How to Deliver Obsolete Part Applications

Q: We haven’t been sending NAPA applications with our obsolete part numbers, but they now want them (per their 24 month retention policy). How could we add those back in?

A: There are two approaches you could take.

1. If you want the obsoletes to be completely separate from your current file, you can create a new document for the obsoletes. You can reuse all of the helper maps except the part category maps by selecting AutoMap > Mark all maps used. Unfortunately, the part categories are specific to just a single document, so they will need to be remapped.

2. You could instead import a Part Interchange file with a new brand. The file would have two or maybe three brands, the primary and the the “Obsolete US” and “Obsolete UAP”. The primary should be imported with a status “I” for “Inactive” and the obsoletes would be imported with status “A” for “Active”. You would then include the obsolete applications with your regular source applications and import into your existing document. When you publish the primary (or US, UAP), you will not get any obsoletes because they are marked inactive. When you publish for “Obsolete US”, you would only get the obsoletes.