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To be able to import data to the Catalogue from a so-called "supplier file", which in fact may come from anywhere, not only from suppliers, you must first have defined a template. Please refer to the Introduction for a general introduction to the concepts used in Catalogue import.

 

If you have no suitable template, you create one, as described in the New template topic.

 

If you have a suitable template, you select it, and then click the Next button, as described in the Using the Catalogue import feature topic.

 

You will thereafter go through a number of steps that are described in the sub-topics listed below.

 

•Selection of file to import

•Reading the supplier file

•Presentation of statistics

•Selection of resources to write to Catalogue

•Transferring data to the Catalogue