Data Import/Export Tool

Hello Experts,
I would like to have your views on Data import function (not DTW) in SAP. Does this functionality have any data integrity issue ? My client likes to use this function to import business partners using Excel rather than DTW.
What is the difference ? Are there any known issues ? Is it not supported by SAP ?
Await your response on this.
regards
Johnson

Hi Johnson,
please have a look at this wiki:
[Differences between the Import From Excel and Data Transfer Workbench templates and what happens when they are interchanged. |https://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/B1/DifferencesbetweentheImportFromExcelandDataTransferWorkbenchtemplatesandwhathappenswhentheyare+interchanged.]
All the best,
Kerstin

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Always an option, but would you give your clients access to this tool?
Not sure really.
I have uploaded a copy of their database onto my test system and run the same routine. Its equally as SLOW
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Hello all, first post on the SCN. I did some search for similar problems, but nothing seemed to help here.
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Hi All
Please can you help - I am trying to import some BP data using the option in the menu Administration - Data Import/Export - Data Import from Excel.
I have created my import file as a text file and provided the relevant mappings. Having located my text file, I then get the following error message:
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Thanks

Dear，
Kindly refer to note 1296487 below:
Symptom
In attempt to import a Business Partner from an Excel file to SAP
Business One, the following error messages are displayed and the
Business Partner is not imported:
    o When there are no House Banks in the company, the following error
       messages are displayed:
    Row Number 1: Internal error 'House Bank Accounts' occurred,
and,0 Records imported successfully.
     o When there are no Payment Methods in the company, the following
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     Internal error 'Payment Methods for Payment Wizard' (OPYM)
(-2007) occurred, and, 0 Records imported successfully.
     o When Payment Methods and House Bank are defined in the company,
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     Row Number 1: Internal error (-2007) occurred, and,
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Other terms
DB, export, BP
Reason and Prerequisites
Application error
Solution
SAP intends to provide patches in order to solve described problem.
The section Reference to related Notes below will list the specific
Patches when available.
The corresponding Info file of Patches on SAP Service Marketplace will
show the correction / SAP Note number also.
Be aware that these references can only be set at Patch release date.
SAP will deliver Patches only for selected Releases at its own
discretion, based on the business impact and the complexity of the
implementation.
If it is your case, We would like to inform you that we plan to fix the problem you raised,
in patch 05 for SAP Business One 2007 A FP01 / SP01 Release.
For SAP Business One Patch Delivery Schedule please look at:
http://service.sap.com/smb/sbo/patches
Best regards,
Apple

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1. I exported a personalization in Dev to the same instance java/custom. It created the directory structure java/custom..../site/0/ReqSummaryPG.
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4. I copied the custom/..../site/0 to another instance and imported it there. It was successful. However I could not see the personalizations.
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Hi,
Can any one let me know how can i import the data for BP or Items.
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Administration>Data Import/Export>Data Import-->Import from Excel
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A pop up window was opened to open the file and I have selected one of the file(Is the file should be in Excel format the one which we are selecting to open the file)

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