diff --git a/tailbone/templates/vendors/catalogs/create.mako b/tailbone/templates/vendors/catalogs/create.mako
index 2e46901c..fd7b0c9f 100644
--- a/tailbone/templates/vendors/catalogs/create.mako
+++ b/tailbone/templates/vendors/catalogs/create.mako
@@ -1,3 +1,55 @@
 ## -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 <%inherit file="/batch/create.mako" />
+
+<%def name="head_tags()">
+  ${parent.head_tags()}
+  <script type="text/javascript">
+
+    var vendormap = {
+        % for i, parser in enumerate(parsers, 1):
+            '${parser.key}': ${parser.vendormap_value|n}${',' if i < len(parsers) else ''}
+        % endfor
+    };
+
+    $(function() {
+
+        if ($('#VendorCatalog--parser_key option:first').is(':selected')) {
+            $('#VendorCatalog--vendor_uuid-container').hide();
+        } else {
+            $('#VendorCatalog--vendor_uuid').val('');
+            $('#VendorCatalog--vendor_uuid-display').hide();
+            $('#VendorCatalog--vendor_uuid-display button').show();
+            $('#VendorCatalog--vendor_uuid-textbox').val('');
+            $('#VendorCatalog--vendor_uuid-textbox').show();
+            $('#VendorCatalog--vendor_uuid-container').show();
+        }
+
+        $('#VendorCatalog--parser_key').change(function() {
+            if ($(this).find('option:first').is(':selected')) {
+                $('#VendorCatalog--vendor_uuid-container').hide();
+            } else {
+                var vendor = vendormap[$(this).val()];
+                if (vendor) {
+                    $('#VendorCatalog--vendor_uuid').val(vendor.uuid);
+                    $('#VendorCatalog--vendor_uuid-textbox').hide();
+                    $('#VendorCatalog--vendor_uuid-display span:first').text(vendor.name);
+                    $('#VendorCatalog--vendor_uuid-display button').hide();
+                    $('#VendorCatalog--vendor_uuid-display').show();
+                    $('#VendorCatalog--vendor_uuid-container').show();
+                } else {
+                    $('#VendorCatalog--vendor_uuid').val('');
+                    $('#VendorCatalog--vendor_uuid-display').hide();
+                    $('#VendorCatalog--vendor_uuid-display button').show();
+                    $('#VendorCatalog--vendor_uuid-textbox').val('');
+                    $('#VendorCatalog--vendor_uuid-textbox').show();
+                    $('#VendorCatalog--vendor_uuid-container').show();
+                    $('#VendorCatalog--vendor_uuid-textbox').focus();
+                }
+            }
+        });
+
+    });
+  </script>
+</%def>
+
 ${parent.body()}
diff --git a/tailbone/templates/vendors/catalogs/view.mako b/tailbone/templates/vendors/catalogs/view.mako
index 9b89af91..4bc8b177 100644
--- a/tailbone/templates/vendors/catalogs/view.mako
+++ b/tailbone/templates/vendors/catalogs/view.mako
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 ## -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 <%inherit file="/batch/view.mako" />
+
+<%def name="title()">Vendor Catalog: ${batch.vendor}</%def>
+
 ${parent.body()}
diff --git a/tailbone/views/vendors/catalogs.py b/tailbone/views/vendors/catalogs.py
index 0d5aa8d9..14a59dea 100644
--- a/tailbone/views/vendors/catalogs.py
+++ b/tailbone/views/vendors/catalogs.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 #
 #  Rattail -- Retail Software Framework
-#  Copyright © 2010-2015 Lance Edgar
+#  Copyright © 2010-2016 Lance Edgar
 #
 #  This file is part of Rattail.
 #
@@ -24,21 +24,27 @@
 Views for maintaining vendor catalogs
 """
 
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
+from __future__ import unicode_literals, absolute_import
+
+import logging
 
 from rattail.db import model
 from rattail.db.api import get_setting, get_vendor
 from rattail.db.batch.vendorcatalog import VendorCatalog, VendorCatalogRow
 from rattail.db.batch.vendorcatalog.handler import VendorCatalogHandler
-from rattail.vendors.catalogs import iter_catalog_parsers, require_catalog_parser
+from rattail.vendors.catalogs import iter_catalog_parsers
 from rattail.util import load_object
 
 import formalchemy
 
+from tailbone import forms
 from tailbone.db import Session
 from tailbone.views.batch import FileBatchGrid, FileBatchCrud, ProductBatchRowGrid, BatchRowCrud, defaults
 
 
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
 class VendorCatalogGrid(FileBatchGrid):
     """
     Grid view for vendor catalogs.
@@ -105,39 +111,62 @@ class VendorCatalogCrud(FileBatchCrud):
             handler = super(VendorCatalogCrud, self).get_handler()
         return handler
 
-    def configure_fieldset(self, fs):
-        parsers = sorted(iter_catalog_parsers(), key=lambda p: p.display)
-        parser_options = [(p.display, p.key) for p in parsers]
-        parser_options.insert(0, ("(please choose)", ''))
-        fs.parser_key.set(renderer=formalchemy.fields.SelectFieldRenderer,
-                          options=parser_options)
-        fs.configure(
-            include=[
-                fs.vendor,
-                fs.filename.label("Catalog File"),
-                fs.parser_key.label("File Type"),
-                fs.effective,
-                fs.created,
-                fs.created_by,
-                fs.executed,
-                fs.executed_by,
-                ])
-        if self.creating:
-            del fs.vendor
-            del fs.effective
-        else:
-            del fs.parser_key
-            fs.vendor.set(readonly=True)
-            fs.effective.set(readonly=True)
+    def get_parsers(self):
+        if not hasattr(self, 'parsers'):
+            self.parsers = sorted(iter_catalog_parsers(), key=lambda p: p.display)
+        return self.parsers
 
-    def init_batch(self, batch):
-        parser = require_catalog_parser(batch.parser_key)
-        vendor = get_vendor(Session, parser.vendor_key)
-        if not vendor:
-            self.request.session.flash("No vendor setting found in database for key: {0}".format(parser.vendor_key))
-            return False
-        batch.vendor = vendor
-        return True
+    def configure_fieldset(self, fs):
+        fs.vendor.set(renderer=forms.renderers.VendorFieldRenderer)
+        fs.filename.set(label="Catalog File")
+
+        if self.creating:
+            parser_options = [(p.display, p.key) for p in self.get_parsers()]
+            parser_options.insert(0, ("(please choose)", ''))
+            fs.parser_key.set(renderer=formalchemy.fields.SelectFieldRenderer,
+                              options=parser_options, label="File Type")
+
+            fs.configure(
+                include=[
+                    fs.filename,
+                    fs.parser_key,
+                    fs.vendor,
+                    fs.created,
+                    fs.created_by,
+                    fs.executed,
+                    fs.executed_by,
+                ])
+
+        else:
+            fs.configure(
+                include=[
+                    fs.vendor.readonly(),
+                    fs.filename,
+                    fs.effective.readonly(),
+                    fs.created,
+                    fs.created_by,
+                    fs.executed,
+                    fs.executed_by,
+                ])
+
+    def template_kwargs(self, form):
+        kwargs = super(VendorCatalogCrud, self).template_kwargs(form)
+        if self.creating:
+            parsers = self.get_parsers()
+            for parser in parsers:
+                if parser.vendor_key:
+                    vendor = get_vendor(Session(), parser.vendor_key)
+                    if vendor:
+                        parser.vendormap_value = "{{uuid: '{}', name: '{}'}}".format(
+                            vendor.uuid, vendor.name.replace("'", "\\'"))
+                    else:
+                        log.warning("vendor '{}' not found for parser: {}".format(
+                            parser.vendor_key, parser.key))
+                        parser.vendormap_value = 'null'
+                else:
+                    parser.vendormap_value = 'null'
+            kwargs['parsers'] = parsers
+        return kwargs
 
 
 class VendorCatalogRowGrid(ProductBatchRowGrid):