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How do I change 10,000 descriptions in RMS??

Posted on by 445

Greetings

Our description field in RMS can best be described as a nightmare.  There is no nomenclature for the most part and the descriptions are not descriptive.  

We have created an excel spreadsheet which has the item number and description using a nomenclature which allows for descriptive understanding.  

With over 10,000 items to be edited, is there a way to execute with without manually entering each description from the excel file?

Regards

Albert

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  • Mihir Shah Profile Picture
    Mihir Shah 985 on at
    RE: How do I change 10,000 descriptions in RMS??

    You can do this using the import utility tool from RR.

    Mihir

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    Community Member Microsoft Employee on at
    RE: How do I change 10,000 descriptions in RMS??

    get store import tool from rtl i think

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    Community Member Microsoft Employee on at
    RE: How do I change 10,000 descriptions in RMS??

    I could try helping you with this if you send me a database backup and the excel spreadsheet. We have a tool for this but we don't share it freely however I can try to make the modifications locally and send it back to try to help you

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    Antonijo Todorovik Profile Picture
    Antonijo Todorovik 4,025 on at
    RE: How do I change 10,000 descriptions in RMS??

    Hi Albert.

    What Eliud is suggesting is correct, but would be one by one item update. What I would do is upload your excel file into a temp SQL table that you can create into the RMS database. Then create an SQL Sentence that will do the update all the descriptions per item.

    Do this always with a database backup and if possible in a test environment. Have in mind the lenth of the description field!!

    If You are not familiar with SQL quieries, contact with an expert or your RMS Partner. You can always contact me if You need further help (antonijo_todorovik@hotmail.com).

    Regards, A.

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    eliud mugo Profile Picture
    eliud mugo 1,440 on at
    RE: How do I change 10,000 descriptions in RMS??

    You can use sql command to update you description.this is the only way to avoid having duplicates in your DB.

    the following command hope will help you

    update item set description='x' where itemlookupcode='y'

    replace x with your desired description and y with the corresponding lookupcode

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