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Direct Import into DM!!!!

former_member190061
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Hello Team,

This question is just to know the functionality as we have Import Manager which accommodates different format for Imports, but I have a small doubt where in Data Manager we have Import option under File menu...can we Import data direct from Excel, without the use of IM??  If so what are all the difficulties will be having? and what are the drawbacks??

regards,

Girish

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Hi Girish,

The Data Manager subsystem for importing records is an extremely flexible ad hoc capability that should not be used outside of its intended scope ; its primary purpose is to re-import records previously exported using the Data Manager export subsystem. For more complex tasks, please use MDM Import Manager.

The major differences between the import capabilities of MDM Data Manager and those of MDM Import Manager. In brief, the high-level differences are:

   MDM Data Manager Import. Used primarily to reimport data previously exported from MDM using MDM Data Manager export, or data that precisely matches the repository’s field structure and lookup values.

   MDM Import Manager. Used for importing foreign data whose structure is different from the target repository and whose data must be transformed and cleansed as part of the import process.

Specific differences are listed in Table 156- of MDM reference guide.


Please see Data Manager reference guide for more details,pg.388 and PART 10: IMPORTING RECORDS (pg.477-488)

The File > Import from Excel command in MDM Data Manager is not used for importing product relationships.

Hope this information will be very useful & would answer your query !

Regards,

Ali

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