Each product has at least one article. If there are several articles per product available (variants), at least one variant forming component (A_VARIANTDATA) is defined. The sequence of the nodes is not arbitrary and must be observed.
| Node |
Mandatory |
Data type (Length) |
Description |
| ARTICLE |
Y |
– |
Start of the article information |
| Element: A_NR |
Y |
String(50) |
Unique article number; min. 4 characters To be as compatible as possible with all distribution channels, the article number of the merchant shouldn’t include spaces and special characters, and shouldn’t exceed 16 characters. |
| Element: A_NR2 |
Y |
String(50) |
Second article number, e.g. article number of the manufacturer that can exported as article number if needed, e.g. if die <A_NR> is not unique at the channel. |
| Element: A_ID |
N |
INT |
Unique article-ID from TB.One; mustn’t provided during import |
| Element: A_CHANGEDATE |
N |
Unix |
The time stamp of the last article change is included in the export. |
| Element: A_CREATEDATE |
N |
Unix |
The time stamp of the article creation is included in the export. |
| Element: A_ACTIVE |
N |
BOOLEAN |
Cross-channel activation flag of the article; in the export always <A_ACTIVE>=1; deactivated articles are not included any more. If the import lists 0 as value, the article will be de-activated and excluded from future exports. |
| Element: A_EAN |
N |
INT(13) |
EAN code of the article (only EAN numbers with 13 digits are valid) |
| Element: A_PROD_NR |
N |
String(50) |
Manufacturer's article number |
| Element: A_NR2 |
N |
String(50) |
Additional optional article number |
| Element: A_SORT |
N |
INT |
Article sorting within the product |
