Product Information Manager 8.22

Product Attribute Grid

The Product Attribute Grid is a completely redesigned editor that allows to view and edit attributes of multiple products in a  table-like form. 

With the optimized usability, the Product Attribute Grid provides fast and smooth editing, easy configuration and direct response from the User-Interface.

The user can review and edit the information in a very convenient and fast way. No need to navigate from one product to another or open different tabs/windows. Within the grid, the user can navigate using the tabulator keys.

Special focus on usability:

• Fast and smooth editing (e.g. reduce mouse and keyboard usage)
• Easy configuration (select Attributes to be displayed, reuse configurations)
• Direct response from the UI (no page reload after configuration was changed)
• Working as known from Spreadsheet Applications (Excel, Google)

With the new Product Attribute Grid, editing of similar or associated products in one view is now possible. 

Grid Configuration

The table layout of the grid editor can be configured. The user can add basic fields (Thumbnail, Product ID, Short Description, Catalog ID, Supplier ID and Status) by checkbox selection as well as attributes, which are displayed in additional columns. The configuration can be saved and loaded when needed.

The default Configuration is initially active.

Product Selection

Users can select products inside the box above the grid.

In addition, the product selection can also be made in the product editor (e.g. via advanced search) and transferred directly from there to the grid.

Important note: 

Bug fixes and improvements are currently still being worked on. These will be available in the next release.

Product Preview Page

Inherited attributes are no longer editable on the preview page and are marked by a specific icon.

Import Channel

Mail notification

A new option to configure email notification is available. The Mail contains job statistics and a link to the log protocol.

Export Channel

Mail notification

In the Export Channel there is a new option to configure an email notification.
The Mail contains job statistics and a link to the log protocol.

Log Protocol

The log protocol now contains a link to the exported result file. From the log protocol page, the user can open the exported files directly.

File Name Configuration

New fields for the configuration of the file names have been added in the actual PIM version.

Furthermore, we now have an option to compress exported Files.

Authentication methods

For Web Services two authentication methods are supported in version 8.22: 

• Basic Authentication
• Token Authentication
   

Markdown to HTML

In the export template editor, a function for the conversion “markdown to html” (“markdown2html”) has been added.

Access to Variant Attributes

In the Freemarker template it is now possible to access variant attribute values. A list of variant specific “ShortDescriptions” (e.g.) can be now exported.

Preview in Export Template Editor

The performance for the preview in the Export Template Editor has been improved.

Automation

New Conditions and Actions

New Conditions and Actions have been included to 8.22. 

Conditions

• Condition: Product is assigned to Classification Group

• The condition "Referenced Data is missing" now lists all missing references.

Actions

• Action: Deletion of “Dirty Data”
• Action: Deletion of product relations

Further adjustments

pxm Logo

In pxm the customer logo is loaded from the Workarea in the same way as by the other modules (pim, prov, dam and cmp). The logo should be stored in the workarea directory using the following path: “workarea/ui/images/app-logo.png”

Refresh pxm cache

In the previous versions the pxm cache was not refreshed automatically.

In version 8.22 cache reload now happens when a job is executed (first refresh cache then execute job).

Manufacturer facet

A new facet for manufacturer ID has been added to the search result in the product editor.

Appendix

PXM Domain changes

These changes need to be taken into account, i.p. for Export/Channels.

PIM Domain changes

These changes need to be taking into account, i.p. for groovy based customisings.