Search Help

Basic Search

On the DATUM Showcase Home page you can quickly search for a product by entering any combination of Description, UPC, GTIN and/or Brand. After entering your search criteria, click on the ‘Search’ button to see the results.

Keywords-> The Keywords field allows you to perform a ‘contains’ search across several textual product attributes.

UPC-> The UPC field allows you to perform a ‘contains’ search on the Universal Product Code (UPC) product attribute.

GTIN-> The GTIN field allows you to perform a ‘contains’ search on the Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) product attribute.

Brand-> The Brand dropdown field allows you to select one of the available product brands..


Advanced Search

Advanced Search builds upon the basic search capability to provide many more searchable product attributes. After entering your search criteria, click on the ‘Search’ button to see the results. Click on the ‘Clear’ button to clear out any search criteria that was previously entered or selected.

General-> The General section provides the basic search product attributes of GTIN, Brand, Description (Keywords) and UPC. For Description, you have additional options regarding how to search using the text provided. In addition, there are dropdown fields for Manufacturer and Publisher, as well as Trade Item Number..

Global Product Classification-> The Global Product Classification (GPC) section allows you to search using the mandatory product classification system for the GS1 Global Data Synchronization Network (GDSN). There are dropdown fields for Segment, Family, Class and Brick..

Nutrition-> The Nutrition section allows you to select one or more nutrients to be used in the search. There are dropdown fields for the Nutrient, Operator (>, <, =) and an entry field for a numeric value. When one or more nutrients are specified, products without those defined nutrients requested will not be included in the search results..

Allergens-> The Allergens section allows you to select one or more allergens to be used in the search. There are dropdown fields for the Allergen and Operator (‘contains’, ‘free from’, ‘may contain’). When one or more allergens are specified, products not matching those defined allergens requested will not be included in the search results..

Diets-> The Diets section allows you to select one or more diets to be used in the search. There is one dropdown field for the Diet. When one or more diets are specified, products not matching those diets requested will not be included in the search results..

Miscellaneous-> The Miscellaneous section allows you to search using remaining, miscellaneous product attributes. There are dropdown fields for Country of Origin, Child Nutrition Label, Gluten Free, Recyclable, Unit of Measure, Target Market and Image Available..