Before you can create a Product Data Warehouse (PDW), you need to define the data elements you want to store in the PDW catalog for each product. Data elements are called metadata items and include product attributes, such as the UPC code, color, vendor, list price, and weight. Metadata items are storage buckets for data.
Use Metadata Maintenance to define metadata items in the PDW.
In PDW, use metadata items when performing the following functions:
Importing product data into the PDW. Map the fields of data being imported to corresponding metadata elements, then run the import.
Updating your Eclipse Product File. Map the metadata item in the PDW to the corresponding dictionary item in the Product file, then run the batch update.
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