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Duro-Last®, Inc. + Estimating Edge® Teaming Up Together
This video will show you how to download the Duro-Last product listing spreadsheets from box.com, then uploading those spreadsheets into your company’s database using your EDGE Administration Portal.
- How to download the spreadsheets from box.com
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- Go to the email that came from [email protected] and click on the hyperlink underneath the section “Download the spreadsheets.”
- This will bring you to box.com.
- Click the “Download” button in the top right corner, and a zip folder will be downloaded to the “Downloads” folder on your computer, with all of the spreadsheets in it.
- You will need to “unzip” the folder, so right click on the folder and click “Extract All.”
- A pop-up window will appear, click the “Extract” button.
Note: each spreadsheet is given a number, but only the names of the spreadsheets are actually important.
Note: the last spreadsheet is named “Misc”, which is important.
After you have downloaded the spreadsheets, go back to The EDGE.
- Click the grey gear in the top right corner to go to the Administration Portal.
- On the left side of the screen click on the drop down arrow next to “Database.”
- Scroll down to the bottom where the “Upload Item Templates” and “Upload Misc Items” options are shown.
- You will use the “Upload Item Templates” button to upload the first 15 spreadsheets one at a time.
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- Once you click this button, a pop-up window called “Enter Item Code” will appear.
- Type in the name of the first spreadsheet that was downloaded from box.com (just the word ex. roll)
- Click “Find.”
- A pop-up window will open.
Note: the first thing you need to do is fill in the check box in the top left corner for “Header Row,” because that will populate all of the columns correctly. - Click the “Browse File” button.
- Locate the spreadsheet that needs to be uploaded, click on it, then press the “Open” button.
Note: The columns on the right should now be populated. - Click the “Upload” button.
- A green bar with a checkmark should appear in the upper right-hand corner signaling that is has successfully uploaded.
Note: You will uploaded the first 15 spreadsheets this way, individually.
- You will then use the “Upload Misc Items” button to upload the Misc Spreadsheet, which is the 16th spreadsheet.
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- Click “Upload Misc Items.”
- Fill in the “Header Row” check box.
- Click the “Browse File” button.
- Scroll down to the spreadsheet that says “MISC” and click on it.
- Then click “Open.”
- Make sure everything is populated in the right hand column, and click “Upload” when you are ready.
- Look for a green box in the top right corner to make sure it was successfully uploaded.