- 09/02/2026
- Catalog
Catalog Validator: Check your optical product catalogs
How to control and validate your optical product catalogs?
Creating and maintaining catalogs of frames, lenses, contact lenses, and accessories is part of the daily routine for manufacturers and suppliers in the optical sector. These optical catalogs are essential to make their offerings accessible to opticians and to enable them to place orders easily, without reference errors or pricing inconsistencies. However, simply making a product catalog available is not enough. It must also comply with current standards, be properly structured, and be usable by all professional software solutions on the market.
A standardized… and complex environment
SF6, Optimeyes, OPTO 11 R18 and R19 there are many EDI catalog formats used in the optical industry. Each standard imposes its own rules, mandatory fields, and constraints. But suppliers and manufacturers still need to be able to master their creation and ensure compliance.
Indeed, sending an outdated or non-compliant optical catalog to partners can quickly become a source of problems. Beyond the impact on your credibility, it can lead to price discrepancies, reference errors, missing data, or even rejection during import into optical software systems. All of these situations complicate business relationships and the ordering process.
How can you ensure your catalogs are compliant?
The solution is simple: validate your catalogs before distribution using a catalog validator.
A catalog validator automatically checks the structure and data in your files to ensure they meet the required standards and are ready to use.
Using a catalog validator means ensuring that your optical product catalog is compliant with standards, reliable, and immediately usable by opticians and their professional tools.
Where can you find a catalog validator?
At EdiEyes, we have developed our own catalog validator in accordance with optical industry standards. This tool allows you to upload files in SF6, Optimeyes, or OPTO 11 R18 and R19 formats and analyze them in depth. A detailed and easy-to-understand report of errors and warnings to be corrected is automatically generated to help you improve and ensure compliance of your optical catalog.
How does Catalog Validation work with or without an API?
Step 1: Upload your file (SF6, Optimeyes, OPTO 11 R18/R19).
Step 2: The catalog validator scans each data row.
Step 3: Download your detailed, instant error report.
Step 4: Correct your data.
Step 5: Distribute and share your validated optical catalog.
The EdiEyes bonus: For any upload of an OPTO 11 R18 or R19 file, you can automatically generate an optical catalog in flat file format, ideal for certain internal or partner uses. However, this download must only be performed if your catalog has been validated with no prior errors.
What is the difference between errors and warnings?
The detailed catalog validator report distinguishes between two types of issues that may appear: “errors” and “warnings.” Errors are blocking and must be corrected. If they are ignored, the optical catalog may be rejected by optical software or cause significant malfunctions due to missing or incorrect data.
Warnings, on the other hand, are less critical. They do not prevent the catalog from being used, but they may lead to adjustments or different interpretations from one software application to another. Even though they are not blocking, it is strongly recommended to address them in order to obtain a complete, high-quality catalog that is fully compatible with the entire optical ecosystem.
Are you unsure about your current catalogs?
If you’re not certain that your files are compliant, EdiEyes is here to support you. Our Catalog Validation solution is available in SaaS mode (web interface) and via API, making it easy to integrate into your existing processes.
And if you encounter any difficulties, our support team is ready to help you get the most out of your optical product catalogs.
Feel free to contact us to learn more. 📞