ECLASS Classification Import

Note: ECLASS (formerly eCl@ss) has updated their branding. These branding changes will be reflected in Stibo Systems UIs in a future release. STEP functionality supports ECLASS BASIC and the viewing of products, via the Web UI, in the context of an ECLASS ADVANCED taxonomy.

Use the following steps to start the ECLASS import.

  1. On File menu > Import > click eCl@ss... to open the eCl@ss Classification Import wizard.
  2. For the Select File step, click the ellipsis button () and search or browse for the relevant ECLASS file from your local machine. Once selected, click the Select File button, and then Next.

Note: If an invalid file is selected for import, an error message prompting the user to select a valid ECLASS XML file will appear when 'Next' is selected.

  1. For Select Classifications, select all classifications to import, and click Next.

  1. For Set Attribute Validity, select the valid product object types for the imported ECLASS attributes. This step is optional, and only available for ECLASS BASIC XML imports.

Note: If an imported attribute already exists in the system, any selection made on this step will be added to the list of valid object types for the existing attribute.

Important: If attribute validity is not set during the import it will have to be set manually later, otherwise you will not be able to maintain these attributes on linked ECLASS products.

  1. For Advanced, select the context for the language of the ECLASS file you are importing. Check the 'Auto-approve' checkbox if imported classifications should be approved automatically.

Click 'Version specific object types' if the importer should specify the ECLASS version in the object types of the imported classifications. This will automatically create a new version specific object type structure for ECLASS classifications if one does not already exist for that version.

Click Finish to begin the import.

Important: It is not possible to import a classification structure with the 'Version specific object types' option selected if classification object types have previously been created for classifications of the same version (but without this option selected). Attempting to do so will display an error in the background process and the import will fail.

  1. Start the import. If required, refer to the information in Running a Data Import section here.

When the Import Manager Pipeline background process is complete, the newly created classification folders are displayed in the Tree.

  1. Only complete this last step if you will import multiple ECLASS languages for different contexts: