Importing Data with the Excel Loader

Objective

After completing this lesson, you will be able to Import data with the Excel Loader.

Importing Data with the Excel Loader

The Excel Loader is an easy and intuitive way to load and extract data in Territory and Quota. In prior units, you used this feature to import historical transactions and opportunity pipeline data, but you can also use the Excel Loader to import or export any type of data into Territory and Quota. This includes, but is not limited to, organizational data such as participants and positions, accounts, products, and geographies. Each type of data has an associated template that can be downloaded from each workspace. The populated template can then be loaded to the same workspace.

Create an Import Template

Steps

  1. Navigate to the workspace containing the data to load.

  2. Select the Download icon on the toolbar.

  3. Select {File Type} Template.

    For example, in the image below we are creating a template to import products, so the selection would be Products Template.

    • This will download the template to your default download location, where you can populate the file with data.

Result

Import Data from a Populated Template

Steps

  1. Navigate to the workspace containing the data to load.

  2. Select the Upload icon on the toolbar.

  3. Select Upload.

  4. Navigate to the file containing the data to load.

  5. Select Upload Excel Data.

Result

Upload Historical Data using the Excel Loader

Business Example

In this exercise, you will create an import template and use a populated template to upload historical sales data to the T&Q application to be used in calculating quota values.

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