ITEM TOOLKIT

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10. If you wish to save your settings for future imports of this specific BOM, click Yes. Otherwise, click No on the
following dialog box.
Now you can go to your System in your Project and confirm the blocks, components, and the parameter values you just
imported.
Errors That Can Happen
As with any import type function, errors can be caused for many reasons. Listed below are a few typical errors that could be
encountered.
An error log in generated and placed in the Toolkit/Programs\IT_DB folder when errors do occur.
• Numeric field overflow – caused by a true number being in a column that has been formatted as a Text column.
Place a single quote ‘ in front of the true number.
• Parent ID equals Component ID – this is caused by blank rows between the Column Names and the first row of
data. Also, if there are blank rows below the fields of data, they too can be confused as data.
• No ID field defined – You must have a unique ID for each components and block across pages in the Excel file.
• Import process seems to complete, but no blocks or components are imported – Be sure you have selected the
proper System you want to import to in Toolkit before starting the import process.
Easy Import
If you simply want to import a list of components into ToolKit, with no Category definitions, or if you have a Library open
with matching part numbers that has all of the component details included, the following options are available to you:
• Create an Excel spreadsheet with a single column named Part Number. Enter just the part numbers for the
components.
• Import the spreadsheet, matching the single column to the Part Number field with ToolKit.
• The list of Part Numbers is imported, yet the components are categorized as External for manual editing later.
• If however, you have a Library open during the import that has matching part numbers to those in the spreadsheet,
ToolKit will match the part numbers and bring in the information on the parts contained in the Library into the
Project file.