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# Product & Inventory Templates

Templates are central to how Dropship integrates with external systems. They serve as mappings between supplier-specific attribute formats and the standardized Dropship schema, ensuring compatibility and consistency for both product and inventory data.

There are two primary types of templates:

* Product Templates
* Inventory Templates

Each of these can be used for data import (ingestion into Dropship) and data export (exports from Dropship).

## Product and Inventory Templates

**Global Attribute Base**: Product templates rely on a pre-existing global set of attributes shared across all items and businesses on the platform.

**Supplier-Friendly Names**: You can map your own attribute names (as used in your spreadsheets) to Dropship attributes. These custom names are visible in the Dropship UI.

**Mapping Layer**: The template acts as a bridge between Dropship’s internal attribute set and supplier-specific formats.

**Import Templates**:

* Used to ingest product data into Dropship from retailer or supplier files.

**Export Templates**:

* Used to export product data from Dropship in a specific format.

* Enables compatibility with third-party platforms such as Shopify, fabric Product Catalog, etc.

## Creating a New Template

1. Click your business name in the menu at the top of the page in Dropship and click **Supplier Settings**.

   The **Supplier Settings** page is displayed.

2. Click **Product & Inventory Templates**

   The **Product & Inventory Templates** page is displayed.

3. To create a new template, click **Create Template**.

   The **Create Template** page is displayed.

4. In the **Template Name** field, provide a template name.

5. In the **Data Type** field, select the templates data type.

6. In the **Direction** field, choose whether this template imports to Dropship, or exports from Dropship.

7. Click and drag a test file from your computer to the **Sample File** field.

   This field is used by fabric to check and make sure column headers are correctly formatted. After a test file has been uploaded, the **Column Mappings** section appears.

8. For each column in your file, you can map it to the closest available attribute. Use the **Priority column** to rank the **Column Headers** by importance.

9. Click **Save Template**.

The template is created.

## Editing a Template

1. Click your business name in the menu at the top of the page in Dropship and click **Supplier Settings**.

   The **Supplier Settings** page is displayed.

2. Click **Product & Inventory Templates**

   The **Product & Inventory Templates** page is displayed.

3. In the template list that's displayed, click a template.

   The template settings page is displayed.

4. Optionally update the following fields:

   * Temple Name
   * Attribute Value Transformer

   You cannot update the **Data Type** or **Direction** fields.

5. Click **Update Template**.

The template is updated.

### Template mappings

When a user uploads a file to create a template in Dropship, the system automatically tries to match the file’s columns to Dropship attributes. You must review and confirm these mappings before saving to ensure accuracy. Certain key attributes—such as SKU and inventory—should always be mapped to capture essential Dropship product details.

1. From the **Product & Inventory Templates** page, select a template you want to edit.

   The template settings and mappings page is displayed.

2. In the **Template Mappings** section, select a column header.

   The **Edit Template Mapping: Style Name** window is displayed.

3. Optionally update the following fields:

   * Template Column Header
   * Platform Attribute
   * Target
   * Priority
   * Mark as required?

   Additionally, you can click **Delete** to remove the mapping.

4. Click **Save**.

### Create a new template mapping

1. From the **Product & Inventory Templates** page, select a template you want to edit.

   The template settings and mappings page is displayed.

2. In the **Template Mappings** section, click **Add Mapping**.

   The **Add Template Mapping** window is displayed.

3. Enter the following fields:

   * Template Column Header
   * Platform Attribute
   * Target
   * Priority
   * (Optional) Mark as required?

4. Click **Save**.

The mapping is added to the **Template Mappings** table.

### Downloading a sample of a template

1. Click your business name in the menu at the top of the page in Dropship and click **Supplier Settings**.

   The **Supplier Settings** page is displayed.

2. Click **Product & Inventory Templates**

   The **Product & Inventory Templates** page is displayed.

3. In the template list that's displayed, click a template.

   The template settings page is displayed.

4. Click **Download Sample**.

The template is saved to your downloads folder in an .xlsx format.