CNET DataSource Technical Bulletin

February 2016

Dear Valued Customer,

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Highlights:

PDM Audit Project
New Version of ACC
Attributes Modification
Attributes Deactivation Feed
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Thank You,
The DataSource Team

New Version of ACC

A new version of ACC (ACC 16.2) will be released on February 16th .

PDM Audit Project

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 January:

Televisions & Flat Panels (JA)

Categories currently in progress or planned for February:

Home Audio (KA)
Network Cables (FI)

Attributes Modification

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.

A few of the attributes to be modified:

Operation	Cat ID	Category	Attr ID	Attribute	Searchable	Date
Remove Searchable	SC	Coffee Makers	A05236	Miscellaneous / Exterior Features	NO	11-Feb-16
Deactivate	JA	Televisions & Flat Panels	A04672	Television / HDCP Compatible	NO	11-Mar-16
Remove Searchable	JA	Televisions & Flat Panels	A04672	Television / HDCP Compatible	NO	11-Mar-16
Remove Searchable	YC	Video Surveillance Kits & Solutions	A05145	Surveillance Kit / Wireless	NO	11-Mar-16

* - 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

Attribute Deactivation Feed

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:

A ttribute_Deactivation_Feed.xls

A ttribute_Deactivation_Feed.txt

A covering document is also available. It describes the feed purpose and usage guidelines: Attribute_Deactivation_Feed.pdf

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

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