Catalogue overview
The shared library of brands, models, colours, finishes, and sizes that auto-completes inside item fields.
The catalogue is your workspace's shared autocomplete library. It's what makes "Brushed Nickel" mean the same thing on every spec sheet, instead of sometimes "brushed nickel", sometimes "Brushed Nickle", sometimes "BN".
For the mental model, see the catalogue concept page.
Where you see it
The catalogue surfaces as autocomplete dropdowns inside category sheets. Any field of type autocomplete is wired to a specific kind, Plumbing's Finish/Colour pulls from colour, Cabinets's Colour also pulls from colour, Appliances's Brand pulls from brand, and so on.
Type into the cell and matching entries appear. Pick one (consistent across builds) or type a value not yet in the catalogue (added on save).
The dedicated catalogue page
The Catalogue item in the left nav is where you manage the workspace's autocomplete library. You work on one category at a time: pick it from the sidebar (or chip rail on mobile) and the values for that category open on the right.
On desktop, the sidebar on the left lists every category and the number of values in each. The selected category opens a card on the right with its description, a search box, an Export CSV button, + Add value, and a table of values with notes, usage count, and last-updated.
On mobile, the sidebar collapses into a horizontal chip rail across the top. Tap a chip to switch. Values render as a card list and the add/edit forms slide up from the bottom of the screen.
From here you can:
- Switch between categories and search within the one you have open
- Export the open category's values to CSV
- Add, edit, and delete values
- Add, rename, and delete categories themselves, including custom ones beyond the eight defaults
When to manage proactively
Most of the time, the catalogue grows naturally as your team enters values during normal sheet editing. Manual management is most useful when:
- Onboarding a new supplier, pre-load their brand/model list so it shows up as autocomplete from the first project.
- Cleaning up duplicates, Sherwin Williams and Sherwin-Williams should be merged.
- Retiring stale options that no longer apply.