External ID Name Product Type Product Category

product_template_1 Thinkpad L13 Storable Product Thinkpad

product_template_2 Thinkpad T14 Storable Product Thinkpad
product_template_3 Thinkbook 13s Storable Product Thinkbook
product_template_4 Thinkbook 14s Storable Product Thinkbook
product_template_5 Thinkbook 14 ILL Storable Product Thinkbook
product_template_6 Ideapad Gaming 3 Storable Product Ideapad
product_template_7 Ideapad Slim 3 Storable Product Ideapad
product_template_8 Ideapad Slim 5 Storable Product Ideapad
product_template_9 Yoga Slim 7 Storable Product Yoga
product_template_10 Yoga Slim 7i Pro Storable Product Yoga
product_template_11 Yoga Slim 9i Storable Product Yoga
product_template_12 Legion 5 Pro Storable Product Legion
product_template_13 Legion 5 Storable Product Legion
product_template_14 Legion 7i Storable Product Legion
Internal Referenc Barcode Sales Price Cost Weight
T002 8,100,000 7,000,000
T003 9,500,000 8,000,000
B001 9,600,000 8,200,000
B002 9,800,000 8,500,000
B003 7,900,000 6,500,000
I001 13,200,000 11,100,000
I002 8,000,000 7,000,000
I003 9,000,000 8,000,000
Y001 9,000,000 7,500,000
Y002 14,900,000 12,500,000
Y003 15,900,000 13,700,000
L001 23,200,000 20,000,000
L002 18,700,000 17,000,000
L003 24,000,000 21,000,000
Sales Description
 Import FAQ
How to customize the file?
Add, remove and sort columns as you want.
Keep the header (first row) as is for columns you need to keep. Those column labels will be automatically matc
Put any title to your new columns. You can select the fields to match when importing in Odoo.
Mandatory fields to import are the mandatory fields not populated with default values through the system.
It is not recommended to remove the 'ID column' (see here below).

How to import this file?

Keep the file type as '.xls' as fields formatting is automatic.
If you import in '.csv', double check that the formatting is correctly interpreted in Odoo (encoding format, date fo

What is the 'External ID' for?

External ID are unique identifiers for imported records.
If an ID is set to every record, you can reimport the same file several time and Odoo will update records instead
already exists.
You can create your own ID sequence or use the one of your previous software to ease the migration process.
suggested in this file to all your records (by simple drag).
Using ID, you can safely point out related records from other database tables (e.g. vendors or tags when impo
record name but the import will stop in case of several matching.

How to import many2one and many2many relationships (e.g. tags)?

Use value names or IDs.
You can create such related records on the fly if they don't exist by checking the box "Create if doesn't exist" sh
To import several m2m values, separate them with a comma without any spacing (e.g. for customer tags: B2B,

How to import one2many relationships (e.g. orders or invoices with several lines)?
To import fields of one2many fields (unit price, quantity, etc. of order/invoice/pricelist lines), make sure "Show fi
the import interface. It allows to map unmatched one2many columns.
You need to reserve one row for each one2many record. Fields of parent level must be left empty so that the sy
lines to import for the same record.

How to import translated values for translatable fields?

If you install several languages in Odoo, you can set translations for your master data (product names, descript
icon showing up in the field and in the mapping zone of the import screen.
In the import screen, you will be suggested to choose the translations to target with the column to import.
You can therefore use several columns for the same field, each of them pointing specific translations.

Need more information? Check out our full FAQ at:

https://www.odoo.com/documentation/user/online/general/base_import/import_faq.html

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