itemVariations

Use the itemVariations data format creator to export variation data and save this data in the cloud. The raw data file is stored in the cloud for a maximum of 6 months. Therefore, the data must be processed before this date. The following tables contain further information about the format.

1. Technical specifications

See Table 1 for further information on the available properties and their corresponding values.

Table 1. Technical specifications of the format **itemVariations**
Property	Meaning	Value	Explanation
dataName	Name	itemVariations	Name of the creator process and prefix of the created file. File name: itemVariations-xxx.csv.gz
fileFormat	File format	CSV, GZIP	The data is provided as a GZIP-compressed CSV file (RFC 1952).
limitPage	Lines per request	up to 8,000	The maximum number of data rows that is written into a single file.
limitDay	Lines per day	up to 400,000	The maximum number of data rows that is written on one day in total.
earliestPossibleDataDate	Earliest point in time	2020-01-01	Point in time as of which the raw data can be collected. The data is filtered by the date saved in the dataUpdatedAtColumnName column.
filterType	Filter type	lastUpdate	Data are filtered based on the last update.
dataUpdatedAtColumnName	Column header	iv_updated_at	Name of the column that contains the time stamp of the last data update.
defaultActive	Activated by default	no	The data is only exported automatically in the background after you have activated the creator in the Setup » plentyBI » Raw data menu.
interval	Interval	daily	With this setting, all data that has been changed since the last run is exported once a day, usually during the night.
storableFromPlan	Storage starting from tariff	plentyBI XS	Minimum fee plan required for saving the data in cloud storage and making it available via REST.
processableFromPlan	Usage starting from tariff	plentyBI L	Minimum fee plan required for making the data available in plentyBI Data Warehouse, i.e. for using, filtering and processing key figures.

2. Data columns

See Table 2 for further information on the itemVariations data columns included in the CSV file during raw data export.

Table 2. Data columns of the format **itemVariations**
Column name	Data type	Full name	Explanation
plenty_id	INTEGER NOT NULL	plenty id	ID of the plentymarkets system
iv_id (Primary key)	VARCHAR NOT NULL	item variation id	ID of the variation
i_id	VARCHAR NOT NULL	item id	The item’s ID
im_id	VARCHAR	item manufacturer id	Manufacturer ID
iv_attribute_value_set_id	VARCHAR	item variation attribute value set id	ID of the combination of content and attribute value
c_id	VARCHAR	category id	Category ID
c_level_1_id	VARCHAR	category level 1 id	Category ID: level 1
c_level_2_id	VARCHAR	category level 2 id	Category ID: level 2
iv_number	VARCHAR	item variation number	Variation number
i_revenue_account	INTEGER	item revenue account	The revenue account saved in the item data record.
i_name	VARCHAR	item name	Item name
iv_active	SMALLINT NOT NULL	item variation active	Possible values: 0 = The variation is inactive. 1 = The variation is active.
iv_availability	SMALLINT NOT NULL	item variation availability	ID of the availability of the variation Possible values: 1 to 10
i_created_at	TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL	item created at	Time stamp of the creation Date format: MM/DD/YYYY HH:MI:SS TZ
iv_updated_at	TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL	item variation updated at	Time stamp of the last update Date format: MM/DD/YYYY HH:MI:SS TZ