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Whenever you would like to create a large set of Assets, it’s easier to use the excel import function described in this article. You can only import all values for one “Assignment state“ per import, so you have to create a single Excel file for every “Assignment state“. In this manual we will show, how to import the data for the asset attributes. For this we take the attributes TelephoneNumber and Carrier as an example.

Step 1 - Excel file

In the first step you need to create an excel file. You have to create as many colums columns as the amount of Attributes that are assigned to this “Asset type”configured for this asset type.

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The colums columns do not need to have the same name as the attributes. You will reference them (attribute → Excel rowcolumn) in a later step.

If you want to import values, which should already have an existing assignment, you have to create a colum column with an identifier for the object with the assignment. For example the SID for an active directory identity.

  • Colum Column for the values for attribute 1 TelephoneNumberColum

  • Column for the values for attribute 2 Carrier

Now fill in all the values for the attributes in the specified colum column you just created before.

Example:

Telephone number

OffererCarrier

+41 79 888 77 87

Swisscom

+41 79 777 88 78

Sunrise

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  • Asset Type Asset Type

  • Asset Group From which asset group should the import be

  • Upload Excel File

  • Assignment state Free, assigned, external assigned

  • Attribute 1 References on the colum TelephoneNumber Column “Telephone number” of the excel sheet

  • Attribute 2 References on the colum Carrier Column “Carrier” of the excel sheet

  • …..

If you filled in every information above, you are ready to start the import.

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