National Product Catalogue User Guide - Cookbook

The National Product Catalogue User Guide, referred to as the National Product Catalogue Cookbook has been developed for all Publishers loading and maintaining data in National Product Catalogue. The Cookbook provides you with information to assist you to better understand the system and the tasks and data needed to meet your industry's requirements. You may download the whole Cookbook or just access and refer to the relevant sections.

Getting started

National Product Catalogue overview

• National Product Catalogue complete user guide
  • Audience
  • What is National Product Catalogue
  • User types
  • National Product Catalogue concepts and key terminology 

National Product Catalogue Ready status checklist

• National Product Catalogue Australia Ready™ checklist - Publishers (non Healthcare)
• National Product Catalogue Australia Ready™ checklist - Healthcare Publishers
• National Product Catalogue New Zealand Ready™ checklist - all publishers

Loading and maintaining data

• Your target data set (Updated January 2020)
• Classification codes
  • UNSPSC v8.1201
  • UNSPSC v15.1101 (New Zealand only)
  • UNSPSC v19.0501 (required for AU Healthcare and AU Food Service)
  • More information on UNSPSC codes

For previous supported UNSPSC versions, please contact National Product Catalogue Technical Team 

• GPC code list (Select 'Currently in production' release)
• GPC code list - Healthcare sector
• GPC and UNSPSC examples

Data Dictionary: All data attributes in the National Product Catalogue

• Item data (Updated May 2020)
• Pricing data (Updated June 2019)
• Code lists (Updated May 2020)

Load and maintain your National Product Catalogue

• Load and maintain your National Product Catalogue
• Becoming National Product Catalogue Ready (watch video)
• Measuring your products (watch video)

Grocery and Liquor industry

• Container Deposit Scheme (CDS) Quick Guide
• Nutrition Information Panel (NIP) Guide
• Quick start guide to the new Country of Origin
• Grocery Implementation Guide (Updated August 2019)
• Country of Origin - Publisher Implementation Guide
• Liquor Implementation Guide (Updated August 2019)
• Woolworths pricing 101 (Updated May 2020)
• Woolworths AU/NZ responding to confirmation messages

Healthcare industry

• Item data dictionary 
• Best practices for descriptions
• Prostheses rebate code list
• Pharmacy Wholesalers implementation guide
• Information about NSW Health Price Global Location Numbers
• Register for Locatenet

Additional documentation

• How National Product Catalogue recipients access your data
  • Recipients who manually access your data 
  • Synchronised recipients 
• Cleansed supplier list
• System requirements
• GDSN Interconnect Options
• FAQs

Loading data, validator and training

Loading data

National Product Catalogue Certified Solutions are available to upload data from National Product Catalogue. Browse available solution partners. There are many benefits to using a National Product Catalogue Certified Solution, including local, customised and compliant validation, work flow support, transparency to National Product Catalogue connectivity and the regular National Product Catalogue upgrades. National Product Catalogue also has an entry level data load tool, accessible below.

Validating data

How do I use the National Product Catalogue Validator? 

• User guide - National Product Catalogue Validator
  Your data will be processed by the National Product Catalogue Validator on its way to loading into National Product Catalogue. This document contains all the information required to access and manage the National Product Catalogue Validator.

National Product Catalogue support videos

• National Product Catalogue online tutorials

National Product Catalogue developers and certified product partners

Connectivity

• National Product Catalogue publisher connection order form
• National Product Catalogue publisher connection options and costs
• Https software
• For recipient connection options email the National Product Catalogue technical team.

Messaging file formats

• XML specifications - BMS
  • GS1 XML messages

Sample files

• XML sample messages
  • Example of a Catalogue Item Notification (CIN) from National Product Catalogue
  • Example of a Catalogue Price Notification (PSD) from National Product Catalogue

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Learn more about National Product Catalogue