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This section will walk you through the minimum steps needed to create a Product and attach an SDS document so that it is available via the web search.
Select Products from the toolbar or from the menu Admin ->Products -> Products

or

The Product list form will appear. Click the New icon as shown below.

A blank Product record will be created. First enter the Product Name.

In the Company Name prompt, enter the first letters of your company:

If the company of the product is not available, type the name of the company in the prompt. The company should only occur once. Click Select.
If you do not see your company, click New. The company's information can be typed into the prompts (along with a logo, as shown, if preferred):

In commonly used SDS's, the company will usually be available to select:

In the upper tab, click Document:

While this tab is open, 2 functions should be performed.
1. Open your web browser and find the SDS you wish to import. WD-40 is the example. Once you have located the proper SDS, right click the product and save the URL by selecting "Copy link address" to your clipboard:
2. Return to SDSpro with "Product: Adding New...." open. Under Document, click Import:

Click Next. If #1 was performed and the (example WD-40) product link was saved to clipboard; the following can be seen:

Click "Download". The document should take a few seconds to download and the following prompt will return completed:

Before saving, make sure to fill in the Revision Date:

The minimum information of dates, Revision Date, Document language, Document Status, and GHS Document should be entered prior to clicking "Save" (as shown above).
To check to see the product entry, search under the initial Product Name search and click on the typed in product name. Example:

Your product should show after clicking on it, with the revision date typed in, at the top:

To confirm the product in your database, go back to the top Toolbar/Dashboard/home of SDSpro. Your new product should show in your product output form.

At this point, you should be able to view the new Product and SDS via the web search. To easily check this, open the Dashboard and launch the web interface.
If not already open, launch the Dashboard from the tool bar 
or menu.

Launch the web server as shown here.

Your web browser should launch, as well as the SDSpro web search interface shown.
Search for the new Product. Click Search.

Your new Product should be returned. Click the Product Name link to view the SDS document.

These are the minimum steps for entering a Product and SDS. Additional steps can be taken, including listing Hazards and Classifications, Ingredients, Inventory and much more.