Attribute deactivation

September 27, 2017

Overview

The feed that we are providing is a list of all searchable attributes, both active and deactivated. This will allow DataSource customers to see what attributes
have changed, and to check if these changes have been properly reflected within their databases.

This feed is available in two different file formats: Excel and tab-delimited text.

The feed can be downloaded using the following links:

Feed Format

The file contains 10 fields. Listed below are the field names with its corresponding definition:

Field Name

Definition

CatID

CNET Category ID

CategoryName

CNET Category name in US English

AtrID

Searchable attribute ID

AttributeName

Searchable attribute name in US English

Status

Active – Searchable attribute that is currently active

Deactivated – Searchable Attribute that is currently deactivated

StatusChange

NewlyAdded – Searchable attribute that was recently added (during the last two months)

PlannedDeactivation – Searchable attribute that is currently active but planned for deactivation

NewAtrID

Attribute ID of the searchable attribute, which replaces the deactivated (or planned for deactivation) attribute

NewAttributeName

Replacement searchable attribute name is US English

CreationDate

Creation date of the searchable attribute in YYYY-MM-DD format

DeactivationDate

Deactivation date (or scheduled deactivation date) of the searchable attribute in YYYYMM-DD format

NOTE: The feed does not include searchable attributes which were deactivated prior to January 1, 2010.