Updating Price Lists - Step by Step

To update a product list Price List using a CSV file:

  1. Prior to updating Price Lists, ensure you are in the Global Database if you need to update globally for new quotations.
  2. To update the Global database, ensure no job is open or a MAJ type is opened.
  3. If required to update a single job, Open up the job in question This must be an ESJ job for it to only effect this job.
  4. Goto File Setup Costing Database and access the Price Lists dialog.
  5. Click the Import Costs button located towards the right of the Price Lists name.
  6. Select the CSV file containing the code, updated price and unit fields.
  7. Click Open to display the Import dialog.
  8. Select whether the import data contains Headers or not from the option.
  9. Select the mappings for each of the fields, for example: ID relates to ID, Cost to Cost and Unit to Unit etc for each of the drop-downs.
  10. Ensure that if you do NOT want to overwrite the Discounts field, leave Discount set to Not Used so it is ignored in this process.
  11. Click OK to confirm mapping.
  12. After a short period, the prices will be updated and a summary displays.
  13. Change the Information bubble to reflect the new date for when the price list was last updated.
  14. Confirm the Costing Database by click OK to save the changes.

The costs have now been updated.