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Login

If you want to work with the ANTEROS system, you must log in first. Enter your username and password and confirm by clicking the Login button.

Create Account

New users can request access to PIM on their own, directly on the home page via the "Create account" link. 


Registration Form:

In this form, data such as first name, surname and user name must be entered. For security reasons, you must also enter the text from an image in a field (text check).

Password Forgotten

If you have forgotten your password, you can click on the menu item "Forgot password". All you have to do is enter your user name and carry out a text check.

Home, Help, Feedback, User Account, Logout

After successfully logging in, you will be redirected to the ANTEROS home page. The navigation bar with the main menus and the corresponding submenus for calling the ANTEROS functions is located in the upper area.
In the top right corner you will find an icon that represents your user. If you click on this icon, a small menu opens with the submenus "My Account", where you can make changes to your user administration data (more on this in the next subchapter), and the submenu Logout.

By clicking on the Home-icon or on the header image with the INCONY logo and the ANTEROS graphic, you can return to the Home page from any dialogue/form you might be in.

If you click on a main menu you will find an overview of the topic, a link to our web pages with further information and a link to the corresponding chapter of the online documentation.

You may be assigned to more than one organization. You can switch to another organization at any time using the drop-down list in the page header, which will reset ANTEROS and switch to the settings and data of the selected organization.

User Management

You can manage your user account by clicking on your profile photo in the top right corner and then selecting "My Account" from the menu that appears.

Here you will find your account settings. First you will see your account details, which you can edit. In the selection list on the right, you will also find further subcategories on the topics of user information, identification and miscellaneous, in which you can enter data to complete your account.
However, the basic user rights are managed by your administrator. Further information can be found in the chapter Administration.

Advice for doing things more quickly

Working with multiple open tabs on multiple screens

In ANTEROS it is possible to work in multiple browser windows or tabs at the same time. This enables you to work on ecach task fully independently, e.g. you can maintain product families in one window, or on one monitor and work on images in another. This extends to you being able to upload images in one window and edit product properies in another. Previously uploaded images can be assigned straight away. 
You can als utilize this function to have diffrent windows work together. For example, it is possible to open the page "Product Family: Categories+List" in one tab and the Product Families Editor in another tab. When selecting a product family in the 1^st tab, this is loaded in the editor of the 2^nd tab and can be edited there.

To open something in a new tab in Chrome, click on the desired menu item with the mouse wheel or hold the CTRL-key when clicking on the subitem.

Inline-editing of lists

Simple contents can be maintained directly in the pages marked "Categories+List". Double click on the desired line to enter the editing mode. This is where the cell contents can be changed. Here, input fields are used identically to the editor, e.g. you have selection lists or radio buttons for parameters. After saving the changes, a green check mark is displayed in the bar above the list indicating a confirmation of the changes having been saved.

Mass data processing in lists

Mass processing of data in lists allows you to perform actions for all objects in the list. The objects must be selected, for example, by an Advanced search. In the next step, you can set certain parameter values for all objects in this list or assign them to an ETIM category. To do this, click on the edit icon above the corresponding list.

Then enter the data in the editor that you want to store for all products/product families/... in the results list. To save your changes, click on the Save icon:

Overview of icons

Information icons

If you are unsure about a function or significance of a field, you can simply hover over the i-symbol (if available). This can provide you with more detailed information on individual elements.

The I-icon is more likely to be found within the forms. In the remaining areas tooltips are mostly used to describe functions, e.g. for buttons or input fields. These tooltips explain the functions behind some buttons and input fields, and can even explain why a button is grayed out at the moment and cannot be used.

Icons found in the editor for categories, product families, ...

		Save
		Undo all unsaved changes or reset a search
		Create a duplicate, e.g. of product families/products
		Create a new object, e.g. new product, new product family, new subcategory or new parameter
		Permanently delete an object, such as a product or product family
		Upload media object
		Perform a simple keyword-based search
		Reload all objects from the database
		Export object data
		Download a media variant
		Generate a print version of the object
		Place an object in the folder
		Remove an object from the folder
		Execute maintenance process for the object
		Display usages of an object
		Shows the history of the edited objects
		Navigate to the previous object of the history
		Navigate to the next object of the history
		Edit the product family belonging to the current product
		Assign the product to another product family
		Leads to the product list of the product family
		Overloaded: The higher-level values of the product family are replaced by other parameter values, thereby overloading the old ones
		Cancel overload: Remove the parameter values that have already been set in order to adopt the higher-level values of the product family
		Manage publication links
		If this button is highlighted, the objects can be re-sorted using Drag&Drop

Icons in text fields

		Bold
		Italics
		Underlined
		Strike though
		Superscript
		Subscript
		Remove formatting
		Spell check
		Select special character
		Add / Edit link
		Table options
		Left-justified
		Centred
		Right-justified
		Justified
		Bullet points
		Numbered list
		Decrease indent
		Increase indent
		Full screen editor
		Edit source code
		Undo
		Redo
		Add / Edit image

Further editing options can be found in the drop-down lists above the input field.

Input elements

Input elements for Simple values

Definition

Simple values are values that can only be maintained once per object (product family, product, image...), for example, a product diameter.

Language independent text, numerical values ​​and number range values

Numeric values, numeric range values, and language-independent texts (that is, texts that are the same for all languages and do not require translation) are maintained using a standard input field.

This input element is also used for the input fields of the ANTEROS master data code and sort criterion.

Translatable text

In the case of translatable texts, a distinction is made between entering a text in the master language and translating it.
If you are entering a text in the master language for the first time, do so directly in the corresponding input field.

When selecting an existing string or when the text is already used elsewhere, use the link symbol above the input field. Resolve the connection to the existing dictionary entry with the symbol next to the link symbol. You can manage the translations for the entered text by selecting the corresponding language in the editor at the top right of the drop-down list and entering the translation in the text field.

Input elements ​​for multiple values

Definition

Parameters can be defined as multiple by your ANTEROS administrator, i.e. you can set the values for the Auto Extras parameter on a product to Rear View Camera and LED Rear Light, or set several materials such as stainless steel and plastic in the Material parameter.

In contrast to the simple values, you can store several parameter values in a targeted and structured way. This is particularly easy if your ANTEROS administrator has defined default values for a parameter, because these values are then directly available for selection (see below under "Default values").

Otherwise, a plus icon will appear, which allows you to enter a new parameter value.  One such input field is, for example, the "Synonyms" field when editing products or product families in the General tab.

Language independent text, numerical values ​​and number range values

To add a new value/text, click on the plus symbol to the left of the existing values. Subsequently, an empty input field will be appended to the list of values in which you can enter the new value.
To delete the input value, click on the X symbol above the entered value.

Translatable text

In addition to the functions described above, in the case of translatable text values, the icons described in the chapter Overview "Language selection for multilingual specifications" are displayed here with the corresponding functions and/or meanings.

Default values

Definition

Default values are values that you maintain for the parameter itself. You can select one or more of these values in the product data. This is defined by the ANTEROS administrator in the classification editor.

For parameter values, and therefore also default values, you can either allow a maximum of one value or several values. This is defined by the administrator in the classification editor for the parameter using the Max. one value for this parameter per product option.

One value at most

If the administrator has allowed single values for a parameter, the default values are either displayed in a value list or they are displayed side-by-side with radio buttons. The display type depends on whether the administrator has selected the option Use radio buttons instead of shortlist  in the parameter definition:

• if this option was selected then the default values are displayed side by side with a radio button and you can easily mark the relevant value.
• if this option was not selected the values are presented in a list. By clicking on the arrow, the list of the default values is shown, from which you can select one. By clicking the unselect-button you can undo your selection. This deletes the value from the product, so that no value is set.

Multiple values ​​allowed

If the administrator has allowed multiple values for a parameter, you can select a value from a list and always add another value by clicking on the +-icon.
Here you can also change the order of the selected values using the arrows.

WYSIWYG editor: entering text with formatting

The WYSIWYG editor provides easy-to-use buttons for formatting text, e.g. emboldening a word (see icon overview). Wysiwyg is an acronym for "what you see is what you get", i.e. you directly see the formatting changes in the editor, e.g. bold font.

Language selection for multilingual information

You can switch between data in different languages using the language selection at the top right of the menu bar.

If you have entered data in one language, for example German, you can change the language in the selection list at the top right of the input form, for example to English. Then the input mask changes to the input of data for this language.

All language-independent data (such as numeric parameter values or language-independent text parameter values) are taken directly from your German entries and displayed here. A value for a language-independent parameter that is entered in any language applies to all languages. Changes to language-independent values always affect all languages.

All data that you have entered in German using the selection list should be automatically translated for you here. The translations of the values in the selection lists, that is, the translations of the standard values, should have been stored in the system.

You now only need to fill the language-dependent input fields with your translations, for example, the Description field or the language-dependent text parameters.

For multiple values of text parameters, you should translate all values individually into the new language and have the system manage the assignment of the translations to each other. If you define different numbers of values in the individual languages, some of the values are not translated and the values of the other language appear.