Import Wizard

One of the several techniques of populating the product tree is to import components from the BOM (Bill of Materials) or other information sources such as ERP systems, commonly used Reliability Data Bases etc.

The Product Tree Import Wizard builds the entire product tree, importing data such as Ref.Des., Qty, Catalog Number or Part number, etc from various formats like MS Excel, MS Access and Text. It may import also thermal analysis results and stress information.

However it does not import component technical data provided by manufacturer such as resistor type, capacitor's capacitance IC-Digital number of gates or bits etc. For this information import you should use Component Library data import - see the Reliability Libraries and Defaults chapter for more information.

The Import Wizard facilitates the import of the tree data saved in one of the following file types:

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Text

•	Mentor Graphics

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MS Access

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MS Excel

Import wizard is customizable and allows mapping of your source file fields to RAM Commander database fields.

To run the Import Wizard:

1.	Activate the Product tree view.

2.	From the Tools menu, choose Import Wizard.

3.	The import wizard Step 1 window will appear - see next paragraphs for further instructions.