Lesson 4.8.2. importing employees

Hello,

May someone please explain to me how I can import the Employees import? I keep getting stuck at the mapping point/ it keeps telling me

Item Name cannot be mapped for a numbered list when items are identified by Code or Combination of properties.

I am mapping it just like I did all the previous imports, not sure why I keep getting stuck

any help will be huge

Thank you!

Zak

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Comments

patlucas

Leave 'E2 Employees#' blank with no column.

ec35

I had the same problem, I started over and left the first one blank and put employees name as the last one (display name). everything else should be normal. not 100% sure this is what they wanted but it seemed to work for me

model030

I tried it, but it still is saying the same thing">😫

thank you though, I appreciate it

model030

still aint changing anything, still getting the same error message

thanks a bunch for helpin tho

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model030

do you have code checked or name checked when you are importing this? or do you have combination of properties checked?

noelle_murphy

Hi Zak,

Attached you will see a screen shot of the CSV file we would be importing into the E2 Employees# list. Please take a look.

Become familiar with what data is in column.
What is the header for each column called?

Return to your model. When you are on the mapping page of your import you will see that Anaplan is requiring you to map to 4 different sources. The source would be the data listed in your CSV file. Even more specific, the source is going to be each column Anaplan wants you to map data too.

You will notice that there are more than four columns of data in your spreadsheet. That is okay. We are only mapping to the four lists that you created for E2Employee# List. See attachment for a remind of what your four lists are.

Your first two targets are mapped incorrectly. The last three are right. Please review the information about and remap. You may also want to review the instructions in your course for this particular topic. One sentence you may have missed which will help you with the E2 Employees# is as follows:

** Importing into a number list created a system-generated item identification number in the NAME field of the list, so items will be uniquely identified by the CODE.

SOURCE TARGET

________ E2 Employee#

________ Parent

Column 2: Code Code

Column 9: Active sE2 Employees#: Active

Column 1: Employees Display Name

Let me know if you still have questions after reviewing this.

Noelle

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model030

Great, thank you

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