A security catalog packs thousands of SKUs across CCTV and video surveillance, access control, intruder alarms and fire detection, each with its own spec table, approvals and accessories. Pagination generates multi-brand catalogs, installer price lists and product datasheets from the data you already keep in your PIM, ERP or supplier files.
When a model is discontinued, a grade changes or a price list is reissued, the documents are regenerated, not re-edited, for every brand, market and customer tier.
Lay out every category from one template
The template decides how a camera, a reader or a detector is presented: spec columns, approval marks, compatible accessories and product photos are placed from each product record.
Release catalogs, price lists and datasheets
Produce PDF, InDesign or Excel files per brand, market and price tier, and keep every release on file, so you always know which price list a customer received.
A security catalog is rarely one manufacturer’s range printed once a year. It mixes brands, technologies and approvals that change on different timelines, and installers rely on it to choose parts that work together. Pagination handles it as a database publishing job: the product data holds the facts, the InDesign template holds the layout rules.
Distributors receive product data from each manufacturer in its own format, with different attribute names, units, image sizes and naming conventions. Manufacturers with several sub-brands face the same problem internally. Pagination maps every source to a shared structure, so cameras from two brands sit side by side with the same columns, and adding a new brand means mapping its feed, not designing new pages.
Resolution, lens and IR range describe a camera; credentials, protocols and I/O describe an access controller; zones, outputs and grade describe an alarm panel. One generic table hides exactly what installers look for. Pagination changes the table by product category, takes the columns from the product attributes and adds compatibility notes, such as supported recorders, readers or expansion modules, wherever the data provides them.
The same detector can carry an EN 50131 grade in Europe and a UL listing in North America, and a recorder may need an NDAA compliance note for US government projects. Approval marks and ratings come from the data, per SKU and per market, together with linked datasheets and drawings, so an expired certificate drops out of the next edition instead of staying in print.
Dormakaba
Dormakaba, the global access control and security door hardware manufacturer, produces its price lists with Pagination for several of its national organizations in Europe.
Each country edition is generated from the product data rather than maintained by hand.
Behind each line of a security catalog is a record with specifications, approvals, accessories, successor models and prices for several customer tiers. That one record feeds the catalog, the datasheet and the installer price list, so all three stay consistent.
| Security requirement | How Pagination handles it |
|---|---|
| Multi-brand distributor catalogs | Supplier feeds mapped to one structure, with brand sections and logos placed from the data |
| Spec tables by technology | Different columns for CCTV, access control, intruder and fire, chosen by product category |
| Compatibility and accessories | Mounts, power supplies, modules and licences listed next to the products they fit |
| Discontinued models | End-of-life products flagged or removed, with the recommended successor shown in their place |
| Kits and system bundles | Kit contents listed from the component SKUs, with the kit price from your data |
| Installer, integrator and distributor pricing | A separate price list for each customer tier, from one base price and per-tier coefficients |
| Grades, ratings and approvals | EN 50131 grades, EN 54, UL, IP and IK ratings printed as data fields per SKU and market |
| Datasheets and installation drawings | Linked per-SKU files placed or referenced automatically |
| Country editions | Language, currency and approvals switched per market within the same template |
| Price list releases | A new edition on every price update, with each release kept on file |
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