Intakes and checks

Open Data, choose a native table and enter its 1 - Create … (intake) section. Each grid view is one step. The catalog maintainer fills the required cells, reads the closing check and sets Lifecycle Status* to Active. The eight Core mirrors are reference tables; create shared records in Core.

How rows move

Intake Step returns the first incomplete step for Draft rows and rows with no lifecycle status. Labels are Create - 1, Create - 2 and, where needed, Create - 3. Active and Archived rows return blank and leave the intake. Filling required cells moves the row immediately; optional cells do not hold it in a step. Fill optional details before the last required cell, or reopen the record from the reference view to add them later.

Each first step filters Lifecycle Status* to Draft and Intake Step to Create - 1. Creating a row there prefills Draft. If an existing row has no lifecycle status, set Draft in the reference view so it can enter the first step. Later steps filter only on their routing label. Step 1 sorts Created At newest first; subsequent steps sort oldest first.

* marks required input and ° marks optional input. Computed fields carry neither marker. The final view shows the check and the lifecycle status together. A check is advice: it does not prevent an edit or activate a row.

Product Category

1 - Create product category (intake) · Draft → Active.

Step view	Visible columns, in order	Required input	Created At sort
Step 1 - Name the product category	Name*, Description°, Tags°	Name*	Newest first
Step 2 - Validate and activate category	Name*, Category Check, Lifecycle Status*	Lifecycle Status*	Oldest first

Product Category intake: review Category Check and set the lifecycle status in the closing step. Captured on 2026-11-04.

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Brand

1 - Create brand (intake) · Draft → Active.

Step view	Visible columns, in order	Required input	Created At sort
Step 1 - Name the product brand	Name*, Logo°, Owner°, Tags°	Name*	Newest first
Step 2 - Validate and activate brand	Name*, Brand Check, Lifecycle Status*	Lifecycle Status*	Oldest first

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Product

1 - Create product (intake) · Draft → Active.

Step view	Visible columns, in order	Required input	Created At sort
Step 1 - Name and describe product	Name*, Description°, SKU°, GTIN°, Image°, URL°, Documents°	Name*	Newest first
Step 2 - Classify and assign product	Name*, Product Type*, Category°, Brand°, Provider°, Owner°, Alternative To°	Product Type*	Oldest first
Step 3 - Validate and activate product	Name*, Kind, Tags°, Product Check, Lifecycle Status*	Lifecycle Status*	Oldest first

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Product Component

1 - Create product component (intake) · Draft → Active.

Step view	Visible columns, in order	Required input	Created At sort
Step 1 - Name whole and part	Name*, Product*, Includes*	Name*, Product*, Includes*	Newest first
Step 2 - Set quantity and unit	Name*, Quantity*, Unit*, Notes°, Tags°	Quantity*, Unit*	Oldest first
Step 3 - Validate and activate component	Name*, Component (Name), Component Check, Lifecycle Status*	Lifecycle Status*	Oldest first

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Price List

1 - Create price list (intake) · Draft → Active.

Step view	Visible columns, in order	Required input	Created At sort
Step 1 - Name and scope list	Name*, Sales Channel°, Valid From°, Valid Through°, Is Default°, Tags°	Name*	Newest first
Step 2 - Validate and activate list	Name*, Seller (from Offers), Currency (from Offers), List Check, Lifecycle Status*	Lifecycle Status*	Oldest first

Add offers from Offer.Price List°. Offers is the inverse link: the final step waits for List Check to be blank before the maintainer activates the list. Seller and currency are derived from the linked offers.

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Offer

1 - Create offer (intake) · Draft → Active.

Step view	Visible columns, in order	Required input	Created At sort
Step 1 - Name product and seller	Name*, Product*, Seller*, Tags°	Name*, Product*, Seller*	Newest first
Step 2 - Set price and unit	Name*, Price*, Price Currency*, Unit*, Minimum Quantity°	Price*, Price Currency*, Unit*	Oldest first
Step 3 - Validate and activate offer	Name*, Valid From°, Valid Through°, Price List°, Offer Check, Lifecycle Status*	Lifecycle Status*	Oldest first

Table reference

Check before activation

Table	Closing check	What it checks
Product Category	Category Check	Name* is filled
Brand	Brand Check	Name* is filled
Product	Product Check	Name* and Product Type* are filled
Product Component	Component Check	Whole, part, quantity, unit and direct self-inclusion
Price List	List Check	At least one offer; one seller and currency across offers
Offer	Offer Check	Product, price, currency, unit, seller and date order

The closing view remains visible until you change the lifecycle status. A blank check covers only that formula: verify link cardinality, intended seller and business meaning before activation. Never change the price of an offer already proposed; create a replacement offer. To retire a record, set Archived in its reference view.

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