Important: FAB-DIS exchange format: This functionality has been deprecated and is no longer supported and/or available for new installations. This documentation is retained as a reference only for customers already using the functionality and for whom it remains available in the current state. The functionality will be removed in the future so customers using this should make plans to transition away from their implementation of it.
FAB-DIS is an exchange format primarily used by companies doing business in France and facilitates the sharing of quality product information between manufacturers and distributors. A FAB-DIS file is delivered as an Excel file containing seven tabs. For more information on FAB-DIS, search the web.
In STEP, two tabs are supported: ETIM and MEDIA. Once exported, these tabs can be combined with the manually added additional five tabs, obtained from other sources, into one FAB-DIS file. For imports, data from the ETIM and MEDIA tabs is saved to STEP.
Format Availability
FAB-DIS format is available for selection in:
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IIEP - refer to Creating an Inbound Integration Endpoint
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Export Manager - refer to Creating a Data Export
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OIEP - refer to Creating an Outbound Integration Endpoint
Mapping
This format requires creating a data map between STEP and the data being processed, and may also include data transformations. For details, refer to Data Mapping.
For inbound mapping examples, refer to the FAB-DIS Import Format.
For outbound mapping examples, refer to the FAB-DIS Export Format.
Inbound Data
The FAB-DIS format is not available from Import Manager, but you can achieve the same result by manually running an IIEP using the FAB-DIS Importer processing engine.
Ultimately, Web UI provides the easiest FAB-DIS data import via the File Loading Widget. Web UI monitoring is available via the Recent Background Processes Side Panel. Information about both of these is included in the Web User Interfaces documentation.
IIEP
Minimum manual mapping is required when configuring the IIEP since the FAB-DIS Importer processing engine automatically maps the ETIM attributes included in the FAB-DIS import file.
Important: To import successfully, a FAB-DIS file must have only the expected columns, and no additional columns. For details, refer to the Prerequisites section of the FAB-DIS Import Format topic.
Outbound Data
Export Manager
OIEP
