Technical Data

Technical Data

This is where you describe a product's specifications: voltage, flow rate, weight, materials, and so on. In the digital twin this becomes the Technical Data submodel (IDTA 02003).

Everything on this page happens on a product's Technical Data tab. It has several parts: the property template and its values (the main one), plus classifications, images and a further-information note. General information at the top is filled in for you from the nameplate.

📄 Official specification: IDTA 02003 — Generic Frame for Technical Data (PDF)

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Template and values: the split

The specifications work in two parts.

• A template is a reusable list of fields, built once. For example a Centrifugal Pump Template with fields for voltage, flow and weight. You build templates on the Technical Data Templates page.
• The values are what you type into those fields for this one product.

You design the form once as a template, then fill in the numbers per product. Every pump in a range shares the template and holds its own values. This page is about the product side: assigning a template to the product in front of you and filling it in.

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Assigning a template to this product

On the product's Technical Data tab, the template area shows either the template already assigned (its name, its section and property counts, and a Values entered chip if you have filled it in) or a warning that none is set yet.

To assign one:

1. Pick a template from the dropdown. Each shows its section and property counts.
2. Click Save & Enter Data. This links the template to the product and opens the value-entry form straight away.

That assigns a template to this one product. To assign the same template to many products in one go, do it from the template's own page instead: see Technical Data Templates.

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Entering the values

Once a template is assigned, the tab shows Enter Technical Data, or Update Technical Data Values if some are already in.

The form lists the template's sections and fields. Fields marked with a * are required. Each field uses a control matching its type: a number box for a decimal, a date picker for a date, a dropdown for a fixed choice, so it is hard to type the wrong kind of value. Fill them in and Save Technical Data.

Values belong to this product alone. Two pumps sharing a template each hold their own numbers.

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Changing or removing the template

A product holds one template at a time.

• Change Template is the same dropdown. Pick a different one and Save & Enter Data.
• Remove Template unlinks the current one.

Both actions unlink the current template, and the values you entered against it are no longer part of the product. There is no confirmation prompt on the product tab, so be sure first. If you might need the values, download the product's AASX before you change or remove the template.

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The other parts of the tab

The template and its values are the biggest part, but not the whole submodel. The tab has four more parts.

General Information (read only)

A panel at the top shows the product's Designation, Order Code and Article Number. You do not type these here. They are mapped automatically from the Nameplate, and the manufacturer name and logo come from the linked company. It is shown so you can see what the submodel will carry.

Product Classifications

Standard codes that say what category the product falls into, so a customer's system can group it with similar products. Add Classification opens a form. If you have entered classifications before, a search box lets you reuse one.

Field		What to enter	Example
Classification System	*	The dictionary the code comes from.	ECLASS, IEC CDD, ZVEI
System Version		The version of that dictionary.	14.0
Dictionary link		An optional web link to the dictionary.
Class Id	*	The class identifier (an IRDI).	0173-1#01-AKJ975#017
Coded Name	*	The class code.	27-02-26-01
Name		The human-readable class name.	Frequency converter

Classifications appear in a table (System, Class Id, Coded Name, Name) with edit and delete. Add one only if you classify against ECLASS or a similar dictionary; leave it empty otherwise.

Product Images

Representative pictures of the product, embedded in the exported file. Add Image uploads one.

Field	What to enter
Image	A PNG or JPEG.
Note	An optional caption, in English.

Images appear in a table (File, Type, Note) with delete. These are the technical-data images, separate from the single catalog image on the product's identity.

Further Information

A free-text statement plus an optional validity date, for anything that qualifies the technical data. Edit opens the form.

Field	What to enter	Example
Text Statement	A note about the data, in English.	Values apply at 25 °C ambient unless stated otherwise.
Valid Until	An optional date after which the information no longer applies.	2028-12-31

Use it for the caveats an engineer would want, such as the conditions the figures were measured under.

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Tips

• Assign the shared template, then enter this product's own numbers.
• A required field left blank keeps the product incomplete. Fill the starred fields before you rely on the export.
• Download before you change or remove a template. The product tab does it silently, and the old values go with it.
• Add classifications and a further-information note if a customer expects them; both are optional.

For technical users

The tab covers the whole Technical Data submodel (IDTA 02003 v2.0): GeneralInformation (mapped from the Nameplate, plus ProductImages), ProductClassifications, the template-driven TechnicalProperties, and FurtherInformation. Entered values are keyed to each template property's stable id, so re-labelling or reordering the template does not disturb them, but unlinking the template removes the product's technical-data record. A product references exactly one template via its technical-template id.