Tevalis Ideas Portal
Feature Request: Bulk Management of Product Options via Excel Export/Import
Summary
Currently, editing options attached to products (including modifiers, variants, and configuration settings) must be performed individually within each product record. While this works for minor, one-off changes, it becomes highly inefficient for large-scale updates across multiple products, measures, and sales channels.
Business Use Case
As an example if an operator has approximately 53 pizza products. Each pizza has 5 different measures (sizes) and exists in two sales channels (Dine-In and Takeaway). Many options are shared across these combinations. When a shared option requires updating (e.g., changing pricing, availability, “optional” status, or other configuration settings), the change must currently be applied manually to every affected combination.
This results in 53 pizzas × 2 channels × 5 measures = 530 individual edits for a single shared option update — a time-consuming and error-prone process.
Proposed Solution
Introduce an Excel export and import capability for product options and their attached configurations. This would allow users to:
Export a comprehensive view of all products, their measures, sales channels, and associated options in a flat, editable tabular format.
Make bulk changes in Excel (using filters, find/replace, formulas, etc.).
Import the updated file back into Tevalis to apply changes in batch.
Desired Export Structure
The export should generate a spreadsheet with one row per product–measure–option combination. Example columns could include:
Product ID / Product Name
Measure / Size
Sales Channel (e.g., Dine-In, Takeaway)
Option ID / Option Name
Option Configuration fields (e.g., Price, Optional (True/False), Default Selection, Maximum Quantity, Display Order, etc.)
Any other relevant attributes that are currently editable per option attachment
Example rows:
Pizza Margherita, Large, Dine-In, Extra Cheese, $2.50, True, ...
Pizza Margherita, Large, Dine-In, Gluten-Free Base, $4.00, False, ...
Pizza Margherita, Medium, Takeaway, Extra Cheese, $2.00, True, ...
This format would enable quick filtering (e.g., by shared option name) and mass updates across hundreds of records.
Additional Benefits
Significant time savings for menu maintenance.
Reduced risk of inconsistencies or missed updates.
Easier auditing and versioning of menu changes.
Support for other high-volume product categories beyond pizza.
Hi Konrad,
Thank you so much for such a detailed and well-structured submission to our Ideas Portal — the level of thought you've put into this, including the business use case and proposed solution, is incredibly helpful for our product team and really does make a difference.
We completely understand the challenge operators are facing. When a single shared option update requires hundreds of individual edits across products, measures, and sales channels, that's a significant operational burden — and one that creates unnecessary risk of inconsistencies along the way. We can absolutely see the value in having a more efficient way to manage this at scale.
We're pleased to let you know that we'll be moving this idea into future consideration for the product. Whilst we aren't able to commit to a specific timeline just yet, the ability to bulk manage product options has been noted by our product team as something we'd like to explore as a future enhancement to our platform.
We've also set this idea to public, so other customers can see, review, and vote on it too — if it resonates with them, their votes will help us understand the wider demand and prioritise accordingly. Whilst you're in the portal, we'd encourage you to take a look at the other ideas our customers have raised and cast your vote on anything that stands out. It really does help us shape what we work on next.
Thanks again for such a thorough and considered submission — we genuinely appreciate it.
Best wishes,
Gabby
Tevalis Product Team