Uploading of Spare parts from Visual Design Stream Document

Context

To get familiar with SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Author tool. Please refer https://help.sap.com/viewer/8e4c65bb3a6c4ef6b56dc27d1d95cde6/9.0.0.4/en-US

To maintain spare part metadata according to the relevant product standards, please go through following steps:

Procedure

  1. Open SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Author.
  2. Open Metadata panel, refer to https://help.sap.com/viewer/67c291fba1bd10148bea8dce7b0caa3e/9.0.0.4/en-US/a46817d5f0874720bff566b9c7e68990.html
  3. Export the current metadata of VDS Viewer to maintain spare parts metadata according to product standards. Refer to https://help.sap.com/viewer/67c291fba1bd10148bea8dce7b0caa3e/9.0.0.4/en-US/0fd8ec37c0574419bb7a7487f5f47741.html
  4. Open excel and try to open the file, which you have just exported as .txt file.

    On opening .txt file in excel following should be marked:

    1. Choose the Delimited file type that best describes your data and click Next.
    2. Set the Tab as the delimiters your data contains.
    3. Set the data format of each column to Text.
  5. Please add following columns in the excel:

    Column Name

    Description

    0

    These are the unique Locator ID for each spare part of the VDS. This is already provided as part of the VE document.

    VE Name

    This is the Name of the spare part and is already provided as part of the VE document.

    AIN / Manufacturer

    It describes the manufacturer of the spare part and will also play vital role in mapping these spare part to any AIN object.

    AIN / ManufacturerDescription

    This describes any additional description about the Manufacturer of the spare part.

    AIN / ManufacturerPartID

    It describe the Part ID given by the manufacturer to the spare part. This will also play a vital role in mapping these to any AIN object.

    AIN / EANNumber

    It describes the standard bar code symbology and numbering system used in global trade to identify a specific spare part in VDS.

    AIN / PartName

    It describes any other part name given to the spare part

    AIN / Quantity

    It describes how many of these spare parts are used in a certain VDS.

    AIN / UOM

    It describes what will be the unit of measure for this spare part.

    AIN / ShortDescription_XX

    It describes the short description for spare parts. Here XX can be any valid language code.

    Example: en, de

    AIN / LongDescription_XX

    It describes the long description for spare parts. Here XX can be any valid language code.

    Example: en, de
  6. Import the excel created with SAP Asset Strategy and Performance Management specific data to the same VDS. Refer to https://help.sap.com/viewer/67c291fba1bd10148bea8dce7b0caa3e/9.0.0.4/en-US/3569c3003f0f443da3f702a2c25268ee.html

    To validate if your metadata is successfully added to the VDS, click Select Metadata Keys To Show on Metadata menu panel and select the new columns and click OK.