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Introduction

Use cases

• Import a lot of external properties.

• Import external properties from external tools (like such as testing tools, internal systemsapplications, etc.).

How to import external properties?

To import external properties from Excel spreadsheets:

• Navigate to the Import tab

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Import template

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Successful import

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Failed import

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Imported files

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Limits

• The .

• Drag and drop or click the dropzone to upload your files.

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How to download a sample spreadsheet?

To download a sample spreadsheet:

• Navigate to the Import tab.

• Click the Download button.

• You can use it as a starting point to import your data.

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What’s the expected format for spreadsheets?

For now, the import template is fixed:

• You cannot select the columns to import.

• The first row must contain the column names.

• The first column must contain the requirement keys.

All the following columns must contain external property values

The first column must contain the requirement keys.

• The following non-empty columns must contain the external property values.

• For external property columns, the first row must contain the external property name.

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How does the import work?

• The external properties are imported into the current space.

• The external properties are imported into the current variant.

• When a cell is empty, the corresponding external property is removed.

• Existing external properties are overridden.

How to find out more about the imports?

When you import files, a temporary history of imported files is displayed.

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Successful import

When a file is successfully imported, you can check the details to find out how many external properties were created, updated or removed.

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Failed import

When a file import fails, you can check the details to find out more about the reason for the failure.

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Limitations

• For now, only external properties can be imported.

• External properties can only be imported to the current space.

• External properties can only be imported to the current variant.

• We only support .XLS and .XLSX files.

• We limit the size of the spreadsheet to 10 MB.

• We limit the number of columns to 200 columns per spreadsheet.

• We limit the number of rows to 1000 rows per spreadsheet.