BS Skills

Bundle of various new and powerful tools and that accelerate project implementation by enhancing and simplifying important or basic tasks. Note: This license requires ESA SDK Professional.

Some of the contained features have dedicated websites:

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The following PDF shows some highlights of the BS Skills:

Feature List

The following table lists all features:

Type	Feature	Description
Action Utility	Alphabetical Tree sorting	PIM and MAM tree action that sorts all children alphabetically and recursively
Action Utility	Inheritance Consolidator	Active Script that finds common data in inherited attributes and pulls them up to the parent level
Action Utility	Merge Products to Folder	Product list action, that merges selected products into a new folder with a common name and inherited attributes
Action Utility	File Transfer Script	ActiveScript that synchronizes a local with a remote server using rsync via SSH
Action Utility	Preview Creator Script	Active Script that assigns preview images to folders based on the first child found with an image
Action Utility	Time Machine	Active Script that resets selected products to the version for a given timestamp in one action
ActiveScript	MAM Hotfolder Update	ActiveScript that allows updating MAM files through a hot folder
ActiveScript	Time Machine	Rollback products to a status for selected Timestamp
ActiveScript	Wait ActiveScript Finalizer	ActiveScript post processing plugin, that allows waiting a defined number of seconds
Data Flow	Data Flow Import for data models	Active Script that allows to build up attributes and classes from an Excel file
Data Flow	Data Flow Restservice Export	Data Flow Export Connector to export data generate via Data Flows to external webservice pull requests
Data Flow	Data Flow XML Export Loader	Data Flow Export Loader to generate XML files
Data Flow	Data Flow Restservice Import	Data Flow Import Connector to import data from Restservices, Websites or any other HTTP source
Data Flow	Data Flow JSON Export Loader	Allows Data Flows to export to JSON files
Data Flow	Dynamic Field Mapping Import Transformation	Allows to dynamically map target fields based on a data source column
Data Flow	Data Flow File Transfer Script Finalizer	Data Flow Script Finalizer that synchronizes local script result files to a remote server using rsync via SSH
Data Flow	ODBC Data Flow Extractor	Allows you to import data via Dataflow Import from an ODBC Connection
Data Flow	MsSQL Data Flow Extractor	Allows you to import data via Dataflow Import from a Microsoft Database
Data Type	Data Type Aggregated Children Values	Placeholder Plugin that aggregates values from children into a sum, average, count, min or max value
Data Type	Data Type Channel Usages	Placeholder Plugin that allows listing all channel nodes pointing to the object
Data Type	Data Type Concat Values	Placeholder Plugin that merges multiple selected values from other attributes into a configurable string
Data Type	Data Type Global Currency Selection	Dropdown field with all currencies
Data Type	Data Type Languages Selection	Dropdown field with all configured languages
Data Type	Data Type Naming Convention	Updates other attributes or names based on an Excel-style formula
Data Type	Data Type Object Path	Placeholder Plugin that merges the hierarchy path of an object into a configurable string
Data Type	Data Type Sub Select	Placeholder Plugin that allows defining a dropdown field based on options selected in another dropdown
Data Type	Data Type Translation Overview	Gives a tabular overview of language-specific attributes and their translations
Data Type	Data Type YouTube Player	Placeholder Plugin that creates a YouTube player based on an existing YouTube ID
Data Type	Data Type Number Slider	Modern HTML5 Range Slider to visually select a number within a given range
Data Type	Data Type Dependent Selection	Selection field with values dependent from another selection field driven by Excel File with valid combinations
Data Type	Data Type Translation Overview Tab	Shows an overview of all language dependency attributes and languages in one table
Data Type	Data Type Dynamic Classification	Allows to dynamically add and remove classes
Flex Template	Flex Table Template for dynamic image lists	Flex Table Template Plugin that creates a list of images for Pictograms, Accessory Lists, etc.
REST Service	Check Server Availability	Call admin/rest/alani/ping to see a performance analysis of your Contentserv server and network performance
Scheduler Plugin	Running ActiveScripts without Cronjob	Regular triggering background ActiveScripts even without Cronjob
SmartTemplate	Generic Datasheet Smart Template	Highly configurable SmartTemplate that renders any kind of PIM product
Studio Plugin	Publication Manager Studio Plugin	Integrates the Publication Manager Portal Widget into the vertical navigation Widget to avoid another main tab
Studio Plugin	Merge Articles to Product List Action	Combines selected products into one folder within the common parent
Translation Plugin	Translation Export with Context Information	Translation Export that adds additional context attributes and a PDF datasheet link for the translator
Usability	Toolbar Button to switch List Modes	Allows to switch from list to thumbnail view with one click
Usability	Facebook Style Timeline for Products	Integrates into the context menu of product history and displays a complete timeline window for the product
Workflow Action	Synchronize Products with Channels	Workflow Action Plugin that allows to create, update or delete channels based on the original product
Workflow Action	SynchronizeViewsWorkflowAction	Creates a dummy image and attaches it to the object as part of an Image Request Workflow
Workflow Action	Dynamic Translation Workflow Action	Workflow Action Plugin that allows deriving the target languages from an inheritable product attribute
Workflow Action	Check Attributes Workflow Action	Workflow Action Plugin that makes sure selected attributes are not empty