How to re-upload historical data for Ok Plus

This guide shows you how to re-upload historical POS data for OK Plus.

Please contact effectmanager at support@effectmanager.com if you need to re-upload historical data for Ok Plus.

 

Carefully read our recommendations below for re-uploading historical data.

  • We recommend 12-18 months of re-uploaded history. 
  • We recommend sending us a test file before uploading your historical data.
  • You need to upload your files Wednesday to Friday and no more than 5 x 20MB files every half hour - this is not to overload the system, which can make your upload fail. 
  • You need to contact effectmanager before re-uploading your historical data. Then effectmanager will follow-up on the data being read into the cube successfully. 
  • Our support team can assist you in re-uploading of your historical data if you are interested in getting an offer for this, please contact our support team at support@effectmanager.com

🔴OBS! If data has been previously loaded in effectmanager for the period, effectmanager will always overwrite the previously loaded data. Therefore, it is important that the new file contains all the products at a reload.

Adding brands or products to your portfolio

If you have acquired a new brand or product, you need to contact Ok Plus and have them send new files to you.

When ordering new POS reports from OK Plus, you need to keep the following in mind:

Is your new brand or product active in the same category as you are today?

Yes: Order new sales files with all products in the same file.  

No: Order new sales files with all products in the same file.  Order new category files.

🔴OBS! effectmanager has a limit of 20 MB for OK Plus files when uploading. If the files exceed 20MB you will need to split the files. 

 

Procedure for ordering historical data:

  • Your Key Account Manager orders new historic POS files with all your brands or products. 
  • You can upload your historic Ok Plus files to the effectmanager Wednesday to Friday, to make sure not to overload the system. 
  • Please inform effectmanager before starting the re-upload of historical data.
  • effectmanager will follow up on the historical data sent from Ok Plus. 

If you need a guide on how to upload OK Plus files, please see our guide How to upload OK Plus POS reports

Download our recommendations for updating historical data here