Getting Familiar With the PIF

The product information file (PIF) is an Excel spreadsheet that contains the product attribute information required for the modeling process.

The product information file (PIF) is an Excel spreadsheet that contains the product attribute information required for the modeling process. It is a convenient format for attributing the content.

The column header prefix in the PIF indicates where the information is going, such as the modeling or optimization database. Sometimes information flows into two areas simultaneously.

This is an example of an exported PIF: