Multipacks

The multipacks schema contains information regarding the multipacks that are used to create loads. These are created from a number of either identical or different complete packages from the complete packaging schema.

Note: The multipack portion is optional (only applies to multipacks). If the complete packaging or component is not in a multipack, all of the fields below are optional.

Table

Column	Status	Format	Notes
identifier	mandatory	UUID	A globally unique identifier. See identifiers section for information on how to construct this identifier
name	optional	String	The name of this multipack.
description	optional	String	A brief description of this multipack.
externalIdentifiers	optional	Dictionary	A dictionary of identifiers that might be used to identify the multipack in other systems. For example: manufacturer’s own internal identifier, bar codes or global trade item number (gtin). To provide external identifiers please follow this format. {'externalIdentifierName1': 'identifier1', 'externalIdentifierName2': 'identifier2'}
multipackConstituentsIdentifiers	mandatory	List	The information regarding the consituents that are combined to create this multipack. The entries should be from the Multipack Constituents Relationship List identifier.
tier	optional	Integer	The tier associated with the multipack. The inner most tier denoted as 1, and the outermost tier is the biggest number.
manufacturers	optional	List	The information regarding the manufacturer(s). The entries should be the Organisations Relationship List identifiers.
manufacturedCountry	optional	String	The country the component was manufactured in. Use the country numeric ISO codes as described in the ISO 3166 international standard.
updateDate	mandatory	Date	The date that the multipack was provided/last updated. Use the format yyyy-mm-dd adhering to the ISO 8601 dateTime standard.
releaseDate	optional	Date	The date that the component will be available to use. Use the format yyyy-mm-dd adhering to the ISO 8601 dateTime standard.
discontinueDate	optional	Date	The date that the component will no longer be available to use. Use the format yyyy-mm-dd adhering to the ISO 8601 dateTime standard.

Diagram

erDiagram
COMPONENTS }o..o{ MULTIPACK : multipack_constituents
COMPONENTS }o..o{ COMPLETE_PACKAGING : complete_packaging_constituents
COMPLETE_PACKAGING }o..o{ MULTIPACK : multipack_constituents
  MULTIPACK {
    identifier UUID "*"
    name String
    description String
    externalIdentifiers Dictionary
    multipackConstituentsIdentifiers List "*"
    tier String
    manufacturers List
    manufacturedCountry String
    updateDate Date "*"
    releaseDate Date
    discontinueDate Date
  }
  MULTIPACK }o--o{ RELATIONSHIP_LISTS : attributes
  COMPLETE_PACKAGING }o..o{ LOADS : load_constituents
  MULTIPACK }o..o{ LOADS : load_constituents
  COMPONENTS }o--o{ LOADS : load_constituents
      RELATIONSHIP_LISTS {
        organisations optional
    }

Example

12 Multipack of Wine JSON12 Multipack of Wine XML

[
  {
    "identifier": "111525c0-9a41-4eea-a9b7-a8c23ffcf94d",
    "name": "12 pack of wine",
    "description": "12 x 750ml of red wine that are sold together. Not to be sold separately.",
    "externalIdentifiers": {
      "GTIN":"00123456789012",
      },
    "multipackConstituentsIdentifiers": [
      {
      "multipackConstituentsIdentifier": "346C5546-282B-C040-CE74-DD0DD4688C0B",
      "multipackCombinationIdentifier": "516ac728-65e3-48c6-9756-37c29c177a7c"
      },
      {
      "multipackConstituentsIdentifier": "346C5546-282B-C040-CE74-DD0DD4688C0B",
      "multipackCombinationIdentifier": "123f1eab-f674-4009-862a-7168cd5cf53f"
      }
    ],
    "tier": 1,
    "manufacturers": ["GB-COH-10906273"],
    "manufacturedCountry": "826",
    "updateDate": "2022-08-01",
    "releaseDate": "2022-08-01",
    "discontinueDate": "",
  }
]

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
  <multipack>
    <identifier>111525c0-9a41-4eea-a9b7-a8c23ffcf94d</identifier>
    <name>12 pack of wine</name>
    <description>12 x 750ml of red wine that are sold together. Not to be sold separately.</description>
    <externalIdentifiers>
      <GTIN>00123456789012</GTIN>
    </externalIdentifiers>
    <multipackConstituentsIdentifiers>
      <multipackConstituentsIdentifier>346C5546-282B-C040-CE74-DD0DD4688C0B</multipackConstituentsIdentifier>
      <multipackCombinationIdentifier>516ac728-65e3-48c6-9756-37c29c177a7c</multipackCombinationIdentifier>
    </multipackConstituentsIdentifiers>
    <multipackConstituentsIdentifiers>
      <multipackConstituentsIdentifier>346C5546-282B-C040-CE74-DD0DD4688C0B</multipackConstituentsIdentifier>
      <multipackCombinationIdentifier>123f1eab-f674-4009-862a-7168cd5cf53f</multipackCombinationIdentifier>
    </multipackConstituentsIdentifiers>
    <tier>1</tier>
    <manufacturers>GB-COH-10906273</manufacturers>
    <manufacturedCountry>826</manufacturedCountry>
    <updateDate>2022-08-01</updateDate>
    <releaseDate>2022-08-01</releaseDate>
    <discontinueDate></discontinueDate>
  </multipack>

Data flow

flowchart LR
    subgraph components[Components]
        co_example["example components"]
    end
    subgraph completePackages[Complete Packages]
        cp_wineBox["Wine Box
        -
        516ac728-65e3-48c6-9756-37c29c177a7c"]
        cp_wineBottle["Wine Bottle
        -
        123f1eab-f674-4009-862a-7168cd5cf53f"]
    end
    subgraph multipacks["`**Multipacks**`"]
        mp_wineBox["`**12 pack of wine
        -
        111525c0-9a41-4eea-a9b7-a8c23ffcf94d**`"]
    end
    subgraph loads[Loads]
        lo_load["example loads"]
    end
    components --> completePackages
    cp_wineBox -.-> mp_wineBox
    cp_wineBottle -.-> mp_wineBox
    mp_wineBox -.-> loads