Prerequisites

Product 360 environment

The version of the installed Product 360 must be 8.1.1.04 or higher.

Installing the ECCnet Accelerator

Download ECCnet Accelerator zip

The ECCnet Accelerator is available via Informatica Shipping. It consists of the folder PIM_<Version>_ECCNET in the file PIM_<Version>_Accelerators.zip.

Extract the ECCnet Accelerator zip

Unpack the file PIM_<Version>_Accelerators.zip to a temporary directory on the Product 360 environment. It contains the following artefacts:

PIM_<Version>_Rev-xxxxx_client_eccnet.delta.zip
- contains PIM Desktop feature and plugins
PIM_<Version>_Rev-xxxxx_resources_eccnet.delta.zip
- contains import mappings
PIM_<Version>_Rev-xxxxx_server_eccnet.delta.zip
- contains PIM Desktop feature and plugins

Product 360 environment configuration

Product 360 Server

Unpack the archive PIM_<Version>_Rev-xxxxx_server_eccnet.delta.zip into the Product 360 server folder or use the Product 360 - Control Center.
Open the server.properties and specify the following ECCnet specific settings:

Setting	Description
eccnet.service.endpoint	URL to ECCnet Item Centre webservices endpoint (mandatory!)
eccnet.autologin.enabled	Specifies if the user is logged in automatically to ECCnet Item Centre or not. If false, the user has to log in manually in the ECCnet search perspective. (default is false)
eccnet.service.user	The user id used for the log in to ECCnet Item Centre (when autologin is enabled, mandatory!)
eccnet.service.password	The password used for the log in to ECCnet Item Centre (when autologin is enabled, mandatory!) If you want to encrypt the password please refer to chapter Encryption of secure information in the Server Installation manual.
eccnet.service.companyId	The company ID, under which users are registered in ECCnet Item Centre (mandatory!)
eccnet.service.partnerUserId	The partner user ID, for the ECCnet Item Centre user account (optional)

3. Open the application_modules.properties file to activate the ECCnet module, see chapter Application modules for ECCnet for more details.

Repository configuration

In the resources package (PIM_<Version>_Rev-xxxxx_resources_eccnet.delta.zip) in the folder DataRecipient\configuration\RepositoryDeltas there are Repository delta files for the Repository.repository and EnumFragment.repository.
Use the Repository Merger included in the RepositoryEditor in order to apply them to your standard files.

Additionally there are patches for the repository.properties files. You can apply them using for example eclipse (Team → Apply patch ... in the context menu of the file).

Product 360 Desktop Client

Install Product 360 Desktop Client

Unpack the archive PIM_<Version>_Rev-xxxxx_client_eccnet.delta.zip into the Product 360 client folder.
Start the client.

Import GPC Structure

Download the latest files from the GS1 website: http://www.gs1.org/gpc/production
1. It is recommended to download the Combined Published Schema, or the subset of the required industry
2. The excel file GS1 Combined Published_Schema as at 0000000.xlsx from the zip archive is needed
Create a new output structure system with identifier "GPC". Configure that multiple assignments are not possible for this structure system.
Use the import mapping GPC en.him provided in the folder Common/GPC structure import of the PIM_<Version>_Rev-xxxxx_client_resources.delta.zip to import the downloaded excel
Switch the structure system to type "classification system"

Import ECCNET Structure

Download the latest version of the ECCnet Classification Codes.xlsx file from the website: http://www.eccnet.profilesys.ca/mdc/GetExcelClassCode/eccc/en
Create a new output structure system with identifier "ECCNET". Configure that multiple assignments are not possible for this structure system.
Use the import mapping ECCnet.him provided in the folder Common/ECCnet structure import of the PIM_<Version>_Rev-xxxxx_resources_eccnet.delta.zip to import the downloaded excel file
Switch the structure system to type "classification system"