Creating a CSV File from Excel Spreadsheets

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Creating a CSV File from Excel Spreadsheets

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Creating a CSV file from spreadsheet data using Microsoft Excel.

1.

Open your spreadsheet document and go to the File menu, then choose Save As

2.

depending on the version of MS Office you might also see Save As and Other Options, if so, choose Other Options

3.

Change the "Save as type" or "Format" field to read: "CSV (Comma delimited)".

4.

Enter a name for the document and click Save.

 

Once you save the data .xls to a .CSV file format, you can then import the data to ManagePro.

A well-formed .CSV file should be provided, this means the first line must be the unique column names and the following lines must be comma or tab separated column values.

Pick-lists are automatically populated from values found in the CSV file

People fields (Who, etc) are populated if a match is found for either initials or employee id.