Please become familiar with the current Integrator limitations relating to creating Items. These will be resolved over time as Oracle improves the underlying web services and we add additional functionality to this product.
To create an item, the Item Upload Action column value must be “Create”.
If other sections such as Categories, Revisions etc are to be included in the upload, these sections will also need the “Create” value in their respective action columns. If not, they can be left blank and no action will be taken in those sections, even if they contain other data.
Sheet Structure Examples
The images below illustrate layout details with multiple Categories and their Revisions. Examples do not include all critical columns. Note the “Create” action value in each section.
Creating an Item with two Categories, and two Revisions:
Creating two Items with associated Categories and multiple Revisions:
Categories
The images below illustrate how to create a category against an existing item.
Note: We recommend you download the item first.
The ‘Organization’ and ‘Item Number’ fields are required to identify the item. The ‘Item Upload Action’ and Item attributes are not needed as the item record, in this example, is not being created or updated. The ‘Category Upload Action’ is required (“Create”), to upload the new category against the item.
The ‘New Category’ column is only to be used when replacing an existing category.
Assigning a new category to an existing Item:
Assigning multiple Categories to an existing Item:
Revisions
The images below illustrate how to create revisions against an existing item.
Note - We recommend you download the item first.
The ‘Organization’ and ‘Item Number’ fields are required to identify the item. The ‘Item Upload Action’ and item attributes are not needed as the item record, in this example, is not being created or updated. The ‘Revision Upload Action’ is required (“Create”), to upload the new revision against the item.
Creating an Item with a Revision Reason and the Effective Date:
Creating an Item with multiple Revision Reason codes and different effective dates:
Revision Code
Enter an alphanumeric revision code for the item. The user can use letters, numbers or both to label the revisions. Letters are always in upper case and numbers may include decimals. To ensure that revisions sort properly, decimals should always be followed by a number. Valid revisions can include: A, B, 01, 02, A1, B1, 1A, 1B, 0.0, 0.1, A.0, A.1 and so on. Revisions are sorted according to ASCII rules. Each revision must be greater than the previous revision. Therefore, you cannot use revision 10 after revision 9 because, according to ASCII sorting, 10 precedes 9.
