PrimeLab 1.0 MULTITEST User Manual page 329

PrimeLab Desktop Assistant
Menu: Setup / Import and export accounts
In the next chapter ("Account data") you will learn about the central importance of
the "Accounts" established in the software for your work with PrimeLab and the
software "PrimeLab Desktop Assistant".
So that you do not have to re-enter address data already stored on your computer
the software has an import function you can use, saving time and effort.
In this menu you can also export accounts, in case you want to install the software
on different computer and continue using the existing data.
Click the SETUP menu and then select third tab (PrimeLab options).
1) Importing external data:
To import external data, such as
your customer database, the data
will need to be converted to a
portable format.
For this purpose copy the data
into an Excel file.
Name the columns in the
sequence as below and as
follows:
(* = field may not be empty)
Column A* contains the surnames, line 1 is titled: Name
Column B* contains the first names, line 1 is titled: Firstname
Column C* contains the postal codes, line 1 is titled: Zip
Column D* contains the towns / cities, line 1 is titled: City
Column E* contains the street names, line 1 is titled: Street
Column F contains the mobile phone numbers, line 1 is titled: Mobile
Column G contains the customer account numbers, line 1 is titled: Accountnumber
Column H contains the phone numbers, line 1 is titled: Telephone
Column I contains the countries, line 1 is titled: Country
Column J contains the (federal) state details, line 1 is titled: State
Column K contains the email addresses, line 1 is titled: Email
Column L contains the fax numbers, line 1 is titled: Fax
Column M contains remarks and comments, line 1 is titled: Account-Remarks
Column N contains the volume of the measured water source in m³ (e.g. "50" for a
50 m³ pool), line 1 is titled: Source-Volume
Column O contains information on the measured water source (e.g. "pool"), line 1
is titled: Source-Remarks
The fields must not be formatted but stay in the standard Excel format "Standard"
(click on "field", then "format", then "character" -> "Standard")
Save this file containing your data as a file with the ".csv" extension (in Excel "Save
as..." and select file format ".csv").
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