Summary
The following Data Integration Enhancements have been made for the 10.1 release:
- The ability to export metadata on reference / link types from Stibo Systems Enterprise Platform (STEP) to Product Data Syndication (PDS) using Advanced STEPXML.
- The Publish wizard for PDS bases access to PDS channels on user access and displays nested PDS channel structures.
To access the PDS platform and functionality, the PMDM Product Data Syndication Outbound Adapter commercial license must be activated for your system. For more information, refer to the Product Data Syndication topic in the Data Integration documentation here.
For a list of PDS enhancements, refer to the Product Data Syndication release note in the 10.1 release note set. Also, for PDS information, visit Stibo Systems' Product Data Syndication page at https://www.stibosystems.com/solution/product-data-syndication. Or, to log into the PDS platform at: https://pds.stibosystems.com.
Details
Metadata on references and links available in PDS
Using Advanced STEPXML, users can now export metadata from STEP to PDS on these reference types: Product Reference, Image and Document Reference, and Entity Reference. This new functionality gives PDS users more detailed information about the product data that is exported from STEP.
For more information regarding Reference and Link Types, refer to the Reference and Link Types topic in the System Setup documentation here.
For more information regarding Advanced STEPXML, refer to the Advanced STEPXML Format topic in the Data Exchange documentation here.
PDS Publish wizard improvement
The Publish wizard for PDS is available from the Search Screen basket. New functionality prevents access to PDS channels for users who do not have an email address for their STEP user that matches that matches their email address in PDS. This update improves the ability to govern PDS by ensuring only authorized users can publish data to channels. This may constitute a change for current users. Verify users who publish data to PDS have the same email address in STEP.
Additionally, nested PDS channel structures have replaced a flattened list of channels in the wizard. This improvement allows users to navigate, manage, and execute their syndication process on the intended level, whether global or for a specific retailer.
The Search Screen is activated by the Faceted Search User Experience commercial license. Contact your account manager or partner manager to begin the process of enabling a license or licenses for your system.
For more information, refer to the Search Screen Basket topic in the Web User Interfaces documentation here.