Import from CSV - Frequently Asked Questions - MRPeasy Manufacturing Software

Importing vendors or purchase terms from a CSV file

At Procurement -> Vendors -> Import from CSV, it is possible to upload new and update existing vendors or purchase terms.

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Demo video: Importing data.
Importing new vendors.
Example for uploading new vendors.
Updating existing vendors.
Importing and updating purchase terms.
Example for uploading purchase terms.
Important notes.

What is CSV? CSV (Comma-Separated Values) is a universal format for importing or exporting tabular data. A CSV file can be obtained by saving/exporting e.g. an Excel file as CSV (Comma delimited) (*.csv).

When uploading the CSV file:

Select and match the names of the fields corresponding to the columns in the data.
Check the "The first row is heading" option if the first row of the file contains headers. Then the first row will not be imported.
Select "Do not import" as the column type if some column is not to be imported.
Click Import to upload the data into the appropriate fields of the database.
If importing some data failed, a skip file will be generated and downloaded to your computer, which indicates all errors line-by-line.

Importing vendors

Importing new vendors

It is possible to import vendors from a CSV file, at Procurement -> Vendors -> Import from CSV.

For uploading new vendors, the fields that can be used are:

Company name*	Required. The company name of the vendor.
Vendor number	A unique code to identify the supplier. If a supplier with the same number already exists, then this entry is ignored. If not imported, the code is generated automatically.
Contact person's name
Phone
Fax
Skype
E-mail
Web
Free-text address
Address	Structured address. Possible columns: First line of address* City* Country* First name Last name Company name Second line of address State Postal code Phone number * If present, then the columns "First line of address", "City", and "Country" are required.
Additional information	Saved into notes.
Currency	The default currency for the vendor.
Tax rate	The default tax rate for the vendor.
Default lead time in days	How many business days it takes for the items to arrive from the vendor to your stock.
Payment period	The default payment period in days.
Payment period type	0 - after the invoice date, 10 - after the end of the invoice month.
Custom fields	Any custom field defined for vendors.

Example, importing 2 vendors:

Vendor number	Company name	E-mail	Address	...
V-00001	Wood Inc.	sales@wood.com	PO Box 123 Charlotte Texas 78012 USA	...
V-00002	Chemicals Inc.	sales@chemicals.co.uk	Baker Street 10 Worcester UK	...
(Up to 3000 lines can be imported at once)

Download a sample file: import-vendors.csv

Re-importing data for updating vendors

It is possible to update vendors from a CSV file at Procurement -> Vendors -> Import from CSV.

The Number field is used for matching the vendors. If a vendor with the same number already exists, then software updates this vendor. If there are new values that will be updated, then:

A confirmation page is shown with a list of values that will be changed.
The user can choose whether to update a particular vendor or skip it.

For updating existing vendors, the following fields can be used:

Number*	A unique number to identify the vendor. Required. Used for matching the vendors.
Company name	The name of the vendor company.
Currency	The default currency for the vendor.
Tax rate	The default tax rate for the vendor.
Payment period	The default payment period in days.
Payment period type	0 - after the invoice date, 10 - after the end of the invoice month.
Custom fields	Any custom field defined for vendors.

Import or update purchase terms

The page Procurement -> Vendors -> Import from CSV allows importing and updating Purchase Terms of stock items from a CSV file. There may be several purchase terms per item.

Pay attention to the following:

For creating new purchase terms, Vendor, Part Number, Price per unit, and Lead time are required.
For updating existing purchase terms, values Vendor, Part number and Minimum purchase quantity must match in MRPeasy and the CSV file. If this number is undefined in MRPeasy and your file, this is also considered as "matching". Otherwise, a new purchase terms entry is created.
For updating the minimum order quantity of existing purchase terms in bulk, please go to Procurement -> Vendors -> A vendor's reports -> Report: "Purchase terms".

For uploading purchase terms, the fields that can be used are:

Vendor Number* or Company name*	The vendor number (for "Vendor number") or name (for "Company name") in MRPeasy, as in Procurement-> Vendors. *Required when creating new or updating existing purchase terms.
Part Number*	The part number in MRPeasy, as in Stock -> Items. The part that the purchase term relates to. *Required when creating new or updating existing purchase terms.
Price per unit*	The expected price of the item from the "Vendor". If the Vendor-specific unit of measurement is used, then this is the price of the vendor's 1 unit, e.g. the price of 1 "box" of 200 items. *Required when creating new purchase terms.
Lead time in days*	The number of business days from ordering when goods will arrive from the "Vendor". *Required when creating new purchase terms.
Minimum purchase quantity	The minimum order quantity you can place to the "Vendor".
Vendor part no.	The part number in the vendor's database (or e.g. a manufacturer part number).
Priority	A higher number indicates a higher priority. Optionally used if you have several purchase terms per item and need to create an order of priorities. This information is also used when auto-filling POs.
BOM	The number of the subcontracting BOM that this purchase term is connected with. Available if Subcontracting is enabled.
Vendor-specific unit of measurement	The custom unit, different from your stock-keeping unit, which the vendor sells this item. E.g. "box".
Vendor's UoM conversion rate	The conversion rate of the vendor's unit to your stock-keeping unit. E.g. if your stock-keeping unit is "pcs", Vendor UOM is "Box", and value 200 is imported, then this would mean that 1 Box = 200 pcs.
Vendor's UoM is indivisible	The vendor's UoM is indivisible (1), only multiples of the unit can be ordered. E.g. 0.5 "Box" cannot be ordered, only 1, 2, 3... boxes can be ordered.
Custom fields	Any custom field defined for purchase terms.

Example, importing purchase terms for 2 items:

Vendor number	Part number	Price per unit	Lead time in days	Priority	...
V-00001	P-00001	11	5	20	...
V-00002	P-00001	8	20	10	...
V-00002	P-00002	50	20		...
(Up to 3000 lines can be imported at once)

Important notes!

If the imported file contains non-Latin characters, the file must be in UTF-8 (preferred) or Unicode encoding. If Excel is used to save the file, select the "Unicode Text (*.txt)" option in the "Save as type" field. Even though the extension of the file is TXT, it can be imported as a CSV-file.
The limit is 3000 lines per upload. If the file is bigger, divide it into several smaller files.
Since importing can be a question of trial-and-error, we strongly suggest making a back-up of the database before importing. In that case, if anything goes wrong, it is always possible to restore the previous session.