> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://sims-bae272dd.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Add products by scanning

> Build the catalog from a supplier product sheet instead of typing it.

**Catalog → Products → Scan** takes a photo or PDF of a supplier product sheet
or price list and reads the items off it, so you can add many products at once.

**1. Upload the sheet**

A photo or a PDF. Multi-page PDFs are fine.

**2. Start OCR Processing**

The document is read and the products are listed for you.

**3. Review every line**

Each line shows how confident PRODUCT\_NAME is in what it read — see
[reading the colours](https://sims-bae272dd.mintlify.site/purchasing/scan-invoice.md#what-the-colours-mean).
Lines already **Matched by UPC** point at products you have; the rest offer
**New Product**.

**4. Set a price**

New products are prefilled from cost plus the margin on the category you
choose. If the category has no margin configured, you are told so and asked
to set a price.

**5. Apply**

The products you confirmed are created.

> [!NOTE]
>
> Scanning a product sheet only creates or updates **products**. It does not
> buy anything and it does not change your stock — for that, scan a
> [purchase invoice](https://sims-bae272dd.mintlify.site/purchasing/scan-invoice.md).

## Scanning a barcode instead

Anywhere you see the barcode scanner, you can use your computer's camera — or
your phone, via the [Store Ops app](https://sims-bae272dd.mintlify.site/mobile/scanning.md) — to pull up a product by
its barcode instead of searching for it. Recognised barcodes are UPC-A, UPC-E,
EAN-13, EAN-8, Code 128, Code 39, Codabar and ITF-14.


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