1. Product Definition

The Super Administrator must specify the Key Data Elements (KDEs) or product attributes that will be collected for each product input or output product that will be traced in Global Trace. To define a product, begin by assigning it a unique name. Select the goods associated with the product from the “Product contains” dropdown. Assign data attributes to the product by selecting from a list of pre-defined data attributes or creating a new one. Product data attributes are combined to represent the KDEs of a product. As an example, the following data attributes are defined separately and then combined to represent the product “Seed Cotton”.

As the image shows, in assigning data attributes, the Super Administrator must specify:

• If the data attribute is optional or required when creating the product.
• If the data attribute is only required when the product is defined manually. Consider the definition of a Cotton Bale. In the case where cotton bales are traced from the farm level, the country of origin does not need to be added - it is calculated through tracing. If cotton bales are imported, and added manually into Global Trace, the country of origin must be supplied when creating the bale product.

Data Attribute definition

A data attribute is created by the Super Administrator and has a name, type, category, and other optional defined values.

1. The Super Administrator defines the data attribute by assigning it a unique name and selecting the data attribute type and associated category.

2. Data attribute types include: Product ID, Product Quantity, or Other.

   • Product ID can be used to identify a unique product, i.e. Personal ID for a person, Serial Number for a mobile device, Code for cotton
   • Product Quantity is the quantity in which the product is bought or sold.
   • Other can be used to define additional information about a product, such as transaction attachments, grouped list (e.g. cotton certifications), and any other supplementary information that doesn’t fit in the above criteria

3. Data attribute categories include: Text, Number, Percentage, Date, List, Number-unit pair, Country / Province / District, and ATTACHMENTSFile & attachment.

   • Percentage defines that the attribute must be a number from 0 to 100.
   • LIST defines that this attribute is a list of values, such as attribute Color with three options: Black,Pink, and Red.
   • Country / Province / District is the address containing three values: Country ID, Province ID, and District ID in one attribute.
   • File & attachment are used to contain uploaded certifications or proofs of the product. This category must contain the blobName and fileName of the uploaded file

   

   • Number-unit pair defines an attribute of two connected properties, for example, attribute Price with type of Number and Currency is one of PKR, USD, and EUR.

An attribute of type Product ID must have category Text. An attribute of type Product Quantity must have category Number-unit pair.