Celerant ships three different products with overlapping names: Command Retail (legacy on-premise), Cumulus Retail (SMB cloud), and Stratus Enterprise (large-retailer cloud with data-warehouse layer). The general Reports > Export pattern is the same across all three, but menu labels and column names differ slightly. The steps below cover the common path. Public Learning Center is at celerant.com/learning-center; deeper KB sits behind a customer login.
What Orchid Does With This File
Imports your vendor master, adds FFL numbers for firearms vendors from our master list, and preconfigures distributor integrations.
Before You Start
- Celerant does not have a standalone 'Vendor List' report in all configurations. The most reliable export path is a Purchase Order History grouped by Vendor, or a custom report.
Step-by-Step Instructions
- Sign in to Celerant.
- Open the Reports menu.
- Look for a Vendor List or Vendor Master report. If your Celerant build doesn't have one, run a Purchase Order / Receiving History report grouped by Vendor and export that - it gives Orchid every vendor you've actually transacted with, which is more useful than a static vendor master that may include dead entries.
- On Cumulus or Stratus, the Custom Report Designer can build a vendor-master extract with all fields.
- Export as Excel.
Expected File Format
Excel (.xlsx)
Expected Columns
- Vendor ID
- Vendor Name
- Contact
- Phone
- Address
- Terms
- Account Number
- FFL Number (where stored)
Watch Out For
- Some Celerant builds don't store FFL numbers as a structured field - Orchid will fill those in from our master vendor list.
- Celerant's Sports South 'Smart Order Program' integration (announced January 2026) means your Sports South vendor relationship is partially API-driven. Orchid replicates this integration on the Orchid POS side, so you don't lose continuity.
This file may contain sensitive information (customer addresses, pricing, costs). Send it to Orchid using the secure upload link your consultant provided. Do not email exports as unencrypted attachments.
Questions about this export? Reach out to your Orchid implementation consultant, or email implementations@joinorchid.com with the subject line "[Migration] [Your Store Name] - [Legacy System] [File Type] export."