Upon release of EU Hub 1.16, there will be new validations implemented to further ensure the integrity of product data. You can find below all data validations required in 1.16 and all error messages that arise when these requirements are not met.

PMD VALIDATIONS

WHEN IS IT AN #A16 - DATA VALIDATION ERROR?

FIELD	SCENARIO
COMMON NAME MAH COUNTRY CODE	Field is missing in request
MAH STREET MAH CITY MAH POSTCODE	Field is present but... no value (empty) only whitespace

THE A16 ERROR MESSAGE IS SENT TO THE FOLLOWING FIELDS ONLY WHEN THE WHOLESALER NAME IS AVAILABLE:

FIELD	SCENARIO
WHOLESALER STREET WHOLESALER CITY WHOLESALER POSTCODE	Field is present but... no value (empty) only whitespace
WHOLESALER COUNTRY CODE	Field is missing in request

WHEN IS IT AN #I1 - INVALID FILE FORMAT?

FIELD	SCENARIO
COMMON NAME	Field is present but... no value (empty) only whitespace longer than 255 characters
MAH STREET MAH STREET 2 MAH CITY MAH POSTCODE	Field is missing in request OR is present but longer than 1000 characters
MAH COUNTRY CODE	Field is present but... no value (empty) only whitespace longer than 3 characters shorter than 2 characters

THE I1 ERROR MESSAGE IS SENT TO THE FOLLOWING FIELDS ONLY WHEN THE WHOLESALER NAME IS AVAILABLE:

FIELD	SCENARIO
WHOLESALER STREET WHOLESALER STREET 2 WHOLESALER CITY WHOLESALER POSTCODE	Field is missing in request OR is present but longer than 1000 characters
WHOLESALER COUNTRY CODE	Field is present but... no value (empty) only whitespace longer than 3 characters shorter than 2 characters

THE FIELD - MAH STREET 2 (and WHOLESALER STREET 2, IF APPLICABLE) - ALWAYS NEEDS TO BE PRESENT IN THE XML FILE, BUT THE UPLOAD IS DISTRIBUTED SUCCESSFULLY WHEN THE FIELD IS PRESENT BUT:

CONTAINS NO VALUE (EMPTY)
CONTAINS ONLY WHITESPACE

PPD VALIDATIONS

WHEN IS IT AN #A16 - DATA VALIDATION ERROR?

FIELD	SCENARIO
MANUFACTURER STREET MANUFACTURER CITY MANUFACTURER POSTCODE	Field is present but... no value (empty) only whitespace
MANUFACTURER COUNTRY CODE	Field is missing in request

WHEN IS IT AN #I1 - INVALID FILE FORMAT?

FIELD	SCENARIO
MANUFACTURER STREET MANUFACTURER STREET 2 MANUFACTURER CITY MANUFACTURER POSTCODE	Field is missing in request OR is present but longer than 1000 characters
MANUFACTURER COUNTRY CODE	Field is present but... no value (empty) only whitespace longer than 3 characters shorter than 2 characters

THE FIELD MANUFACTURER STREET 2 ALWAYS NEEDS TO BE PRESENT IN THE XML FILE, BUT THE UPLOAD IS DISTRIBUTED SUCCESSFULLY WHEN THE FIELD IS PRESENT BUT:

CONTAINS NO VALUE (EMPTY)
CONTAINS ONLY WHITESPACE