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Product Family
Use the createProductFamilyMember component to create objects of the following types:
• Product Family
• Product Model Group
• Product Model
• Managed Variant Specification
You can use different components in a single load file. Any combinations are supported.
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• The number and version values in the following tables can be alphanumeric.
• All the values, except for boolean, are case-sensitive.
Element
Data Type
Description
csvpfmName
String
Optional. Specify the name for the Product Family Member object.
csvpfmNumber
String
Optional. Specify the identification number for the Product Family Member object.
csvpfmType
String
Specify the object type for the Product Family Member object in the format <WCTYPE|objectName>. For example, WCTYPE|wt.productfamily.ProductFamily, WCTYPE|wt.productfamily.ProductModelGroup, WCTYPE|wt.productfamily.ProductModel, WCTYPE|com.ptc.wpcfg.doc.VariantSpec.
csvtopPFNumber
String
Specify the identification number value of the Product Family, in which this Product Family Member object resides. If creating a Product Family, then this must be its own number value.
csvversion
String
Optional. This element is currently supported for pre-existing variant specifications only. Specify a new version to be created for the pre-existing variant specification rather than creating a new object.
csvcontainerPath
String
Optional. Specify the container for the Product Family Member object.
csvnavcriteria
String
Optional. Specify the name of the navigation criteria to be set on a new variant specification.
Creating Usage Links between Product Family Member Objects
Use createUsageLink to link Product Family, Product Model Group, Product Model, and variant specification objects together to form a Product Family structure.
Element
Data Type
Description
csvpfmParentNumber
String
Specify the number value of the object serving as the parent role of the link.
csvpfmChildNumber
String
Specify the number value of the object serving as the child role of the link.