{"id":3157,"date":"2015-03-20T15:54:33","date_gmt":"2015-03-20T19:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inflowinventory.com\/support\/article\/3157\/how-do-i-import-purchase-orders-sales-orders-into-inflow\/"},"modified":"2018-10-05T12:50:52","modified_gmt":"2018-10-05T16:50:52","slug":"how-do-i-import-purchase-orders-sales-orders-into-inflow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onpremise.inflowinventory.com\/support\/article\/64732010\/how-do-i-import-purchase-orders-sales-orders-into-inflow\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I import purchase orders \/ sales orders into inFlow On-Premise?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First, you&#8217;ll need a spreadsheet containing all your details. The file will need the following columns:<\/p>\n<p><strong>OrderNumber:\u00a0<\/strong>An order number to distinguish it from other orders in the system \/ file.<br \/>\n<strong>Customer \/ Vendor: <\/strong> Which Customer\/Vendor the order is assigned to. If the customer\/vendor is new, the import will add it as a new record in inFlow.<br \/>\n<strong>OrderDate:<\/strong> This is the date the order was created. If you want to specify other dates, you can also import an <em>InvoicedDate<\/em> and a <em>DatePaid<\/em> in additional columns.<br \/>\n<strong>ItemName<\/strong>: If the item is new, the import will add it as a new product.<br \/>\n<strong>ItemQuantity<\/strong>: inFlow requires this field otherwise the import won&#8217;t work.<\/p>\n\n<p>For orders with several items, you&#8217;ll need to repeat order details on every line. This tells inFlow On-Premise that each new item is a part of the same order. There is an example of how this looks for a purchase order import below (<em>ItemSubtotal<\/em> and <em>ItemUnitPrice<\/em> is not mandatory but included in the screenshot):<br \/>\n<div class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17161 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/onpremise.inflowinventory.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/03\/64732010_1.png\" alt=\"64732010_1\" width=\"834\" height=\"140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onpremise.inflowinventory.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/03\/64732010_1.png 834w, https:\/\/onpremise.inflowinventory.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/03\/64732010_1-300x50.png 300w, https:\/\/onpremise.inflowinventory.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/03\/64732010_1-768x129.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 834px) 100vw, 834px\" \/><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n<h2>Prices in imported orders<\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve already added your product prices, inFlow will use the default pricing scheme for that product on your order. If you have not, then your import will assume $0. To avoid this, you may need another column for &#8220;ItemUnitPrice&#8221;, as in the above screenshot.<\/p>\n<p>To use pre-set prices other than your default scheme, create a <strong>Pricing\/Currency <\/strong>column and specify it in your file (Eg. a column called &#8220;Pricing\/Currency&#8221; that says &#8220;Wholesale&#8221; on every line).<\/p>\n\n<h2>Open\/Completed Orders<\/h2>\n<p>When importing sales or purchase orders, you have the option to select whether you want to import them as &#8220;Open&#8221; (unfulfilled and unpaid), or &#8220;Complete&#8221; (fulfilled and paid for).<\/p>\n<p>The system will also look at the amount your customer paid to determine the order&#8217;s status. The\u00a0<strong>AmountPaid<\/strong><em>\u00a0<\/em>field\u00a0is how much money you&#8217;ve received so it could be different than your order total. For example, if your customer has only given a deposit on their order. The order total is the ItemUnitPrice * ItemQuantity plus any taxes \/ shipping applied, and cannot be imported.<\/p>\n<p>If you import as &#8220;Complete&#8221; without an <strong>AmountPaid <\/strong>field in your file, the status of your order will end up as &#8220;Fulfilled, Uninvoiced.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Other non-mandatory fields<\/h2>\n<p>There are other fields you can import like billing\/shipping addresses and tax information.<\/p>\n<p>We recommend <a href=\"https:\/\/onpremise.inflowinventory.com\/support\/article\/36603194\/setting-up-your-taxes\/\">setting up your taxing scheme<\/a> first and include a column stating which taxing scheme to use, instead of separate columns for the actual tax rates.<\/p>\n\n<h2><strong>Serialized products<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>For selling (or purchasing) several serialized products on the same order you can include all the details on the same line. In the <strong>ItemSerials<\/strong> column of the order import file, simply hit the ALT + ENTER keys together to go to the next line within the same cell. Here&#8217;s an example of a purchase order import file for a serialized product:<\/p>\n\n<p><div class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17151 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/onpremise.inflowinventory.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/03\/64732010_2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"799\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onpremise.inflowinventory.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/03\/64732010_2.png 799w, https:\/\/onpremise.inflowinventory.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/03\/64732010_2-300x109.png 300w, https:\/\/onpremise.inflowinventory.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/03\/64732010_2-768x278.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><\/div><\/p>\n\n<h2>Saving as .csv file<\/h2>\n<p>Before you import, make sure your file is saved as a CSV. To do so:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Choose <em>File &gt; Save As<\/em> from the drop down menu.<\/li>\n<li>At the bottom of this window you\u2019ll see a field named <em>Save as Type<\/em>, choose <em>CSV (comma delimited)<\/em> from the drop down.<\/li>\n<li>Click <em>Save<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Excel will warn you about the loss of formatting, this is not a problem, please click <em>Yes<\/em> to complete your save.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>You can check out the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/onpremise.inflowinventory.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/05\/inFlow_PurchaseOrder_v36.csv\">sample purchase order file<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/onpremise.inflowinventory.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/05\/inFlow_SalesOrder_v36.csv\">sample sales order file<\/a> if you&#8217;re still not sure. If you&#8217;re ready to import, see <a href=\"https:\/\/onpremise.inflowinventory.com\/support\/article\/41121884\/how-do-i-import-data-to-inflow\/\">how to import data from your new file into inFlow<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First, you&#8217;ll need a spreadsheet containing all your details. The file will need the following columns: OrderNumber:\u00a0An order number to distinguish it from other orders in the system \/ file. Customer \/ Vendor: Which Customer\/Vendor the order is assigned to. 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