Adding primary specs

New primary specs have been introduced for new business objects required in the new features.

Before you begin

If the any of the additions conflict with the changes or additions that you have made manually to the primary specs, re-implement those using different names before making the following changes.

Procedure

  1. Log into the product.
  2. Click System Administrator > Selective Import.
  3. On the page Import File, browse and select the file acm.design.zip located at acm.zip\acm.mdm.zip\data_model, and click Upload.
  4. On the page Select Object Types & Objects for Import...:
    1. Deselect all of the object types.
    2. Re-select the Spec type, and click Update Type List.
    3. Click Spec type to display all of the specs in the right pane.
    4. Deselect all of the specs and re-select the new primary specs as follows:
      Table 1. Catalog Attribute Spec
      Number Attribute name Attribute type Minimum occurrence Maximum occurrence Maximum length
      1 InternalID Sequence 1 1 3000
      2 AttributeID String 0 1 3000
      3 AttributeIdentifier String 1 1 3000
      4 Sequence Number 0 1 N/A
      5 Searchable Flag 0 1 N/A
      6 Displayable Flag 0 1 N/A
      7 Facetable Flag 0 1 N/A
      8 Comparable Flag 0 1 N/A
      9 Merchandisable Flag 0 1 N/A
      10 Datatype String Enumeration 0 1 3000
      11 Status String Enumeration 0 1 3000
      12 FomSpec String 0 1 3000
      13 FromAttributePath String 0 1 3000
      14 IsActive Flag 0 1 3000
      15 Usage String Enumeration 0 1 3000
      16 Attribute Dictionary ID Lookup Table 0 1  
      Table 2. Catalog Attribute Group Spec
      Number Attribute name Attribute type Minimum occurrence Maximum occurrence Maximum length
      1 AttributeGroupID Sequence 1 1 3000
      2 AttributeGroupIdentifier String 1 1 3000
      3 Status String Enumeration 0 1 3000
  5. Click Save selection.
  6. Click Generate Zip and then Start Import.
  7. After the import is complete, log out and log back in. Confirm that you see the added specs by clicking Data Model Manager > Specs/Mappings > Specs Console > Primary Specs.