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:
- Aggregate Values Data Type
- Creating E-Mails using BS Skills API
- Data Flow Image Export with Public Links
- Default Smart Template
- Favorites List Widget
- BS Event Queue
- BS Function Data Type
- Housekeeping Script
- Http Transfer Script Finalizer
- Insert CS Field - Editor Button
- Mail Transfer Script Finalizer
- MAM Hotfolder Update
- MAM Hotfolder Linking
- MAM Mail Transfer
- Notification Workflow Action Plugin
- Run ActiveScript Workflow Action Plugin
- Smart Document Export by ActiveScript
- Sub Selection CSType
- Switch to Delegation User
- Synchronize Channels
- Table Selection CSType
- Timeline CSType
- Unique Identifier Data Type
- Wait ActiveScript Post Processing Step
- Naming Convention CSType
- Download PDF
- Merging multiple SKUs into a Sub-Folder
- Class Icon Selector Dialog
See the PDF
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 Dynamic Classification | Simply add or remove attributes based on the value of others |
| 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 |
| Workflow Plugin | CheckAttributesWorkflowAction | Checks and makes sure that required attributes have a value |