigned price list. Use these fields to override them — useful when your standard price list uses unit cost margins but extended assortment products should be priced on supplier purchase cost instead.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Price rule | Override the pricing calculation method for this product. |
| Supplement charge percentage | Override the supplement charge applied on top of cost. |
| Minimum margin percentage | Override the minimum margin floor. |
| Dropshipping only | Sets the dropship flag on created products — use when these products should never be stocked but always shipped directly from the supplier. |
Filters
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Product name must include | Only create products whose supplier product name contains this text (e.g. spare part). |
| Product name must not include | Exclude products whose name contains this text. |
| Supplier must have SKU in stock | Only create the product once the supplier actually has it in stock. Useful for suppliers who publish upcoming products before they are available. |
Require external content is visible in the UI but no longer in use — ignore it.
How rules are applied
Rules run once per day, early morning (Stockholm time). Each run evaluates all supplier SKUs that meet both of these conditions:
- The supplier SKU is active in the supplier catalogue
- The supplier SKU has not yet been created as a client product
If a supplier SKU has been active for a year but never triggered creation — for example because Supplier must have SKU in stock was enabled and no stock arrived — it remains a candidate every morning. The moment stock arrives and all other conditions are met, the product is created, even if the supplier SKU is years old.
If a supplier SKU is deactivated or removed from the supplier catalogue, it is excluded from rule evaluation and will never be created.
After a client product is created:
- The product record shows Norce Creation Rules as the creator — making it easy to trace which products came from automation.
- The rule no longer applies to that product. Changes you make to the product (category, price rules, status) are permanent and will not be overwritten by the rule.
Maintenance
Rules can become outdated when your catalogue structure changes — new manufacturers are added, old ones discontinued, or category trees are reorganised. Review your creation rules periodically to remove stale ones and create new ones as needed.