Importing/Updating Adobe Products & Prices to BSS
In the interworks.cloud platform, you can import all the Adobe products under the "Adobe Services" Product Type, by utilizing the Product Importer. Since there are different preparation steps between the Adobe Sign products and the Adobe Teams/Enterprise products, you will find the pages for each preparation analysis on the linked pages that follow. However, on this page, you will also find the actions required before the import/update preparation as well as the steps after the import/updates has been performed.
Importing the Adobe Products and Base Prices in the BSS Platform
The first step is to manually import the Adobe products and their base prices to the BSS platform. To do this, one must initiate the import of the Adobe products catalog by utilizing the Excel file that is issued to all the distributors of Adobe each month.
Downloading the Official Adobe Excel File Containing Products & Base Prices
Each distributor has his own set of SKUs & prices that he sells from Adobe, which can be found in the Excel spreadsheet that can be downloaded from the "Adobe Partner Portal".
You have to log in with your credentials as a Distributor, and then you can download the Excel with the products and the prices from the indicated section:
The Excel file contains the distributor’s cost & sell base prices with no margin or markup included.
Preparing the Excel File for Each Type of Adobe Products
Once you acquire a copy of Adobe's official Excel file, which contains the list of the products along with their pricing, you need to make two important changes to the Excel file before continuing with the two guides that follow!
First, you have to remove the Adobe Stock Credit Pack (asset) products from the Excel file. The removal of the Adobe Stock Credit Pack products from the Excel file is essential because these products are created/updated automatically and receive also automatically their prices from the Get Services Definition process via the Adobe Service Manager.
Then, you have to sort the “Additional Detail” column of the Excel file by choosing the option “Sort A to Z”. This sorting is essential because it achieves the grouping of all the same “Part Numbers” with the “Additional Details” before the import. If this step is not performed, it might affect the next stages of the preparation of the Excel file within the two following guides (#1 & #2).
Lastly, you have to proceed to prepare the Excel file twice by following the two different import/update guides. The first guide(1) addresses the import/update of the Adobe Teams and Adobe Enterprise products, whereas the second guide(2) addresses the import/update of the Adobe Sign products.
1. Importing/Updating Adobe Teams and Enterprise Products & Base Prices to BSS
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-After the steps of the Adobe Teams and Enterprise have been completed, you can proceed to the page section “Uploading Final Prices“ and onwards.
2. Importing/Updating Adobe Sign Products & Base Prices to BSS
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-After the steps of the Adobe Sign products have been completed, you can proceed to the page section “Uploading Final Prices“ and onwards.
Uploading Final Prices
For uploading the final prices, containing official Adobe discounts, into our system, please check the guide on the Adobe VIP MP Volume Discount page.
Updating the Adobe Products and Prices in the BSS Platform
The update of the Adobe products and prices will happen again via both the Product Importer tool and the Adobe service manager instance Pricing file field.
If prices have changed, by matching the respective Excel column with the annual cost & sell prices, the BSS add-on prices will be updated to the new values during the import via the Product Importer tool,