Enrich Your PunchOut Data: Automated UNSPSC Category Mapping and cXML Extrinsic Management
In the world of B2B integrations, a transaction doesn’t end with a simple shopping cart transfer. Modern e-procurement systems like SAP Ariba, Coupa, or Oracle are sophisticated machines that demand structured, classified data to automate approval workflows, analyze spending, and ensure corporate compliance. One of the most common requirements, in CXML-based and OCI-based integrations, is for every product in the cart to be associated with a standard commodity code, such as the UNSPSC (United Nations Standard Products and Services Code).
This requirement can quickly turn into a technical nightmare: how do you dynamically associate the correct code with thousands of products, especially when each client has different mapping needs?
PunchOut Rocket transforms this challenge into an opportunity. Our platform offers an intelligent and flexible category mapping system that integrates natively with your e-commerce store, allowing you to meet your clients’ most demanding requirements with disarming simplicity.
From Your E-commerce to Your Client’s System: How Automatic Mapping Works
We designed the process to be as intuitive as possible, leveraging the structure that already exists in your online store (WooCommerce, NopCommerce, Magento, and more to come as Prestashop).
- Instant Synchronization of Your Categories
Forget manually exporting CSV files or configuring complex data feeds. Within an “End Customer” configuration page on PunchOut Rocket, you’ll find the “Category Mapping” section. With a single click on the “Update from e-commerce” button, our platform queries your site in real-time via our plugin and replicates your entire category tree, including all subcategories. You will instantly see your product organization, exactly as you’ve set it up in your admin panel.
- A Simple Interface to Assign Codes
Once the structure is loaded, your job is straightforward. Next to each category name, you’ll find a text field where you can enter the UNSPSC code (or any other standard the client requires). You can choose to map only the main parent categories or go into greater detail and assign specific codes to the deepest subcategories. The system is designed to give you maximum control with minimum effort.
- The Safety Net: A Default Code for Everything Else
What happens if a product belongs to a new category or one you forgot to map? No problem. For each customer, you can set a “Default UNSPSC”. This fallback code will be automatically used for any product whose category does not have a specific mapping. This ensures that every PunchOut transaction is always 100% compliant and is never rejected by the client’s system for missing data.
- Intelligence at Work: Automatic Product Classification
This is where the real magic happens. When your client’s user finishes their shopping session and the cart is sent to PunchOut Rocket, our system analyzes every single product. For each item, it identifies its position in your e-commerce category tree. It then travels up the tree to find the most specific category or subcategory to which you’ve assigned a code and applies it.
Ultimate Flexibility: Unique Configurations for Every Client
B2B sales are never one-size-fits-all. A client in the manufacturing industry might use a completely different set of UNSPSC codes than a client in the industrial sector, even for the exact same products.
PunchOut Rocket was built around this principle. The entire category mapping configuration is specific to each End Customer. This means you can:
Create a complete and detailed UNSPSC mapping for “Global Corp Inc.”.
This separation guarantees that you can meet the unique needs of each business partner without creating conflicts or complex, unmanageable configurations.
Stop fearing your clients’ technical requirements. With PunchOut Rocket’s intelligent category mapping and flexible Extrinsic management, you can deliver rich, accurate, and compliant data, strengthening your B2B partnerships. Start your trial today.
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