The Product Data Warehouse (PDW) Catalog accepts imports from generic flat files using either Electronic Data Interface (EDI) or File Transfer Protocol (FTP) rather than relying solely on vendor disks.
Use one of the following unique import utilities to import FTP or IDW data.
Use the FTP Request PDW Update utility to automatically download and import generic flat file or IDW data directly to the PDW Catalog, unzip zipped files, and define a directory to which to download data if you do not want to automatically import the data into the PDW Catalog.
Important: Use the FTP Request PDW Update utility in place of the EDI Request IDW Catalog or FTP Request IDW Catalog utilities to more easily download and import vendor data into the PDW Catalog.
See Also:
Using FTP Requests to Update PDW