Update components: image, description, and price

When you change a component after it's already been used in offers, Reonic keeps the original offer intact and flags the change with an orange arrow on each affected offer. One click brings the offer up to date.

Who this is for

• Installer admins maintaining the components library over time.
• Account managers mid-offer who need to update a component's price or description.

Before you start

• Confirm your role is Editor or higher. Viewers cannot edit components.
• Have the updated content ready: new image, revised description text, updated datasheet, or the new price you want to apply.

Change a component's image

1. Open Settings > Components and click the component you want to update.
2. Replace the image in the component's image field.
3. Save the component.

The new image applies to every future offer immediately. For offers already in flight, see Apply the update to an existing offer below.

Edit a component's description

Component descriptions appear in the offer PDF when the show description option is switched on for that component.

1. Open the component in Settings > Components.
2. Enter a short description in the Description field (e.g. an efficiency claim, warranty length, or country of origin).
3. Switch on Show description in offer.
4. Save. Customers see the description on the offer PDF whenever the flag is on.

Add or replace a datasheet

1. Open the component in Settings > Components.
2. Upload the new datasheet PDF in the Documents section of the component editor. That's the same place to upload warranty certificates and other supporting documents.
3. Switch on Include datasheet in offer PDF to attach the document automatically to customer-facing PDFs.
4. Save.

Update a component's price

You can change prices one at a time, or update many at once via spreadsheet import.

Single component

1. Open the component in Settings > Components.
2. Edit the purchase price, sales price, VAT, or article number.
3. Save.

Component prices in Reonic are entered as net amounts (excluding VAT). VAT is added separately at the offer level. If a price field appears blank or zero on an inserted component, open the component in Settings > Components and confirm the Price and VAT fields are set (price is entered as a net amount; VAT is a separate field on the same edit form).

Bulk price update

1. From the Components list, click Import.
2. Download the existing-components export, edit prices in Excel, and re-upload.
3. Reonic matches rows by article number and updates the changed fields.

Apply the update to an existing offer

If you changed a component already used in an open offer, Reonic shows an orange arrow next to that component inside the offer.

1. Open the offer.
2. Click the orange arrow on the component, either in the bill-of-materials list or in the planning view.
3. The component refreshes in the offer. Image, description, price, and article number all update to the latest.

Delete a component

1. Open the component in Settings > Components.
2. Click Delete at the bottom of the page.
3. Confirm. The component is removed from the library and from any future offer.

Things to know

• The orange arrow surfaces every change: image, description, datasheet, price, or article number. One click resolves the whole bundle.
• Sub-pages stay on their saved version. If you change a description on a parent component, refresh any packages and templates that wrap it separately.
• Module dimensions matter for 3D layout. If you correct the depth or height of a module, every 3D plan using that module recomputes on next open.
• Bulk import covers prices, not datasheets. The spreadsheet import flow updates purchase / sales prices, VAT, and article numbers at scale. Images can be added through the components bulk-import flow; datasheet PDFs are upload-only, one component at a time. If you're refreshing a whole catalog of datasheets, plan for per-component uploads.

Answers to common questions

• How do I change the name, brand, or price of a component? Edit the fields in Settings > Components.
• How do I update component prices in a project? Bulk-import from spreadsheet, or edit individually.
• How do I add an image to a component? Replace the image in the component editor.
• How do I add a description to a component? Edit the description field and toggle Show description in offer.
• How do I add a datasheet? Upload it in the datasheets field; toggle Include in offer PDF if you want it attached.
• How do I apply changes to an existing offer? Click the orange arrow on the component inside the offer.
• How do I get notified about component changes? The orange arrow surfaces every change when you open the offer.
• How do I correct a module's depth? Edit the dimension in the component editor. 3D plans recompute on next open.
• How do I delete a component? From the component editor, click Delete.
• How do I delete multiple components at once? Use the bulk-action checkboxes on the components list view if they're present. If you need to delete more than the UI allows in one go, the safest path is via an Excel import that replaces the catalog (so the audit trail stays clean). See Import prices for the import flow.
• How do I adjust the SCOP value of a heat pump? Open the heat-pump component in Settings > Components and edit the SCOP field directly. Save creates a new version; ongoing offers see the change via the orange-arrow prompt.
• How do I change the VAT for components on a specific project? Component VAT is set per component in Settings > Components, and you can override the VAT on individual line items inside an offer: open the offer, click the line item, and adjust VAT for that line only. Catalog-wide VAT changes go through editing each component or using the price-import spreadsheet (which includes a VAT column).
• How do I adjust individual components inside a photovoltaic offer? Open the offer and click into the line item or the planning view. You can change quantity, price, VAT, and the displayed description per offer without modifying the master component. If you want to swap a component for a different one entirely, see the next question.
• How do I swap the inverter or modules used in an offer or variant? Open the offer, go into the relevant variant, and use the component picker on the affected line. Pick the replacement Inverter or Module from your catalog. The bill of materials, planning view, and any 3D layout update to the new component. To make the same swap permanently on a planning template, edit the template under Settings > Planning templates.
• Is there a maximum file size for component images and datasheets? Yes. Both images and datasheet PDFs have an upload size cap, and the upload shows a clear error if a file is larger. If a manufacturer datasheet is larger than the cap (rare, and happens with multi-language compendium PDFs), compress it or extract the relevant pages before upload. Image files should be under a few MB for a snappy offer-PDF render. Even if the cap allows larger, larger images slow down PDF generation.
• What's the optimal size for product images in the components list? Aim for 800–1200 px on the longer side, square or near-square aspect ratio, under 1–2 MB, transparent-background PNG where the manufacturer provides one (or clean white background JPEG otherwise). That size renders crisply in the components list, the planning views, and the offer PDF without ballooning the offer file size. Higher-resolution images don't visibly improve the rendered output, and they slow down PDF generation. The manufacturer's product-page image is usually the right starting point.
• How do I represent products that bundle a storage unit and an inverter (hybrid inverters with integrated battery)? Create the bundle as a single Inverter component and fill in the battery-storage capacity in the storage section of the same component editor. Reonic supports first-class fields for "inverter with integrated battery." Don't create a separate Battery row for the integrated cell, because Reonic would then count the capacity twice when planning + simulating. The same approach works for storage units with built-in inverters: pick the dominant component type (Inverter or Battery) and fill in both sets of fields on the one row. The bill of materials shows the bundle as one line item with one price, exactly how the manufacturer sells it.

Last updated on November 9, 2026