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Create BME catalogs from the projects in PARTproject.
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The BME-cat format was developed with the goal to standardize and thus simplify the exchange of product catalogs between supplier and supply organizations.
A BME catalog encompasses product information (price, unit, etc.), which affect the trade and are not contained within the frame of "normal" parts information.
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Catalog documents are coded in XML, the "extensible Markup Language". XML is a W3C- Recommendation (see www.w3.org) and a de facto industry standard. XML makes it possible to code structures and documents in a catalog document at the same time.
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Note The individual configuration of a BME catalog occurs via different dialog pages in the Create BME catalog window.
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Downward compatibility to BME-cat 1.01
The BME-cat Standard Version 1.2 is downward compatible to BME-cat Version 1.01 because the catalog documents that are conformed to BME-cat Version 1.01, are also conformed to BME-cat Version 1.2. This means that the existing BME-cat 1.01 product catalogs can also be processed in target systems that also support BME-cat Version 1.2.
More informations about BME can be found online at http://www.bme.de/.
You can reach the Create BME catalog via PARTproject -> Project selection -> context menu command Write BME catalog.
BME-cat automatically creates and selects a new profile. Should a fitting profile already be available, no new profile will be created, the old one is loaded. In case more than one profile is available, select the corresponding one.
The individual configuration of a BME catalog occurs via different dialog pages in the Create BME catalog window.
Profile name and Version indicate each profile exactly and have no influence on the catalog creation.
In the catalog directory field, enter the storage location and name of the file, from whose project a BME catalog should be created.
Enter the destination directory and the destination file name for the converted (XML ) file.
In a Log file , whose directory and name you can also define, possible mistakes will be recorded.
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The MIME root directory shows in which folders, pictures should be copied while creating the BME catalog. The paths of the referenced pictures are relatively specified in the XML file and calculated using the MIME root directory.
The path indication is optional, otherwise the program uses the output path of the BME-cat XML.
Choose the required language(s) from the list of languages. The new file can then be created on the basis of this selection.
The Language of Catalog is set based on the country code. No multiple selection is possible here.
The Version of catalog should be entered according to the preset length (000.000).
With the selection (right) and the arrows the Territorial availability can be specified. Multiple selection is not possible.
BME-cat can process Classifications starting at V8.1. Classification allows for alternative catalog structures and additional variables. In case no classification was selected, it will be processed by means of the directory structure of the catalog and the later selection of all or some table variables.
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Under Skeleton agreement the declaration of special contracts, validity and continuity is possible.
The format for the date: MM/DD/YYYY (Month/Day/Year)
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Changes as compared to older versions: The other settings, such as for example the article number, are not missing, they are now employable via the rule structure! | |
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Enter the variable for the price (of the item(s)). Of course, this must already be present in the table.
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Choose the required currency from the list or define it yourself.
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To date, only “PCE (pieces)” are available as an order unit. You can make your own entries.
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Check the required option(s) in the price attributes field and move to the next dialog box.
The Supplier ID is dependant on the wording of the selection in the pull-down menu (DUNS-, ILN-identification, etc.). DUNS, for example, is a nine digit code.
Fields beneath the Use Address option are available to you in order to record the data of the supplier. You can enter data in these fields only if the option is checked.
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In order to give the supplier the opportunity to deliver company logos or additional documents, MIME informations (multimedia add-on files) are provided.
By clicking on "New" a template entry opens up into which the information to a picture, a web address or an additional document can be chosen and entered.
In this dialog the XML structure of the BME-cat standard is shown in simplified form.
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denotes whether and how the actual rows can be changed.
By clicking on (+/-) all nodes can be opened/closed at once.
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In the second column the XML tag name of the actual row is shown.
By clicking on "Description" you switch between the XML tag name and the BME-cat definition.
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You can choose between three options (must, can, not allowed).
"must" means that a value must be available in its field, otherwise a warning is issued or, in an irreparable case, aborted.
"can" means that the XML entry is only written in case a value is available. If not, BME-cat skips this rule.
"not allowed" means that the values are left out. This also counts for the underlying nodes and leaves.
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Shows the maximum length given by the BME-cat standard. In case this step is skipped, a warning is issued. The maximum length itself is also editable, however only with leaves.
With article numbers, an additional length of 18 is received in order to be able to work with SAP in conform.
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Setting values in a column back to the standard values is possible by clicking on "State", "Max. length" and "Selected source", or via the context menu. | |
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The Content (value) of nodes can be appointed by "Source" in the pull-down menu Basically the following options are possible:
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| Selection: | Description: |
| No value (miss field) |
No automatic value. User has choice. If not set, field is left blank. |
| Automatic | Automatic value. Possibly from another source |
| Documents | Receive value for documents |
| Function | Conduct calculation: Ex.: 5*2+4 |
| String function | Ex.: $NB. |
| Tabular value | Get value from table. Ex.: CONDUCT |
| Text | Text (without further function) |
| BOM name (LINA) | |
| Standard name (NB) | |
| Standard number (NN) | |
| Shortname | |
| Classification | Exception |
| Tabular values | Exception |
| Variables of NB | Exception |
| Standard title (NT) | |
| Table values (including invisible ones) | Exception |
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The BME-cat format offers USER_DEFINED_EXTENSIONS, the opportunity to customize document to add specific Connection points. |
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Per context menu --> "Add node", call up the entry template. The XML name cannot contain any special symbols, aside from „_“ and „.“; only capital letters are permitted The comparison is optional and must not follow a rule. It also does not have any effect on the BME-cat catalog. The same counts for the selected rule as for the rule structure. |
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Nodes are only structural elements and have no value. Leaves cannot have successors and are therefore not structural elements, however they do possess a value. | |
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Add leaf behaves similarly to adding nodes. The difference in the template is that "Possible lengths" and "Standard length" can be appointed. "Possible lengths" entries must be separated by comma. Helpful is the button and input area to the right. Enter a new value at the right and click on the arrow button . |
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This window offers an advanced search-replace function.
For example. Texts, Tabular values and Documents can be replaced. Select the corresponding one in the pull-down menu of the "Addition" column.
Under additional settings you have the option to make settings for the MIME info, which are processed in the BME-cat catalog.
Since pictures can only be processed in projects, you can add additional projects, such as "copyright.prj" using the option "Other MIME infos". The listing must be separated by semicolons.
