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What is new in Pimics PIM 12.1

Master Data

Description Texts in Configuration Templates

Business Value

This update enhances configuration templates by allowing default Description Texts to be defined. It supports faster and more consistent setup of items, item groups, product groups, chapters, and catalog groups — especially useful for onboarding new assortments or maintaining standardized product data.

Technical Changes
  • A new Descriptions action was added to the Config. Template Header, enabling rich text descriptions to be linked to templates.
  • When applying the template, description texts are copied to target entities only if they have no existing descriptions.
  • The visibility of this action depends on the target table and is available only for: Nonstock Item, Item, ITG, PRG, CHP, and CG.

title: What is new in Pimics PIM 12.1 ms.date: 04.02.2026

History – Save Description Text Translations

Business Value

This update ensures that multilingual product descriptions are preserved in the history archive. It supports better traceability and compliance by capturing translated description texts during versioning.

Technical Changes

The system was extended to include Description Text Translations in the history JSON structure. During versioning, translated texts are saved and restored alongside other description data.

title: What is new in Pimics PIM 12.1 ms.date: 04.02.2026

Classification

Increase Length of Feature and Value Descriptions

Business Value

This update aligns Pimics with Business Central standards by increasing the maximum length of feature and value descriptions (including translations) to 250 characters. It enables richer product information and avoids truncation issues.

Technical Changes

Field lengths for Feature and Value Descriptions — including translations and value set headers — have been increased to 250 characters. Other entities, such as Item Description and Category Description, still retain the 100-character limit. If a user enters text that exceeds this limit, an error message is shown. This update ensures full support for longer descriptions across the UI, imports, and exports.

title: What is new in Pimics PIM 12.1 ms.date: 04.02.2026

SharePoint

SharePoint Synchronization: Select folder within library

Business Value

This feature allows users to synchronize only specific folders within a SharePoint library, rather than the entire library. It supports better organization and performance by limiting synchronization to relevant content.

Technical Changes

The SharePoint synchronization reports were extended with a new Folder field, enabled upon selecting a library/drive ID. A tree-view dialog was implemented to allow users to select folders. The synchronization process was updated to start from the selected folder instead of the library root.

title: What is new in Pimics PIM 12.1 ms.date: 04.02.2026

Export Mapping – Writing BLOB to Cell

Business Value

This feature improves the flexibility of Excel exports by enabling BLOB fields (e.g., images or binary data) to be written directly into spreadsheet cells. It addresses customer needs for exporting rich content and enhances compatibility with external systems.

Technical Changes

The export mapping logic was updated to support appending BLOB fields to the last column in Excel exports. Validation was added to prevent type mismatches when appending different field types. Related bugs regarding invalid conversions and filtering on BLOB fields were resolved.

title: What is new in Pimics PIM 12.1 ms.date: 04.02.2026

Sana Commerce

Improved Sana Commerce add-on

Business Value

This update enhances the integration between Pimics and Sana Commerce, delivering a more reliable and efficient experience for users managing product data across platforms. By resolving issues with product updates and improving the setup process, users benefit from faster synchronization, reduced manual effort, and fewer errors. The setup improvements — like hiding sensitive credentials, unifying client configuration, and adding a test connection feature — make onboarding and maintenance easier for both technical and non-technical users. These changes support better data flow between ERP and PIM systems, aligning with roadmap goals for improved digital commerce capabilities.

Technical Changes

The development introduced two key procedures GetUpdatedProductsCount and GetUpdatedProductIds within the ProductUpdateExtension, enabling precise tracking of updated products and categories. The add-on now uses HttpClientFactory to address performance and resource leak issues previously caused by improper HttpClient usage. Setup logic was refactored to streamline configuration and improve security. These changes align with Sana’s integration guidelines and ensure the add-on meets modern standards for extensibility and maintainability.

title: What is new in Pimics PIM 12.1 ms.date: 04.02.2026

Synchronize Cross-References / Related Products to Sana

Business Value

This feature improves the accuracy and completeness of product relationships in the Sana Commerce storefront by synchronizing Pimics items cross-references to related products in Sana stores. It ensures that customers see all appropriate related products, enhancing product discovery and upselling opportunities.

Technical Changes

This change is specific to the Sana export channel and leverages the <RelatedProducts> XML element in Sana’s API. The implementation ensures that cross-references to items are included in the related product listings of all referencing items. The type of relation can be defined with the cross-reference type code in Pimics. Sana's related products content element supports two types of relations out of the box: 0 ('mix & match') and 1 (related products or accessories). For other cross-reference types, additional setup in the Sana admin interface is required.