Before you begin, you need to decide what you want to compare. In Pickler, you can compare any products side by side, there are no restrictions. However, to make a fair comparison, it's crucial to compare products that have a similar usecase. These are often products in the same category (bags, corrugated boxes, etc).
It's also advised to be careful with scenario products since these products don't have to reflect a real-life inventory product and can therefore paint a more sustainable picture than it should be.
For this reason, Pickler will show a banner when you compare products from different categories and when you include a scenario product in your comparison.
Create your comparison
Create a comparison from the impact reports overview page, or straight from the comparisons.
Option A: Impact reports overview page
Select products that you want to add to your comparisons, by clicking the checkboxes. Use filters, to narrow down your search.
Click View comparison in the floating bar that appears at the bottom.
Option B: via comparisons page
Click Comparisons
Click Create comparison. If there is another comparison active, click clear all to start from scratch.
Select what Products you want to add.
Click Add to comparison to complete.
Editing your comparison
By hovering over the product card, you see - next to the benchmark - three options appear:
Remove: this will remove the product from the benchmark. It will not delete it from your account.
Duplicate: This will duplicate the product in to a scenario product. It is an exact copy and it is also saved to your account. It's a great way of quickly changing some variables to see how it these affect the impact.
Edit: Opens the edit form, allowing you to change your data. It's the perfect step to take after you have duplicates a product into a scenario.
Ways you can view your product
If your product has more than one component, you can adjust what you unit of measure you want to compare against. You have the option to compare products on a "Per product", "Per kg", or "Per piece" level. You can adjust this setting in two ways:
Selecting the "per piece" option: Selecting this option will open a pop-up window, from where you can choose what unit of measure you want to use for the comparison.
Beware that you may need to first click on another option, such as "Per kg", for the pop-up window to appear.
Clicking "Edit" on your product: For each product, you will see the option to click "Edit". Click this button will make the pop-up appear.
Read more here to know how this feature works.
A final thing to note, regarding Comparisons: When you update values in your inventory or scenario products, the scores and values in a saved comparison will update automatically. Comparisons in Pickler are dynamic, reflecting the most current data for your products.
To see these updates, you can revisit your saved Comparison. The system will use the latest information from your product database to display the most up-to-date results.
Adding more products to your comparison
Adding products is simple: click the blue + Add product button in the top right corner. This opens a modal, showing all the products in your account. From here, you can add additional products and click Add to comparison in the top right corner to complete your actions.
You can also remove products from here, by deselecting the checkboxes from the products that are already in your comparison.