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  PDX File Structure

Definition

XML file that is used to import and export bills of material (BOMs) and engineering change numbers (ECNs) to and from cFolders in a Product Data eXchange ( PDX ) package.

Structure

To map information in cFolders to aPDXXML file, we deliver a standard field mapping profile for BOMs (0SAP_CFX) and a standard field mapping profile for ECNs (0SAP_ECN) in Customizing for cFolders. These field mapping profiles contain the XML elements that cFolders support. For more information about field mapping profiles, see the Implementation Guide (IMG) in Customizing for Collaboration Folders under Start of the navigation path Settings for cFolders Import and Export Next navigation step Specify Field Mapping Profile forPDXPackage Import and Export End of the navigation path .

The following XML elements are in Customizing in cFolders and are mapped to the same XML elements in a PDX XML:

BOM Elements

  • ApprovedManufacturerListItem

  • Attachment

  • BillOfMaterialItem

  • Contact

  • Item

  • ManufacturerPart

  • ProductDataeXchangePackage

  • ReferenceDesignator

ECN Elements

  • AffectedItemsAttachments

    • cFolders element that corresponds to the PDX element AffectedItem

  • AffectedItemsBillOfMaterial

    • cFolders element that corresponds to the PDX element AffectedItem

  • AffectedItemsManufPartNumber

    • cFolders element that corresponds to the PDX element AffectedItem

  • AffectedItemsMaterial

    • cFolders element that corresponds to the PDX element AffectedItem

  • ApprovedManufacturerListItem

  • Attachment

  • BillOfMaterialItem

  • Changes

  • Contact

  • Item

  • ItemDoc

  • ManufacturerPart

  • Markups

    • cFolders element that corresponds to one of the following PDX element Markups:

      • ApprovedManufacturerListMarkups (for markups related to MPNs linked to a material)

      • AttachmentMarkups (for markups related to linked documents)

      • BillOfMaterialMarkups (for markups related to BOM changes)

  • ProductDataeXchangePackage ( PDX Package Root Element)

  • ReferenceDesignator

Standard Grouping Elements

The following PDX standard grouping elements are generated when you export BOMs or ECNs:

  • ApprovedManufacturerList

  • Change

    • These are only generated when exporting an ECN.

  • Attachments

  • AdditionalAttributes

  • AffectedItems (for ECN only)

  • ApprovedManufacturerListMarkups (ECN only)

  • AttachmentMarkups (ECN only)

  • Contacts

  • Items

  • ManufacturerParts

  • ReferenceDesignators (if you have activated this in the export settings)

For more information about the structure of PDX files, see the IPC standards.