Attribute mapping configuration

Call up attributes

Even if the configuration overview was called up with a particular iPIM Supply attribute being active, there are different options to switch between iPIM Supply attribute:

• In order to switch to a particular iPIM Supply attribute, select the attribute from the menu.
• In order to switch to the first iPIM Supply attribute in the attribute list of the called-up catalog, click on the button.
• In order to switch to the previous iPIM Supply attribute in the attribute list of the called-up catalog, click on thebutton.
• In order to switch to the next iPIM Supply attribute in the attribute list of the called-up catalog, click on thebutton.
• In order to switch to the last iPIM Supply attribute in the attribute list of the called-up catalog, click on the button.

Edit the configuration for UOM attributes

For an attribute for which a base quantity was specified, a unit of measurement needs to be chosen. In order to configure the attribute mapping for an attribute of this kind, proceed as follows:

1. In order to possibly select another supplier attribute as the source, select the respective supplier attribute from the menu.
2. In order to assign a unit of measurement from the unit of measurement set of the respective base quantity, select the corresponding option from the menu in the center.
3. In order to assign a default number format to the iPIM Supply attribute, select the desired number format from the right-hand menu (e.g. “German” for comma-separated decimal values, “English” for dot-separated decimal values or “automatic” for automatic recognition of the number format).

• In order to save your selection, click on the button. If the process was successful, a corresponding message is shown. The mapping configuration is now updated.
• In order to cancel the process and dismiss your selection, click on the button.

Edit the configuration for localized attributes

Considering that one of the locales of a localized iPIM Supply attribute has already been related to a corresponding supplier attribute, this section explains how to relate the appropriate supplier attributes to the other locales of the respective attribute. In this example, different supplier attributes provide the data for the various locales:

3. From the right-hand menu, select the desired locale.
4. Possibly add further pairs of supplier attributes and locales.

• In order to save your input, click on the button. If the process was successful, a corresponding message is shown. The mapping configuration is now updated.
• In order to cancel the process and dismiss your input, click on the button.

Edit the configuration for price attributes

For a price attribute you need to define a currency and a default number format:

1. In order to possibly select another supplier attribute as the source, select the respective supplier attribute from the menu.
2. In order to assign a currency to the iPIM Supply attribute, select the currency from the menu in the center.
3. In order to assign a default number format to the iPIM Supply attribute, select the desired number format from the right-hand menu (e.g. “German” for comma-separated decimal values, “English” for dot-separated decimal values or “automatic” for automatic recognition of the number format).

• In order to save your selection, click on the button. If the process was successful, a corresponding message is shown. The mapping configuration is now updated.
• In order to cancel the process and dismiss your selection, click on the button.

Edit the configuration for list of value attributes

For a list of value attribute you can change the respective supplier attribute as well as the separator that separates the individual values of a list of multiple values attributes. And you can edit the mapping between the individual values of the supplier attribute and the individual values of the iPIM Supply attribute.

Edit supplier attributes and separators

In order to change the supplier attribute or the separator that separates the individual values of a list of multiple values attribute, proceed as follows:

1. In order to possibly select another supplier attribute as the source, select the respective supplier attribute from the menu.
2. Enter the desired separator in the input field under the header “Separator”.
3. Possibly add further separators. To do so, click on the button. Enter the separator that appears in the input field that appears afterwards.

• In order to save your input, click on the button. If the process was successful, a corresponding message is shown. The mapping configuration is now updated.
• In order to cancel the process and dismiss your input, click on the button.

Edit value mappings

2. Make the desired changes:
   • In order to allocate another value from the value list of the iPIM Supply attribute to a value from the value list of the supplier attribute, select the desired value from the menu in the “iPIM Supply attribute values” column .
   • In order to create an additional supplier attribute value manually, enter the value in the corresponding input field and click on the button . Following this, a new set of input fields is shown. Select the appropriate value from the menu in the “iPIM Supply attribute values” column. Alternatively, you can click on the button  and select the iPIM Supply attribute value in the input prompt window that appears afterwards.
   • In order to ignore an imported supplier attribute value, click on the button in the respective table row. Following this, the table row is greyed out. In the following process steps the attribute value will neither be approved nor synchronized.
   • In order to remove a supplier attribute value from the table, click on the button in the respective table row. Following this, the supplier attribute value vanishes from the table.

• In order to save your settings, click on the button . A success messsage is shown. The value mapping is now updated
• In order cancel your settings, click on the button .