A catalog of several hundred lots goes faster, and stays tidy, when you and your team follow the same few habits.
Work one lot at a time, in order
For each item: confirm its number, photograph it, finish the lot in LotJitsu, then move on. Add every photo for the current lot before you start the next one. No control moves a photo from one lot to another, so a photo in the wrong lot has to be deleted and taken again.
Pick one numbering choice and keep it
The Lot Number menu offers After last entered, Next available, Next highest and Detect number in photo. Your choice is saved to your account and used on your phone and computer alike. Pick one before you start and keep it for the whole session: switching mid-session is how numbers end up out of order. A number you type always wins.
Use stickers and let LotJitsu read them
Put a numbered sticker or tag on each item and include it in the first photo. Choose Detect number in photo, and LotJitsu fills in the number from the photo. Check it before you continue. In the phone app with no connection, the app uses Next available instead, so check the number then too.
Capture now, review later
Fast Entry Mode saves each lot as soon as you approve its photos and number, and writes the text in the background. See Standard or Fast Entry Mode on your phone or Fast Entry Mode on your computer.
If you photograph a lot a second time under the same number, choose Merge with existing lot on the Lot N already exists screen to add the new photos to it.
Working as a team
- The owner shares the catalog or its folder with each person first. See Share a folder or catalog on your phone or on your computer.
- Lot numbers are unique in a catalog, so agree number ranges in advance, such as 1 to 200 and 201 to 400. Next available fills the lowest gap anywhere in the catalog, which can land in someone else's range: type the number, or use stickers with Detect number in photo.
- Split the work by lot, not by field. Nothing stops two people editing the same lot, and the later change wins without a warning.
Review in sections
Don't wait until the end. After every 25, 50 or 100 lots, open the catalog's export check, which lists every lot with an issue. Opening it doesn't start an export or use your monthly allowance. See Fix issues before you export (Overall Health).
To work down a long list:
- On your computer, choose Sort by, then Low to high.
- In the phone app, a catalog with more than 50 lots has a strip of lot numbers down the right edge. Tap a number to jump to it.
Working away from signal
The phone app works with no connection. Get it ready first: see Prepare your phone for a capture session.
