Load and map spend categories to existing product categories

  • Release version: Australia
  • Updated March 12, 2026
  • 1 minute to read
  • As a Spend category admin, you can use spend category management to import your organization's spend categories and map them to ServiceNow product categories.

    Before you begin

    Role required: sn_spend_mgmt.category_manager_admin

    Procedure

    1. Navigate to All > Load Data.
      The Load Data page appears.
    2. In Import set table, select Existing table.
    3. From the Import set table list, select the Spend Category Stage (sn_spend_mgmt_category_stage) table.
    4. In Source of the Import, choose File.Load Data page.
    5. Browse to the excel template that was created in Add spend category data in an Excel file.
    6. Enter the Sheet number of the excel template that needs to be loaded into the staging table.
    7. Enter the Header row of the excel template that needs to be loaded into the staging table.
    8. Click Submit.

    Result

    The Excel template with spend category data is uploaded.

    What to do next

    Run the transform to import the data from the Spend Category Stage table to the Spend Category primary table. For more information, see Run transform to import spend category data into the Spend Category primary table.