A cleansing rule of this type can be used to cleanse imported supplier item data to the effect that the values of multiple supplier attributes are concatenated and allocated to a particular iPIM Supply attribute. This rule type can be applied to character string attributes and to number attribute. Though, number attribute values are handled as character strings.
In order to have a target attribute for the concatenated supplier attribute values, you have to add the respective iPIM Supply attribute to the transformation rules manually using the “Replensish attribute mapping” function. And you have to assign the iPIM Supply attribute value <empty> to the attribute.
In order to set up a cleansing rule of this type, proceed as follows:
- From the “Choose rule type” menu, select the rule type “ASIN”.
- Click on the
button to call up the corresponding dialog box.
- Enter a name for the cleansing rule in the input field “Title”.
- From the “Order” menu, select the desired option. You can choose between:
- Before transformation: The attribute value modification also affects the supplier attributes.
- After transformation: The attribute value modification only affects the iPIM Supply attributes.
- From the “Attribute” menu, select the iPIM Supply attribute to which the concatenated supplier attribute values are to be allocated.
- Possibly enter a short description in the input field “Description”.
- Possibly tick the “Activate rule” checkbox to activate the rule.
- Possibly tick the checkbox “Internal rule” to specify that the cleansing rule is an internal rule. Internal rules can be used as subordinate rules for certain rule types such as “Conditional attribute setting”.
- Put the desired concatenation chain together. The input fields for the first concatenation parameter are already shown. You can choose between the options Attribute for attribute values and Constant for specified fixed values:
- Attribute: In order to include the value of a particular attribute in the concatenation chain, select the option Attribute from the “Type” menu and select the attribute from the menu next to it.
- Constant: In order to include a fixed value in the concatenation chain, select the option Constant from the “Type” menu and enter the desired fixed value in the input field next to it.
- Possibly add further concatenation parameters:
- Click on the button. Following this, a new set of input fields appears.
- Configure the concatenation parameter as desired.
- Possibly add further concatenation parameters.
- Click on the
- Possibly configure a test run and carry it out in order to check if the configuration of the rule is valid.
- In order to finish the configuration, click on the
button. If the process was successful, a corresponding message will appear. The cleansing rule of is now set up. - In order to cancel the process, click on the
button.
In order to place an empty space between two attribute values, you need to add a parameter of the Constant type and enter an empty space as the value.
In order to remove a replacement rule, click on the 
button in the respective line. And in order to move replacement rules to change the order of their execution, click on the 
button in the line of a replacement rule, hold the mouse button down and move the replacement rule to the desired position.
button in the respective line. And in order to move replacement rules to change the order of their execution, click on the button in the line of a replacement rule, hold the mouse button down and move the replacement rule to the desired position.