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So I followed the instructions here for bulk import from .csv. I found that it works if every device has a unique name, but not if the devices have the same name. For example, I tried importing a few dozen items all named “VVX 410 Phone” and a few name “VVX 500 Phone”, and it only created 1 of each. Has anyone else had this problem? Is there a workaround? I need to get this stuff into the inventory, and manually creating assets right now is sooo… sloooow… TIA.

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Are you including a serial number for each of the devices with the same name?

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No, they are all identical. Just wanted them in there for reporting purposes, moreso than tracking. I assume that if I make the details slightly different it will populate all of them, but it would be nice to not have to do that.

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Spiceworks uses the Serial Number filed as a way to uniquely identify each device. Databases need to have some way to differentiate between records,and Serial Number is how Spiceworks does it for inventory.

You’ll need to carry just the Serial Number field so that each device has a unique entry for it. Everything else can be identical.

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Oh, I see. I was confused because I can make two assets manually through SW itself, but I see that they get assigned automatically generated serial numbers. Alright then, I’ll see what I can do. And maybe someone out there can modify the bulk import script so that it assigns those automatic serial numbers?

Either way, thanks for the help. You get the BA :wink:

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