The SureFood Validation Panel is the second-most powerful feature in SureFood.
Rather than being presented with a list of errors to be fixed before importing the data again, SureFood users can fix any errors immediately in the Nutritics app.
There are multiple ways to access the Validation Panel. The first being clicking the Open Folder button in your Import Report:
The second way is via the in-app notification you receive when your import is complete. To access your notifications, click on the Notifications Icon in the top-right corner of your screen:
If you’ve just completed an import, the notification for it should be right at the top:
Like the Import Report, this notification will also have an Open Folder button that will take you to the Validation Panel:
Finally, the Validation Panel can be also accessed by clicking on the My Products section of the Main Menu and clicking on Action Required:
Note: Products will not be automatically added to your account from the AI-Assisted Batch Import unless it has passed all of our validation checks and been reviewed and confirmed by a human user. The products with errors you see in the Validation Panel are placeholders that are temporarily stored in our database pending correction and approval.
*All products being imported to Nutritics must pass our data integrity validation checks.
AI-Assisted Error Correction
Errors in the validation panel are grouped by validation check. To view the products affected by a specific error, select the relevant validation check.
Selecting an error in the left panel will highlight all foods affected by that error. The colour associated with the error will also be displayed on each affected food.
Products from the most recent import will populate to the top of the list.
For example, selecting Food Category displays all products with a missing or incorrect food category:
You will see that there is no Food Category for any of the products we uploaded. However, in its place, you will see a Star Icon and Dropdown Arrow:
The Dropdown Arrow will open a list of all Nutritics’ Food Categories for you to manually choose from.
By clicking the Star Icon, AI will scan the name, description, and ingredient list of the product and choose the appropriate Food Category for you.
Errors will appear as either blue or orange:
Orange errors: Mandatory issues that must be resolved before your product can be published.
Blue errors: Optional recommendations that help improve your product’s data completeness.
As errors are resolved, you will see the number of errors listed on the Validation Check tick down.
For example, when all products have a Food Category, you will see a tick next to the Validation Check all of the errors in this section have been addressed:
When you click on the next Validation Check, this error will disappear as no further actions are required for this category.
It’s important to note that products you are correcting during the import process have not yet been added to your account. They are only displayed temporarily so you can review and resolve any errors identified during the import.
Once all errors have been addressed, your products will be added to the Ready for Approval section. This is where you can conduct a final review before adding products to your account:
Once you are satisfied that your product data is correct, clicking the Approve button will add these foods to your account.
As with the previous Supplier Portal design, approving a product will add it to your account. For customers to be able to view them on your database, they will first need to be published.
We’ve also made this easier!
In the Validation Panel, you will see a category in the left panel called Ready to Publish. Here you can see a full list of all of the products on your account that have passed all Validation Checks and are ready to be published:
Simply select all of the products that you want to publish and click the Publish button at the top of the panel.
One final confirmation box will appear and when you click the Confirm button, all of the products you selected will be published to your chosen Data Source.
If you have a product that is not required to go through the validation checks, as it is not going to be published, you can choose Ignore in the validation panel by right clicking on the product:
Once the product is Ignored, the system will automatically apply a ‘Not For Publishing’ tag on the Food Workspace:
Action Required Display
The Choose Columns option allows you to include additional columns to the action required display:
Once all required monitors are chosen, click confirm and this will apply them to the action required display:
Note: We have tested this thoroughly and will continue to do so. We are confident that AI will pick the correct category most of the time. However, with all AI tools, we always recommend that a human verify everything suggested by AI. This is why we don’t use this feature automatically on import. If the AI does make a mistake, you can correct the error by clicking on that food and manually choosing the correct category.
*For errors such as missing ingredient lists, this must be done manually and cannot be automatically populated using our AI to ensure data accuracy.