As a GS1 US Data Hub Product View/Use Subscriber, you can search for product data saved within GS1 US Data Hub. You can also verify a GTIN that was licensed from global GS1 member organizations.
Product View/Use Subscription
1. Click the Product link from the main Navigation bar, then click View/Use (this is the default for View/Use subscribers).
2. By default, the Shared tab is selected. You have two search options:
a. Search by GTIN only.
Enter up to 14 digits, then click the blue Search icon. This can include a GTIN that was licensed from a global GS1 member organization.
b. Filter by Company Name, Brand Name, etc.
Click More Search Options. The Search shelf displays, as shown here.
Note: this shelf only searches for data within GS1 US Data Hub, and not the global product data in the Verified by GS1 service.
Enter at least three characters in a field to begin filtering.
3. Click Run Search. Continue to View Search Results below.
Based on whether you search for a specific GTIN, or filtered your search using the More Search Options feature, this is the product database you searched:
Did You Search by GTIN?
If you entered a GTIN and clicked the blue search icon, you are searching data from global GS1 Registries.
This data includes more than 395 million products, which are uploaded by the owners of those GS1 identification keys into GS1 Registries by services offered by local GS1 member organisations around the world.
Did You Search Using More Search Options?
If you clicked More Search Options and filtered your search, your results only include products licensed through GS1 US. This includes 45+ million products.
You can filter by company name, brand name, industry and packaging level.
1. Click a product's GTIN hyperlink to view the Product Detail Record. The GTIN and related attributes display. Here are GTIN Record Status Definitions:
- Active: the GTIN is shared with trading partners and has a valid license;
- Discontinued: the GTIN has been removed by the brand owner from the marketplace;
- Inactive: the GS1 Company Prefix or GS1 US GTIN license for this GTIN is no longer valid.
Note: If you search for a GTIN and "Not Found" displays for a GTIN that is associated with a GS1 Company Prefix from a GS1 Member Organization that is NOT GS1 US, this means that the license is Active, but GTIN data is not available.
2. From the Product Information tab, view specific product details, if entered by the brand owner. View the Product Field Definitions article to learn more.
3. To view higher level packaging associated with the product, scroll down to the Product Hierarchy section. Both the selected product and any associated higher-level packaging item displays, such as a shipping and receiving case that holds that item.
4. Click the Company Information tab to view specific licensee information:
- License Key: This is the license key assigned to the GS1 Member Organization in the GS1 license registry or GS1 alliance list.
- GS1 Company Prefix: This is displayed if the GTIN includes a GS1 Company Prefix.
Note: If the GTIN is a single GTIN, then the GTIN displays in 14 digits, with two leading zeroes.
- License Type: If the GTIN includes a GS1 Company Prefix, GPC is displayed. If the GTIN is a single GTIN, then GTIN is displayed.
- License MO: Licensing GS1 Member Organization
- License GLN: License GLN
- Licensee Name: Company Name
- Licensee Address: Displays the City, State, Zip, Postal Code and Country of the Licensee
Some brand owners have entered product data into GS1 US Data Hub, but may have chosen not to share this data. You can search for these products, and then request more information from the brand owner. Follow these steps:
1. Click the Not Shared tab.
2. Enter search criteria in one or more fields for the product.
3. Click Run Search.
4. If information about a subscriber company is returned in the search results, click the Request Access link to send a message to the brand owner. The Send Message window opens.
Note: Search results may include the “Entity GLN” associated with the headquarters of the company.
5. Click in the body of the message and enter your request to view the product here.
6. After you type in the message, the Send button will activate. Click Send to finalize the request. From here, your request message can be tracked in the Message Center. Any action taken on your access request message is solely at the discretion of the subscriber company that created the data.
If you have the Export Add-On subscription, you can export the data associated with your search results. You can export up to 100,000 products at one time, and apply filters to export specific attributes related to these products.
1. From the View/Use screen, after you run your search, you can apply one or more filters to narrow the search results in the data table. Enter at least three consecutive characters to begin filtering (e.g., “GRA” in the Company filter).
2. When the product results are displaying the products you want to export, click the Export Search Results button. The Export Confirmation window displays (a message displays if more than 100,000 products are selected).
3. Click Yes to confirm your export selections. A message will display if the export request is successful.
4. Click the Export Center icon to access your exports.
Note: Your download experience will vary depending on your Web browser.
Visit the Developer Portal to Export Data via API:
Retailers and marketplaces are using APIs to improve their customer trust by validating their catalog listing. For these companies, GS1 US offers the Data Hub Product View/Use API Add-On.
You can retrieve large sets of data and verify against your catalog data, to ensure products have been assigned a valid identifier, that the GTIN was structured properly, and was licensed to the same brand owner you have captured in your data.
Not an Export Add-On subscriber? Learn more:
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