If you're setting up the Measure Square integration, you may be tempted to export your full Floorzap product catalog and import it into Measure Square. This is not the recommended approach — and for larger catalogs, it won't work at all.
Measure Square has a 10,000 SKU maximum. If your Floorzap catalog exceeds this limit, a full export will either fail or require ongoing trimming to stay under the cap. To put this in context: a single supplier like Daltile carries 27,000+ SKUs. Importing even one vendor's full catalog would exceed the limit — which is why a generic product list is the only practical approach.
The Right Approach: Generic Products in Measure Square, Real SKUs in Floorzap
Measure Square is a measuring tool, not a product catalog. Its product list only needs to be detailed enough to assign a product type and calculate coverage — it does not need to match your actual SKUs one-to-one.
The recommended setup is:
In Measure Square: Set up a short, generic product list organized by broad category. These are used for room assignments and measurements only.
In Floorzap: When building a quote, use the Reselect feature to swap the generic Measure Square product for the actual SKU from your Floorzap catalog. This is where your real product, pricing, and cost data lives.
Recommended Generic Product Names
Keep your Measure Square product names simple and category-based. Here are the naming conventions we recommend:
Carpet by width: Generic 12ft Carpet, Generic 13-2 Carpet, Generic 15ft Carpet
Carpet (multiple selections on one job): Carpet 1, Carpet 2, Carpet 3
Plank/LVP: Plank 1, Plank 2, Plank 3
Tile: Tile 1, Tile 2, Tile 3
Numbered names (Carpet 1, Carpet 2) are useful when a single job includes multiple product selections in the same category — each room or area can be assigned a different generic product, then reselected to the correct SKU in Floorzap.
Template Vendor tip: Create a dedicated vendor in Floorzap called Template Vendor to house your generic products. This keeps them clearly separated from your real vendor SKUs and makes them easy to identify when reselecting in quotes.
Pattern Match Carpet
Pattern match carpet needs its own Measure Square product so waste is calculated correctly — generic products cannot account for pattern waste.
If a job involves pattern match carpet, create a new product in Measure Square specifically for that pattern rather than using a generic carpet product. This allows Measure Square to calculate waste correctly based on the pattern repeat.
One product per pattern: Each unique pattern match on a job should have its own Measure Square product with the correct pattern repeat entered. Using a generic carpet product will result in understated quantities and incorrect waste calculations.
Why this matters: Maintaining two synchronized product catalogs — one in Measure Square and one in Floorzap — is time-consuming and error-prone. Keeping Measure Square generic means you only have one catalog to manage: Floorzap.