Importing/Exporting Part Standard Cost Information

Fishbowl has two features that are closely tied together: the ability to export Part Standard Cost information and the ability to import that same type of data. You could use the Export feature to create a file containing your Part Standard Cost information. You could then send that file to a franchise who could Import it into their version of Fishbowl updating their Part Cost information.

Formatting the Data

You must create a CSV file formatted in a way that Fishbowl knows what to do with the data. This is easiest to do with a spreadsheet program.

When the Part Standard Cost data is Exported it will be formatted according to the table below. If you are Importing, the data file must be formatted according to the table below.

All fields will be one of two types:

Text - A textual value. May contain any character, but if it contains a line break, comma or double quote, it must be wrapped with double quotes on both ends. If a field is wrapped, all text must be inside the double quotes. Double quotes in the text value must be doubled to import properly
Numeric - A decimal number greater than or equal to zero with up to four digits after the decimal point. The number must not have thousands' separators in it - 1234.56 is a valid number, while 1,234.56 is not.

Fields of a Part Standard Cost file.

Column Name	Type	Description
PartNumber	Text	The Part Number of the Part to update the Part Cost to.
PartDescription	Text	The Description of the Part. This is mainly used to help the user recognize Parts when the file is exported. This will NOT update Part Description on Import.
StandardCost	Numeric	The Standard Cost of the Part.

All columns must exist. The file must contain column names in the first row, using the column names in the table above.