Because of the way we use some types of products in eCom we need to know the productId (PRODxx) of the products.
As far as I know, you can not see this information in the administration interface. The way we find it is to create a new product, add the product to a category on the website, view the product there, and see the productId in the addressbar of the browser. Not at all a perfect solution, since the product should never be online at this point in the process.
Is it possible to add the productId to the administration interface?
Another related question. I cant quite figure out what the field Number is used for on a product. I could have thought that Number was a unique identifier for a product - but here it is a text field where I could write just about anything I want.
Also, I have been unable to add a new Auto-numbering entry in the Configuration. My plan was to add one and have it keep track of the Number on each product.