Product Data Exchange (PDX) Enhancements

2024.1 Enhanced Features

This update includes functionalities highlighted in the 2024 Updates released this year. Click a topic link for additional details on that functionality.

CSV templates supported

CSV templates are now supported along with Excel templates in the Configured Channels output configuration template library.

New account settings view

A new account settings view is now available for all users under the user icon. Client admin users will have a Profile and account settings view option, and regular users will have a Profile settings viewoption.

If a user clicks on the applicable new settings view, a new sidebar will appear in the tool. Both user levels will have the 'Your profile' option. This option provides settings such as resetting the password (formerly placed under the user icon), preferred language, and user level feature settings.and client admin users will also have an expandable 'Account' option.

Client admin users will also see an expandable menu for Account options.

  1. General: provides general information about the account as well as settings previously available under Configuration -> Feature settings.

  2. Team management: was previously available under the user icon as 'Manage team.'

  3. API keys: provides option to add and delete API keys.

  4. Master data configuration: previously available under Configuration -> Master settings.

Feature toggles cleanup

Some feature toggles have been deprecated and removed. The remaining feature toggles have been divided into Customer controlled and Stibo controlled. Customer controlled settings are available in the 'Your profile' or 'General' settings tabs. Stibo controlled settings are owned and managed by Stibo Systems Professional Services and are moved to a separate administration application.

Customer controlled: settings that can be enabled or disabled by clients

  • User preferences

    • Set on user level

    • Currently include 'Show category dashboard'

  • Client settings

    • Set on client level and should all affect all users of a given client

    • Available only to client admins in Account -> General settings screen

    • Currently include 'Lockdown mode'

Stibo Systems controlled: settings available only to Stibo Systems employees

  • Client settings

    • Set on client level and should all affect all users of a given client

    • Set individually for each customer

    • Include the following

      • Enable product limits

      • Use websockets for fetching import feed

      • Allow retrieving products from channels that allow retrieval

      • Use simple presubmit validation

      • Enable vendor portal

  • Test features

    • Temporary features to be used by testers and/or beta testers

    • Will be set to on by default and removed upon successful testing completion

    • Currently include the following

      • Enable process log

      • Enable new toolbar

The table below provides a list of all previously available feature toggles and their current state:

New grid view

The 'Render Families Separately' flag is now turned on for all users and removed from feature settings. This new view should provide improved performance for viewing families. Now, whenever the channel supports families and there are families to be displayed, the grid will be divided into three tabs:

  • Regular products

  • Family products

  • Variant products

Channel attribute locking

In the grid view in Master data and on channel level, a user can now define which attributes should be locked. Each user can define an individual view for the master data and channels accessible to that user.

In the feature ‘Attribute filters,’ the user can select attributes to lock by performing a search and selecting the specific attribute.

In the example below, the user has chosen ‘Name,’ ‘External product status,’ and ‘Product description’ to be locked.

These three attributes columns are now locked when the user scrolls on the horizontal navigation bar. Attributes on the left side of the gray thin line are the locked ones. The attributes ‘ID’ and ‘Status’ are always shown and cannot be unlocked.

Unpublish products from a digital catalog

It is now possible to unpublish / remove products in a digital catalog. The user of PDX can now select the feature ‘Unpublish’ under the FAB icon. It is only possible to unpublish products from a Digital Catalog.

The icon for ‘Unpublish’ will only be shown in channels where a digital catalog has been created. The ability to ‘Unpublish’ is related to the a user's permissions. A user must have the permission ‘Submit to channel’ in order to unpublish products.

It is only possible to unpublish products that have status ‘Submitted’ or ‘Accepted.’ When a product has been unpublished, it will change status back to ‘Ready’ or ‘In-Progress,’ depending on the state of the product.

Unpublishing products on a global level in a channel

To unpublish products from a digital catalog, the user must first select which products should be removed. When a user unpublishes products on a global level in a channel, the user will be shown all the digital catalogs that exist in that channel. In the example below, the channel contains three digital catalogs. A user can select to unpublish products from some or all digital catalogs in the channel.

When user has selected the products and then selects ‘Unpublish,’ the below screen will appear. In the example below, the user has selected to unpublish products only from the digital catalog ‘My Digital Catalog.’

Unpublishing products on a receiver level in a channel

If user wants to unpublish products on ‘Receivers’ level, the selected receiver will be shown in the window, and the user can select ‘Unpublish.’

Removing products from a channel

If user removes products from a channel, the products will also automatically be removed from the channel’s digital catalogs.

Deleting product information in master data

If user deletes a product in Master Data, the product will also be deleted in the channels and the corresponding digital catalogs.

Show composite attributes in a digital catalog

It is now possible to show composite attributes in the digital catalog. Composite attributes will be shown on the product details page. If a composite contains multiple levels, it is possible for the user to navigate to a specific level by clicking on the links inside the composite. The link will take the user to the next level of the composite.