Bulk Edit — Import

Import writes back the Excel file you exported and edited.

Fields

Field	Description
Types	The data types to import; Select All ticks every one
File	The edited .xlsx workbook

The type selection is here too, and it is independent of the file: a workbook may carry five sheets while only the types you tick are loaded. That is how you correct one type and leave the others alone.

The flow

1. Export the types you need to Excel from the export screen
2. Edit the workbook — add rows, change them
3. Select the types here and upload the file

When it finishes, you are told how many records succeeded and how many failed.

Re-adding a deleted row creates a new record

Bulk edit does not revive a deleted record. If you add back a previously deleted record under the same name, a new record is created — the logged values, alarm history and audit trail written under the old identity do not attach to it.

When you need a record back under its old identity, use Restore; the revival behaviour exists only there.

Your row access applies here too

Unlike a restore, an import does not run as the system user but with your own permissions: the per-type authorities are required and your row access is applied.

There is no version warning

An Excel workbook is not an archive — it holds rows, not a snapshot of an installation. The version-mismatch check that runs on a restore therefore does not run here; there is no manifest to check against.

Related

• Bulk Edit → Export — producing the file
• Restore — writing an installation back