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Posted on by MK-16051900-0

I am attempting to bulk upload and modify items. All of our items have the same posting groups and I want these fields to be supplied from a template (or just not manually set).

I created a configuration template that defines default values for various posting group fields in the item card. I added this configuration template to my configuration package for uploading items. When I import items, the default values from the configuration template are not present.

How can I apply default values to configuration package imports?

Thank you in advance for the help.

I have all fields in the configuration template marked as mandatory. I tried with and without this set, no difference.

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MK-16051900-0 29 on at

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Additionally, I cannot set the General Product Posting Group via excel import using configuration packages. I assume this is because this field is an entry in a table and not just a value. It shows as type "code20" on the excel document.
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Ben Baxter 7,212 Super User 2026 Season 2 on at

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You mentioned you are attempting to modify existing Items. I'm not sure if the Data Template is used when modifying existing records. I haven't tested that, but that would be my thought. I use the Data Templates when importing new Items, so it does work when the Items don't exist. My other thought was your "Inv. Posting Group ID", as I try to avoid using ID fields in templates and imports and let the system assign that automatically upon validation.

Since you're only modifying a handful of fields, I would export the data with those fields, add your Posting Group Codes in Excel, save, and then import it back into BC.

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Ben Baxter

Accent Software Inc
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YUN ZHU 103,085 Super User 2026 Season 2 on at

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Hi, if you want to apply default values in batches, you can also try the following method.

Hope this helps.

Thanks.

ZHU