Weekly Item Demand Plan Import

The following screenshot shows a weekly item demand plan in the NetSuite user interface, with sublist fields outlined in red. Each week included in the plan is represented by a row in the screenshot.

The preferred format in your CSV file for this sublist data is to include one column for each week, with a heading of Weekly Quantity:<date of first day of week> and the quantity value. For example, columns like the following should be included for the first 3 weeks of a weekly item demand plan:

Each quantity column corresponds to one week, meaning one sublist instance, for a weekly plan.

The following screenshot illustrates how the above columns are mapped in the Import Assistant:

• The View body field is automatically mapped to a value of Weekly based on the Weekly Quantity keywords in the quantity column headings.

• A Start Date field for each sublist instance is mapped to the date of the first day of the week based on the date in each quantity column heading.

  • Each sublist Start Date must correspond to the date of the first day of the week based on the company preference set at Setup > Company > General Preferences. The default is Sunday.

  • If the date in a CSV file quantity column does not correspond to the first day of the week, the Import Assistant maps the date of the first day of the week, instead of the date in the CSV file, as Start Date. For example, for a heading of Weekly Quantity:1/9/2011 where the first day of the week is Sunday, the mapped Start Date value is 1/8/2011, because that is the date of the Sunday of that week.

  • A sublist Start Date may precede the Plan Start Date, if the Plan Start Date is not the first day of the week. For example, if the Plan Start Date is 2/1/2012, which is a Wednesday, and the preference for first day of the week is Sunday, the sublist Start Date is 1/29/2012.

  • The date in the CSV file quantity column must be entered without leading zeros. For example, for January 1, 2017 to be used as the Start Date, enter this date in the CSV file as 1/1/2017, not 01/01/2017.

• A Quantity field for each sublist instance is mapped to a Weekly Quantity.

• Sublist End Date fields do not need to be included in CSV files or Import Assistant mappings.

You can also move your sublist data to a separate import file, and upload multiple files. In this case, make sure that your primary file only includes body field data, and all the sublist data for the Demand Planning sublist is moved to the linked file.

The Import Assistant is available at Setup > Import/Export > Import Tasks > Import CSV Records. After you select the record type for import, you choose the import character encoding. For more information, see Select a Record Type for Import and Choose Import Character Encoding.

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