Dear Valued Customer,

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Highlights: 

• PDM Audit Project 
• Attributes Modification 
• Attributes Deactivation Feed 
• Quick Links

Thank You,
The DataSource Team

Our PDM Audit is intended to improve the format of the specifications and attribute structure. Most of the categories are being revisited, starting with the most popular ones. There are potential concerns with this project we need to make our customers aware of:

• The project entails massive redistributions of SKUs.
• Some searchable attributes will be deactivated.
• The format of specifications will be changed significantly. The specifications will not just be improved, but they will look different.

Categories finished in July:

• Disc Drives (CC)
• Tape Drives (CD)
• Heaters & Coolers (SG)
• Vacuum Cleaners (SA)
• Operating Systems (GA)
• Input Adapters (DH)

Categories currently in progress or planned for August:

• Large Appliance Accessories (RG)
• Food Processors (SB)
• Coffee Makers (SC)
• Applications (GB)
• Software Service & Support (GC)

List of attributes to be modified:

Operation	Category ID	Category	Attribute ID	Attribute	Searchable	Date
Remove Searchable**	AB	Notebooks	A00411	Flash Memory / Installed Size	NO	1-SEP-14
Remove Searchable	AI	Port Expansion	A040282	Modem / Type	NO	1-SEP-14
Deactivate***	AI	Port Expansion	A00282	Modem / Type	NO	1-SEP-14
Remove Searchable	AI	Port Expansion	A00300	Networking / Type	NO	1-SEP-14
Deactivate	AI	Port Expansion	A00300	Networking / Type	NO	1-SEP-14
Remove Searchable	GA	Operating System	A00379	Misc / Package Type	NO	1-SEP-14
Deactivate	GA	Operating System	A00379	Misc / Package Type	No	1-SEP-14
Remove Searchable	GB	Applications	A00379	Misc / Package Type	NO	1-SEP-14
Deactivate	GB	Applications	A00379	Misc / Package Type	NO	1-SEP-14
Remove Searchable	GB	Applications	A00686	Game / Context	No	1-SEP-14
Deactivate	GB	Applications	A00686	Game / Context	No	1-SEP-14
Remove Searchable	CC	Disk Drives	A00230	Storage Controller / Type	NO	1-SEP-14
Remove Searchable	CC	Disk Drives	A00232	Storage Controller / Bus Type	NO	1-SEP-14
Remove Searchable	CC	Disk Drives	A00429	System Requirements / OS Required	NO	1-SEP-14
Remove Searchable	CC	Disk Drives	A00501	Storage Controller / Interface Type	NO	1-SEP-14
Remove Searchable	CC	Disk Drives	A00659	Optical Storage (2nd) / Read Speed	NO	1-SEP-14
Remove Searchable	CC	Disk Drives	A00660	Optical Storage (2nd) / Write Speed	NO	1-SEP-14
Remove Searchable	CC	Disk Drives	A00661	Optical Storage (2nd) / Rewrite Speed	NO	1-SEP-14

* - status of the attribute after the modification
** - to remove status “searchable” from an attribute (replacement attribute list is available in Addendum).
*** - to deactivate an attribute from a category, the attribute is no longer used for capturing information

List of performed modifications of all attributes due to its length is separated into an Excel spreadsheet - Addendum. The spreadsheet contains both performed and planned modifications on sheets "Performed modification" and "Planned modifications" correspondingly.

The following links are feeds which include all searchable attributes, both active and deactivated. This will allow DataSource customers to see what attributes have changed, and to check if these changes have been properly reflected within their databases. This feed is available in two different file formats: Excel and tab-delimited text.

The feed can be downloaded using the following links:

 

	http://www.cnetchannel.com/Support/PDM-files/Attribute_Deactivation_Feed.xls
	http://www.cnetchannel.com/Support/PDM-files/Attribute_Deactivation_Feed.txt

 

A covering document is also available. It describes the feed purpose and usage guidelines:
http://www.cnetchannel.com/Support/PDM-files/Attribute_Deactivation_Feed.pdf

NOTE: The feed does not include searchable attributes which were deactivated prior to January 1, 2010.

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