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Stores

Add store: Opens "Input store".
"Name" and "Town" are mandatory fields, everything else is optional. Complete with OK.

Sorting: The stores can be sorted ascending or descending, alphabetically or by creation date.

Store info: View the entered store details.

Edit store: Opens "Input store".
Edit the store details of your chosen store.

Delete store: Only possible if you have put in the store yourself and if it is not used in any shopping lists.


Products

Enter new products with "Scan barcode" or "Input product".

Scan barcode: Opens the barcode scanner.

If the product is new " Input product" opens.
Type in the mandatory fields "Product name" and "Content".
Also choose "Price per item" or "Price per weight". These cannot be changed after being used in a shopping list.
"Product category" is also a mandatory field but you can go to "Settings" beforehand and choose a product category of your list that will automatically be put in. Otherwise you will also have to choose one.
"Brand/producer" and "Price" are optional.
If all mandatory fields are put in, you can press OK.

If you scan the barcode of a product that is already in your list, "Input product" will also open but it will show all the previously entered data. Adjust if you like.

Input product: Enter a new product.

Sorting: The products can be sorted ascending or descending, alphabetically or by creation date.

Product info: View the entered product details.

Edit product: Opens "Input product".

Copy product: Here you can copy a product if you want to save time when adding a new but similar item. If necessary, adjust the different details e.g. name of the product, barcode.

Delete product: Only possible if you have put in the product yourself and if it is not used in any shopping lists.

Price history: View the previously saved prices from "History" for this product, sorted by date.


Product categories

Add product category: Opens "Input product category". Put in a new product category.

Sorting: The product categories can be sorted ascending or descending, alphabetically or by creation date.

Edit product category: Opens "Input product category". Rename if you like.

Show products: Shows all products of the selected product category.

Delete product category: Only possible if you have put in the product category yourself and if it is not used in any products.


Brand/producer

Add: Opens "Input brand/producer". Put in a new brand/producer.

Sorting: Brand/producer can be sorted ascending or descending, alphabetically or by creation date.

Show products without brand/producer: Shows all products where brand/producer is not set.

Edit brand/producer: Opens "Input brand/producer". Rename if you like.

Show products: Shows all products of the selected brand/producer.

Delete brand/producer: Only possible if you have put in the brand/producer yourself and if it is not used in any products.


Currency

Delete any currency that you have put in yourself in "Settings".
Only possible if it is not actively used. Go to "Settings" and change to a different unit first.


Weight unit

Delete any weight unit that you have put in yourself in "Settings".
Only possible if it is not actively used. Go to "Settings" and change to a different unit first.


Backup

You can save your own data in a backup file e.g. to move your data to a different device.
The backup file is stored in default download directory of Android ("Internal Storage"/Download/ShoppingGuard).
The filename is preset by the following pattern: YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS_shoppingguard_backup.xml


Restore Backup

You can restore your own data from a backup file.
WARNING: All the current data in the database will be deleted. Create a backup if necessary before you continue.
If you want to restore a backup file from a different device, you have to copy this file to the shown backup directory.


Further help topics

Quickstart
Shopping lists
History
Data management
Statistics
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