The product data received from the supplier via PDX or subscribed to and received from the GPC standard is being created Accelerator for Retail as a separate product object of the external source record in the external product hierarchy, as well as optionally separate packaging objects in the external packaging hierarchy. As part of the creation, the external source record is being initiated in the external source record handling workflow which will guide it through the different states of the onboarding process.
The external source record is being linked to a supplier classification to keep track of the products delivered by suppliers. If product data for the same product is being received by multiple suppliers or content providers, they will be created as separate external source records, each linked to the relevant supplier.
The data on the external source record is owned by the supplier and will not be maintained by the retailer.