CDX SYSTEM

Updates & Releases

Discover the Latest Features, Enhancements, and Tools for Seamless Compliance

Release 8.6

Live: April 10, 2025

Announced: March 14, 2025

Welcome to CDX Release 8.6

We´ve streamlined the invitation process, making it easier for suppliers to register, respond to requests, and navigate CDX. Additionally, we are launching a new CDX Support for Suppliers webpage, providing clear, step-by-step guidance for registration and initial setup in a user-friendly format.

Your feedback is important to us as we continue to improve this experience. Please feel free to contact us at cdx-info@dxc.com or via our contact form.

Bulk MDS Requests - Enhanced Efficiency

Managing large-scale MDS requests is now more efficient. The MDS Request Template has been enhanced to support up to 2,000 requests at once. Additionally, process optimizations have been introduced, including the automatic deactivation of checks for companies without active users. These companies can still be identified after sending the request, using the search function in the MDS request outbox.

MDS Communication

With this release, we are closing gaps in our new MDS Communication feature. These communications are now available for download via API Rest service.

Data Quality Upgrades - Smarter Data Validation

To further enhance data accuracy, we´ve introduced a new pre-check for mandatory attachments before an MDS is sent. This prevents incomplete submissions and ensures compliance from the start. More quality improvements are on the way.

Ongoing Improvements to Data Import and Standards

With a growing number of data sheets entering the system through our import functions, customers are experiencing enhanced data integration. Increased usage has also led to valuable feedback, driving a series of enhancements and quality improvements for IPC-1752, IPC-1754, and IEC 62474/chemSHERPA. To ensure the highest standards, we have established a dedicated team to optimize and standardize these imports for an even smoother experience.

Increased Transparency in License Management

To help our customers track and manage their CDX usage more effectively, we have introduced new fields in license management. These updates will be implemented in multiple phases, providing greater clarity and control over licensing information.

These updates are part of our ongoing commitment to provide you with the most effective tools for compliance and data management. We encourage you to test these features and share your feedback. We look forward to hearing your thoughts and receiving enhancement requests for future releases!

Thank you for working with CDX!

Release 8.5

Live: January 23, 2025

With Release 8.5 the following enhancements have been implemented in CDX:

CDX GUI

Dealing with companies without active users
Search for Attachment based on type
Plausibility check for AD-DSL QL "Product contains Biocide(s)" severity will change from Error to Warning (back ported to 8.4)
Node Count visible for every MDS search screen
Exclude Where-Used Analysis (WUA) for material in connection with the threshold check
Update SCIP Version for ECHA Dossier to SCIP Version 4.1 -> 5.0

CDX Interface

IEC67424 New: numberOfUnits will be exported only =1 when using the option ChemSherpa Compatibility
IPC1752a Export: Complete the ACS-free version for class C /

REST Web Service Enhancements

Upload user comment when accepting or rejecting MDS

CDX Conflict and Extended Minerals

CMD: "No longer RMI listed" smelter status added to CMD Smelter Search
CMD: "Invalid" smelter status deactivated from Create smelter
EMD: Personal Setting - add new Subscription Option for Extended Minerals Declaration (EMD)

New License Model Implementation

Additional License Checks for IMDS/CDX Data Transfer
MDS Entry License ordering process extended by Where-Used Analysis
License Management - Extend Screen by active users
License Management - Extend Screen by up- and downloads (coming soon)

Look And Feel

With our Release 8.5, we are aligning the look and feel of our login page to that of the CDX application and rollout some minor functionality tweaks for password reset to improve the overall experience when handling your credentials.

Release 8.4

Live: October 10, 2024

With Release 8.4 the following enhancements have been implemented in CDX:

Expanded MDS Communication

CDX now enables more flexibility when communicating about MDS submissions. Previously, you could already comment when rejecting an MDS, but with Release 8.4, you can now accept and comment directly within the platform. All MDS communication is centralized in CDX, with emails used solely for notifications. This streamlined process reduces clutter and keeps important information easily accessible.

Accepting Received MDS

Comment on an MDS

Understanding MDS Complexity
Curious about the complexity of a received MDS? CDX now counts Node IDs, giving you a clear indication of its size and intricacy. You¿ll find this feature in your search inbox results and the ingredients tab.

IAEG Identifier for Substances
You can now search by IAEG Identifiers, ensuring quicker and more accurate identification of substances when the identifier is available.

New PFAS Attachment Type
In line with global regulatory trends, CDX introduces a new attachment type for PFAS (Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances) compliance. This helps establish a standardized process for confirming the presence or absence of PFAS in the supply chain, aligning with increasing environmental regulations.

REST Web Service Enhancements
We've enhanced the REST API with several key updates:

Ability to download individual requests by ID.
Improvements to the CDX_STATUS API, offering greater flexibility for system integrations.

Release 8.3.1

Live: July 04, 2024

With Release 8.3.1 the following enhancements have been implemented in CDX:

Improved Quality and Flexible Company Invitations

This release focuses on improving quality and making company invitations more flexible. A new screen has been added to the Company Admin to streamline the invitation process.

Additionally, we've made some minor changes:

The Customer Policy includes now Versioning and Renaming.
Display supplier part number in the results of MDS request search.
New filter and column for 100% declared MDS to CDX Inbox search.
Country is now part of the Company Search Result and Export File.
We've updated the IPC REACH Substance Restrictions in the Regulations/Query List.

Major Enhancements to CDX REST Web Services:

IPC-1752 C/D Export Capability
Based on a provided recipe in the request, you can now export IPC-1752 C/D data, including original IMDS supplier data (if requested).

IPC1752A Export: Summarize of Substances with the same CAS Number
Substances with the same CAS number in a material hierarchy (compound material) can be summed up and appear only once in the exported IPC file. Please note that the two features mentioned above (IPC-1752 C/D Export & IPC-1752A Export) are covered under one license with separate license costs.

Regulation Overview Report
Trigger and export detailed regulation overview reports in JSON format. This feature also requires a separate license.

Mapping IMDS Application IDs of ELV-IMDS Regulation
During the migration of datasheets between IMDS and CDX the IMDS application IDs of the ELV exemptions are mapped to IPC identities.

Replace Part Number Supplier Code Enhancement
When combined with the upload function, you can define and replace placeholders for Material Data Sheets (MDS) by part number. Additionally, this enhancement allows for an optional Supplier Code. During upload, you can specify which supplier should be used for certain parts.

New MDS Status Download in JSON Format
A new endpoint allows you to download MDS status for CDX-MDSs and import IMDS-MDSs in JSON format.

Request Download by Request ID
Easily download requests by specifying their unique request IDs.

REST-API User Management
Company administrators can now manage and download security secrets via the UI. The old security secret download method is deprecated and will be removed from the API. Active REST users must migrate to the new User Profile REST-API, which is now mandatory for using REST.

JWT Bearer Token Validation
Bearer tokens now require an expiration time of less than 20 minutes for enhanced security.

Release 8.3

Live: January 20, 2023

With Release 8.3 the following enhancements have been implemented in CDX:

Enhanced MDS Request Grouping for Quasi-Identical Articles

In this release we enable the OEM suppliers to group MDS requests, valid for quasi-identical articles. We have based this on the ECHA definition, `sameness´ criteria for quasi-identical articles as such:

The articles have the same function or use;
They contain the same Candidate List substance(s);
The material that the articles are made of is the same;
The safe use instructions are the same, which is a logical consequence of the previous two criteria.

To leverage this, ensure your company is configured for the new feature, allowing your Tier 1 partners to take full advantage.

Release 8.2

Live: August 24, 2023

With Release 8.2 the following enhancements have been implemented in CDX:

Customer specific policy

The major change is the possibility to activate a customer specific policy, which must be accepted, before data sheets can be sent back to you. If you have any questions about this enhancement, feel free to contact us and we will explain the details.

CDX Self-service

Have you ever been excluded from CDX because the validity of your account had expired? If your account is still active, you can now solve this via the self-service without contacting our CDX service desk. Our CDX is extending the user account valid date for you.

Optimized Workflow

What happens to your invitations written to someone whose email address is no longer valid? Until now you did not get any information about these not received emails, now this information about not arrived emails will be collected and returned to the you as the sender.

Some of our customers wanted to optimize their CDX workflow and asked us for a way to pre-view received data and make it available for the next reviewer by setting a check mark. You can now set a Pre-Check flag and use it as a filter on the search screen.

Plausibility Check for AD-DSL query list

For AD-DSL query lists, there is now a plausibility check. If questions are answered but do not match the information from the datasheets, the checks indicate errors and answers must be corrected before the data can reach the customer. This increases the quality of the received data and saves the time for the manual check. And last but not least we would like to announce something for the Company Administrators. They can now check their licenses also in relation to uploaded SCIP dossiers. This makes it easier to estimate if the company is reaching its license limits.

CDX Webservices

For our Rest Web Services please see latest documentation. You can find it under Help Web Service. Here we use the common Swagger editor to document our REST web services and make it available to you. Maybe you will have a look at it and find new features to optimize managing, querying and analyzing your data.

Release 8.1

Live: April 20, 2023

With Release 8.1 the following enhancements have been implemented in CDX:

Substance in Process and more

Release 8.1 focuses on the management of process substances also known as Substances in Process, i.e. substances that are used in the manufacturing process for the product but are no longer in the final product. For this purpose, we introduce two new object types in CDX, process and mixture, so that the analyses of your product are not affected by them. However, you can perform analyses for exactly these new types, should you have queried these substances from your suppliers.

Further improvements are available when querying your received data and sent requests. We now offer the possibility to export the search results without restrictions, so that these data can be analyzed either with Excel or an appropriate in-house systems.

You can also benefit from advanced checks before accepting received data. This way the quality of your received data can be directly adjusted to your expectations beforehand.

For our REST Web Services we have changed our documentation. You can find it under Help Web Service. Here we use the common Swagger editor to document our REST web services and make it available to you. Maybe you will have a look at it and find new features to optimize managing, querying and analyzing your data.

General Changes in different areas

Extended Search Functionality - Additional Identifiers as search criteria.
Extend Standard MDS filter in MDS Search
Accept MDS in bulk.
Include latest CDX changes to MDS Request bulk upload sheets.
MDS Material Declaration/Ship Report required amendments as per regulatory changes.

CDX Webservices

One year ago, we introduced REST based Web services. As communicated in our Release Notes for 7.5, in the long term, we are planning to obsolete the SOAP based Web services. Further development of REST services is planned for almost all GUI extensions. At the same time, further development for SOAP Web services will only be offered for customer projects on a time and material basis. We recommend our customers to switch to REST, so that extensions for in-house systems can be offered immediately.

Release 8.0

Live: February 16, 2023

With Release 8.0 the following enhancements have been implemented in CDX:

Multi-Tier License

Our CDX Release 8.0 has a major focus to introduce Multi-Tier (MT) license. The MT license was introduced to assist OEMs in collecting datasheets from their supply chain more efficiently. by sponsoring their own supply chain. Please contact our consulting Team if you need additional information about MT license and how your OEM company may benefit from this new function.

There are some more new features and functions introduced since our last major Release which we explain shortly below.

General Changes in different areas

Peronal Setting - New subscribe function e-mails for a daily summary.
Export MDS Request Outbox and MDS Inbox without 500 limits.
GDPR Compliance; Remove personal data from CDX Inbox.
Bulk Import of EMD-Requests via Excel Sheet.
Increase possible number of MDS Request via Excel Sheet.
Include latest CDX changes to MDS Request bulk upload sheets.
Regulation Updates; RISL Update.

CDX Webservices

Release 7.8

Live: July 21, 2022

With Release 7.8 the following enhancements have been implemented in CDX:

Responsible Materials Manager

Our CDX Release 7.8 has a major focus to introduce now Cobalt and Mica Reporting to provide an Extended Minerals Module solution, that can be optionally licensed as an add-on functionality to the Conflict Minerals Declaration (CMD). Along with CMD, CDX provides help in analyzing company responsible minerals data and assist in the declaration processes to improve company transparency, increase investors and customer interest, and meet the market´s growing Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG).

Responsible Materials Manager, which includes Conflict Minerals Reporting and the Extended Materials Reporting enables to:

Import and export in Excel format based on the newest CMRT and EMRT.
Create, send, receive, roll up and, validate CM and EM Declarations.
Provide comprehensive analysis tools and quality control.
Enable to sort and group smelters.
Ensure the most up to date smelters compliance information.

SCIP

A CDX supplier company is now able to manually add generated SCIP number which was initiated outside of CDX (External SCIP number) to their own MDS.
When referencing an own MDS part that has only (External SCIP number) in a SCIP dossier this External SCIP number will be used for referencing.

SCIP Webservice

A new function of CDX web service includes the possibility to speed up the overall performance of submitting SCIP dossiers using the upload API if the MDS's structure only contains referenced sub-parts that has existing SCIP number/s and there's no need to search for SVHCs included in that MDS.

IMDS Interface

Transfer Contact Information from IMDS to CDX.
Provide new Instance to increase performance.

IPC175x Enhancement

CDX now supports query lists which means we add IPC-1752A Class A declarations to our qualifications.

Query List

Companies can configure within company administration screen if answering each question in the query list/s of a related regulation is mandatory for the supplier before they send back the data to their recipient/s.

SVHC Art 33 Reporting

CDX supports REACH Article 33: Duty to communicate information on substances in articles by reporting these Parts in Queue and Collection Manager (QCM). The report can also be created by Webservice.

CDX Webservices

One year ago, we introduced REST based Webservices. As communicated in our Release Notes for 7.5, in the long term, we are planning to obsolete the SOAP based Webservices. Further development of Rest Services is planned for almost all GUI extensions. At the same time, further development for SOAP web services will only be offered for customer projects on a time and material basis. We recommend our customers to switch to REST, so that extensions for in-house systems can be offered immediately.

Release 7.6

Live: November 24, 2021

With Release 7.6 the following enhancements have been implemented in CDX:

SCIP

Received MDS from Suppliers could be checked in UI Screen, so that they are directly uploaded to SCIP DB. After successfully uploaded they would receive their Customer SCIP Number.
It is now possible to set a flag in the Company Administration to add by default all organizations units to the list for simplified SCIP notification (SSN).

MDS

Implemented Fix for the MDS Analysis including an extended tree search.

Check Rules

The 100% declaration change is now completed. That means it is implemented in the Company Administration, inherit to all OU and configurable. If it will be changed from warning to error no supplier is able to send their MDS to their customer.
Auto accept is now fully integrated.

IMDS Interface

Transfer Contact Information from IMDS to CDX.
Provide new Instance to increase performance.

Webservices

Include the Spare Part flag in the MDS recipient information.
Add ECHA substance attributes to the WSI Substance download file (substance ID, substance, Name, IUPAC Name, CAS Number).
Introduce REST services for MDSs (Representational State Transfer).

Miscellaneous

The blinking Inbox Icon is replaced. Instead we implemented a notification so that if there are MDSs not yet browsed exists in the Inbox, an additional notification item will be displayed separately in the notification-dialog.

Release 7.5

Live: July 28, 2021

With Release 7.5 the following enhancements have been implemented in CDX:

SCIP

CDX now makes use of the referencing mechanism in SCIP Dossiers for own MDSes. Whenever an MDS is pushed to ECHA that contains ¿company owned¿ nodes holding a SCIP number, CDX will create a SCIP reference and not do a full Dossier. This addresses ECHA´s limitation on 1000 reportable items per Dossier (the amount of articles and substances that can be enclosed in a Dossier.)
CDX as well will support the creation of SCIP Dossiers upon acceptance of supplier parts, making it possible to also use these for SCIP referencing. Note that this will not create an SSN against a supplier part, but a full Dossier for this, based on recipient specific information. In real life, SSN for supplier parts should rather be the exemption then the rule. We still do not and do not plan to support Referencing of supplied SCIP numbers to the inherent impossibility to verify contents at ECHA resp. receive notification on updates by ECHA.
CDX Webservices will support setting of SCIP numbers at any node in the tree. This allows for making use of SCIP Referencing even on arbitrary nested nodes.

IMDS Import

The parametrization of imports has been changed. We no longer support replacement of IMDS sourced standard materials with their most up-to-date version. Instead we use exactly the version as specified. If you need to update your IMDS sourced data in CDX, you will have to create a new version of the import. This ensures replication integrity.
IMDS datasheets can be imported only once by a given company, in order to prevent duplicate data.
IMDS import now honors also legacy substances, not replacing them anymore with a placeholder substance, resp. terminating the Import
Performance has been improved significantly.

Webservices

Many performance optimizations have been implemented. Also we made some adjustments in operations leading to separation of UI and import tasks.
REST - we are now introducing REST based Webservices. This is done based on usage statistics and requirements from stakeholders. In the long term, we are planning to obsolete the SOAP based Webservices. The REST API for all major MDS Operation includes Upload, Download, Attachments, Regulations and SCIP Reporting. The API is documented in an OpenApi compatible format and part of the Schemas available as ZIP-Archive in the CDX UI help menu. Authentication for the AP function uses a Bearer Token (JWT Token) which can be received with the API itself.

Release 7.4

Live: April 21, 2021

With Release 7.4 the following enhancements have been implemented in CDX:

IMDS Import

Full SCIP reporting is now available using webservices
- IMDS Import will now show original IMDS supplier information with the MDS, not only information about the IMDS importer company. This may - depending on their GDPR consent - include information about the IMDS contact person for the MDS. Note that this information is only visible to the importing company!
- IMDS Imported MDS search has been refined to reflect on the above
- Option to unconditionally release MDS from IMDS. While in IMDS an MDS is released, this does not necessarily mean that they are free of errors & warnings when transferred to CDX, depending on the regulatory scope the importing company has configured. With this option, it is possible to maintain the IMDS release state without checks from CDX, allowing for real synchronization. The advantage is that data comes over unmodified and can not be changed, the disadvantage is that datasheets unconditionally released might need new editable versions, if a compliant state should be established. It is a business decision.
- CDX now has a new option to create IMDS imports as a one-time, daily, or weekly synchronization run against a defined scope of MDSes (all, current version of own, and/or supplied MDSes), which will do a full synchronization of IMDS owned data to CDX of all released and/or accepted MDSes. This will in a future release be extended to a full Inbox synchronization with the option to accept / reject MDSes from within CDX, and the option to push CDX sourced MDSes to the IMDS. For all companies that are primarily non-automotive, this is a great enhancement and road ahead! This enhancement requires an extended license.

MDS Inbox

Automatching of received MDSes. When accepting supplied parts the user can choose to automatically fill up their own MDSs. CDX will look in own MDSes in Edit Mode whether empty nodes exist that match the type and partnumber(s) of the accepted MDS. If so, these nodes will be replaced by a reference to the supplier parts. This is extending the already existing capabilities to auto-fill MDSes when committing Webservice MDS uploads.

Miscellaneous

Filter for deactivated projects in MDS Request and CMD Request inbox and other places. CDX by default will no longer show deactivated projects as a search parameter, but can be forced to do so. This should in some cases significantly reduce the amount of data displayed.
Performance tuning of the Tree-Loader. This is noteable and noticeable. The Tree-Loader is the place where the MDS and all the additional detail information gets fetched for display. As our customers might have realized, the amount of data to be shown has massively increased in the last years, starting with all the regulation details and now SCIP etc. We have in the last sprint done many optimizations to regain speed while loading, allowing for increased efficiency while working CDX.
The monthly regulatory Email has been reestablished.

SCIP

Support of SSN will be part of the 7.4 release. This feature allows CDX to create Simplified Notifications to ECHA once a primary Dossier has been created and Selling Legal Entities are configured for the MDS. This is transparent to the user and happens automatically with no further action required then to configure these entities.

Release 7.3

Live: January 20, 2021

With Release 7.3 the following enhancements have been implemented in CDX:

CDX SCIP Support

Full SCIP reporting is now available using webservices.
- Single MDS upload & Dossier submission
- Single Dossier Pushthrough (data submitted will not be persisted in CDX DB)
- Dossier batch upload, incl. batch Pushthrough
- Full management of the SCIP Queues
UI supports now multi-select of MDSes for batch submission to ECHA
QCM queue management enhancements in regard to status processing and job handling. Further housekeeping enhancements to be expected.

MDS Inbox

Admin UI and related functionality

Quality Parameters: the CDX Company Admin allows to set various quality parameters and to configure to which result checking these parameters shall lead. This can be set at level of each org-unit. If not set, checks will use System defaults, resp. the earliest ancestor configured value. System defaults are shown below
- Maximum allowed joker the maximum allowed amount of Joker-Substances in materials, including confidential substances, configurable as (w)arning / (e)rror
- Maximum allowed confidential substances, see above, but only for confidential substances (w)
- Per configured check rule: define whether the checkrule shall return (w) or (e), or should be deactivated. An exhaustive list of the almost 20 individual checkrules and their defaults will be provided soon. Note that currently all CDX checkrules are migrated to support this scenario.
- Per regulation in scope: define checkrule outcome. There are six checks per regulation, all with default of (w). These are:
  - Substance prohibited and above threshold
  - Substance prohibited and above threshold beyond due date
  - Substance prohibited, possible exemption missing
  - Substance prohibited, set exemption but substance above threshold
  - Substance prohibited, set exemption expired
  - Substance prohibited, set exemption no longer valid
Autoreject & reject adaptations for CDX MDS Inbox
Implicit: by configuring quality check rules to return (e), suppliers will not be capable to send MDSes to their respective customers unless issues are resolved
Added option to Inbox to auto-reject all items that will return (e) based on configuration as mentioned. Reject reason will be filled with error details, up to 4000 chars. This is a housekeeping functionality allowing companies to mass-process potentially outdated supplied MDSes in the inbox.
Added option to parse errors/warnings to reject reason when manually rejecting an MDS. This is especially helpful for rejecting MDSes with lots of issues, as it takes the results from the rule check and populates the reject reason.

As always, the CDX team is dedicated to improving performance, stability, quality. For 2021 expect some long-standing feature additions such as batch processing of IMDS to CDX MDSes and many changes to the UI for improved user experience.

Note: SCIP Dossier submission requires at least an Entry License for Single Dossier Submission. For SCIP Dossier submissions in batch mode or using Webservices, a Small License or above will be needed and include a reasonably high number of Dossier submissions per annum.

Release 7.2

Live: December 16, 2020

With Release 7.2 the following enhancements have been implemented in CDX:

CDX SCIP Support

Added support for multiple MDS Dossier submission. In CDX you can now select as many MDSes as you want from a search result, or results from the where-used analysis and submit them to ECHA with one single click. CDX will process these in background.
Extended QCM capabilities for batch processing of SCIP Dossiers. CDX "cockpit" for managing SCIP submissions is the QCM (look out for the Windows Explorer like symbol in the icon bar). QCM will hold a folder for each batch submission. Batches are executed sequentially, may be set to pause, resume, restarted. All entries represent MDSes, with their respective status when trying to submit to ECHA. Ones successfully submitted, CDX will automatically update the MDS to hold the SCIP number.
Extended the Webservices to support Dossier submissions (both single MDSes, as well as batch) and the full queue management. Webservices can be used to fully integrate CDX´s SCIP capabilities in inhouse systems, without the need to configure ECHA credentials inhouse, create Dossiers inhouse, or even scale down data before submission.
SCIP Dossier push through. If using this option in Webservices, CDX will not even persist the structure information (BOM) of a given MDS when submitting a Dossier to ECHA. Upon enabling push through, CDX will create a declaration including matching of supplier parts, convert to a SCIP Dossier and discard the structural information associated with the MDS. This is for those companies that do not want their BOM information to be stored in CDX

In a future update, CDX will support automated creation of Simplified Notifications for legal entities. This is required in case the original legal entity is not placing the product on any European market, but local dependencies do instead. Under SCIP, any legal entity placing a product on the market is required to provide a SCIP Dossier. Simplified Notifications are a means of simply "exchanging" the legal entity for the Dossier, but else just referring to original data.

Note: SCIP Dossier submission requires at least an Entry License for Single Dossier Submission. For SCIP Dossier submissions in batch mode or using Webservices, a Small License or above will be needed and include a reasonably high number of Dossier submissions per annum.

As usual, the team spend their time also on fixing some small bugs, looking for ways to improve performance, and last but not least start collection of ideas for a much more simplified UI experience.

Release 7.1

Live: October 28, 2020

With Release 7.1 the following enhancements have been implemented in CDX:

CDX SCIP Support

Added "SCIP" compliance to the list of check-rules, as well as a flag for explicitly requiring SCIP compliance of MDSs, allowing for SCIP compliance to become mandatory in supplier communication.
Additional names and identifiers added to MDS properties. This in conjunction with the multiple part number feature will enable reporting of product groups / quasi identical products to the SCIP database.
Default TARIC Code - Whenever set, this TARIC code will be used whenever an Article within a complex product does not have a TARIC code set. This is to enable reporting in cases where supplied articles especially such far up the supply chain, do not (yet) have Article Categories set.
The Company Admin supports import of ECHA's legal entity and authentication file. This is needed for establishing System-to-System communication.
CDX now supports direct System-to-System communication with the SCIP database. Users must no longer download SCIP Dossiers to their Hard Disk in order to manually upload to ECHA´s submission portal. Instead, Dossiers will be directly transferred and managed behind the scenes.

CDX Queue and Collection Manager (QCM)

While the MDS explorer had already been renamed a while back, now it is more and more becoming the central management tool for all CDX communication. In Release 7.1. the QCM is the central place where users can view and manage their SCIP notifications. Whenever a Dossier is submitted, the QCM will show the current status of the transaction. CDX will try to mitigate technical error conditions at the ECHA side (such as service not available, temporary service failures etc.) but there are also circumstances that will require user interaction. In Release 7.2., CDX will add mass-upload of Dossiers and support for Web Services integration for the SCIP Submissions.

CDX Quality Criteria

Introduced new "max allowed range" for joker and confidential substances in company admin. This will support upcoming functionality where companies decide to override the CDX default thresholds.
Introduced new functionality in company admin to define whether exceeding allowed ranges / tolerances will yield "error" or "warning". Support of upcoming functionality where companies may decide to not allow their suppliers to send MDSs that have issues with weight tolerances resp. substance ranges.
Quality criteria have a separate section in company admin, and can be set on an organizational unit level.

Note: SCIP Dossier submission requires at least an Entry License for Single Dossier Submission. For the upcoming SCIP Dossier submissions in batch mode or using Webservices, a Small License or above will be needed and include a reasonably high number of Dossier submissions per annum.

As usual, the team spend their time also on fixing some small bugs, looking for ways to improve performance, and, last but not least, start collection of ideas for a much more simplified UI experience.

Release 7.0

Live: August 13, 2020

With Release 7.0 the following enhancements have been implemented in CDX:

CDX 7.0 introduces first iteration of SCIP reporting support

While the CDX Team is heavily working on further enhancing its SCIP support to fully automatized mass uploads and Dossier push through using CDX Web Services, we are proud to announce our first production ready iteration.

CDX now offers an option to create a SCIP Dossier and download the Dossier to your local hard drive. This Dossier subsequently can be used to upload to the SCIP database and test your products against the SCIP submission portal. Exporting an MDS into a SCIP Dossier file requires an MDS Entry License.

We did choose this approach, as we are intending to make sure that enough stability in the requirements and implementation of the SCIP database and S2S service exist. As ECHA and OECD announced upcoming changes to the S2S and IUCLID specifications, we delay roll-out of automatized functionality for the subsequent CDX release.

IEC62474, ed. 2

CDX now supports full export to IEC62474, ed. 2 (while still providing support of ed. 1). This further strengthens CDX position as one-stop shop for collecting material data in various cross-sectoral supply chains. The IEC62474 is the format also used in the Japanese chemSHERPA tool and thus enhances support for addressing the Japanese market in regard to reporting.

IAEG AD-DSL Version 4.0 Update

The International Aerospace Environmental Group (IAEG) released Version 4.0 of its Aerospace and Defense Declarable Substances List (AD-DSL). This IAEG AD-DSL in its latest version is now available in CDX.

CDX Web Services

The Web Service for CMD is changed to support CMRT versions 6.0 and 6.01. The question/answer section for Metals Identification & Conflict Free Policy is redefined in a common way, so it can keep stable in future CMRT version.

The creation of CMDs is not supported anymore, but will be replaced in a future release by an IPC/CMRT standard import.

On top of these changes, the team has as always been relentlessly optimizing CDX for performance and UI improvements.

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