I am curious if anyone else would like the ability to save/retain the mappings used when importing data...

We regularly add new assets to our inventory and retire others, usually in "batches", which can be as few as ten or twenty or as many as a thousand or more assets.  The ability to save the mappings (as scripts?) would greatly expedite the process since (in our case) virtually every data load/update makes use of the same (for a given type of asset) data format.  In addition to expediting the process and also reducing the potential for error, such scripts, I feel, would make the produce far more user-friendly for the import/update process. 

One thing that comes readily to mind is that when creating an import for a "batch" of new assets it is not unusual for a given shipment to arrive at various times over the course of anywhere from a week to a month.  The data (format/layout) is essentially the same for each batch.  As the product is currently designed, for each batch I must recreate the mappings necessary for a data load/update.  To be able to save and re-use the mappings would be most convenient and add value to the product.  

Would anyone else like to see this "feature" added to the SDP product?  

Personally, I would welcome it as a free-standing or loosely integrated (add-on) feature to be further integrated in a later release.  --  I feel the need is urgent and perhaps overlooked...

I'd love to know the sentiment of others!

regards,

-george simon

Harper College

Palatine, IL