Important information regarding the May 3.1.23 release of Synkka 

There will be some structural changes for the attributes regarding various Claims, these fields need to be remapped to the corresponding places in the new module for customers using integrations. GS1 Finland will do the data migration. 

Please see further information regarding the upcoming changes for the Synkka May 3.1.23​​​​​​​ update

If you are using the integration to/from Synkka, please contact your SW Developer partner to order the changes to the messages. We shall provide an example of the new output in the beginning of April, after changes have been implemented in test.   

Claims 

Nutritional Claim – attributes will be transferred to Product Information module and attribute names, IDs and xPaths will change. Claims will contain data for other categories besides Nutrition so all Claims will be in a Product Information Module.  

Old module                                              Target module                                                    nutritionalInformationModule                     productInformationModule                                                  

Source attribute ID - Name 

Target attribute Id - Name 

Attribute name in Finnish 

1214 

nutritionalInformationModule/ 

nutritionalClaim 

5314

productInformationModule/ 

productInformationDetail/ 

claimDescription 

Väiteteksti (oli Ravitsemukselliset lisätiedot)  

1222 

nutritionalInformationModule/ 

nutritionalClaimDetail/ 

nutritionalClaimTypeCode 

5317

productInformationModule/ 

claimDetail/ 

claimTypeCode 

Väitteen ominaisuus 

1223  

nutritionalInformationModule/ 

nutritionalClaimDetail/ 

nutritionalClaimNutrientElementCode 

5318

productInformationModule/ 

claimDetail/ 

claimElementCode 

Väitteen aines 

4735 

nutritionalInformationModule/ 

nutritionalClaimDetail/ 

claimMarkedOnPackage 

5315

productInformationModule/ 

claimDetail/ 

claimMarkedOnPackage 

Väite merkitty pakkaukseen 

Claims are filled out for 4739 items. 

Values for ‘Vegan’ and ‘Decaffeinated’ on Attribute 1223 NutritionalClaimNutrientElementCode will be removed – other values will be migrated.

 

Health Related Information

 

Claims will be merged to Product Information module so field 1023 will be located under new field for Claim Description (ID TBC). Current values will be migrated by GS1. 

Source attribute ID - Name 

Target attribute Id - Name 

Attribute name in Finnish 

1023 

healthRelatedInformationModule/ 

healthRelatedInformation/ 

healthClaimDescription 

5314

productInformationModule/ 

productInformationDetail/ 

claimDescription 

Väiteteksti (oli Terveysväittämä) 

Attribute filled out for 1218 items in Synkka.   

Textile Material -module   

Module Name to be updated and the relevant fields will be in more generically named Material Module – Attribute IDs TBC 

 
Old name of Module                                                   New name of module 

textileMaterialModule                                                 materialModule 

 

Source Attribute ID - Name 

Target Attribute ID - Name 

 Attribute name in Finnish 

3029 

textileMaterialModule/ 
textileMaterialComposition/ 

materialContent 

3029

materialModule/ 
materialComposition/ 

materialContent  

Materiaali 

4670 

textileMaterialModule/ 
textileMaterial/ 

materialStatement  

4670

materialModule/ 
material/ 

materialStatement 

Tuotteen materiaalilista 

Attribute filled out for 1425 items in Synkka. 

   

 Trade Item Size 

  

Attributes relating to size are also merged under one module. Affected attribute 3571 will be in a new module – New Field ID TBC     

Source Attribute ID - Name 

Target Attribute ID - Name 

 Attribute name in Finnish 

 

3571 

tradeItemSizeModule/ 
size/ 

descriptiveSize 

5307

tradeItemSizeModule/ 
nonPackagedSizeDimension/ 

descriptiveSizeDimension 

Koko 

Attribute filled out for 1152 items in Synkka.              

Two codes merged on Allergens 

Two allergens will be merged to existing values as detailed below: GS1 will do the migration of existing data 

Source value  

Target value  

AX -Cereals containing gluten and its derivatives  
Gluteenia  sisältävät viljat ja -tuotteet  

AW -  other cereals containing gluten and its derivatives  
Muut gluteenia sisältävät viljat  

SQ - Queensland nut and queensland nut products  
Queensland pähkinä  

SM - Macadamia nut and macadamia nut products   
Macadamia pähkinä  

      

Other updates in new release 

 

Attributes Product Activity Type Code and Provenance Statement are using the shared List of Values in May update the List of Values will be separaeted. 

The Origin of ingredients for Provenance Statement will be stated, even if there is only a single ingredient.  

 

The timetable for the Synkka May 3.1.23 release 

· Test environment available: Monday 3.4.2023

· Prodution update Saturday 20.5.2023

· Service break Friday 19.5.2023 from 18.00 – Monday 22.5.2023 9.00 Finnish time


Please see the link for the latest documentation: 

https://gs1.fi/fi/asiakastuki/synkka/synkan-dokumentaatio-ja-paivitykset 

 

Please contact our Customer Service should you have further questions regarding the May release.