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# Import your equipment model data

# Import your equipment model data using the data source and scheduled import {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Xanadu
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* Updated July 31, 2025
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After you complete your Microsoft Excel spreadsheet with your equipment model data, import it into the ServiceNow AI Platform by using the data source and scheduled import.

## Before you begin

Before you perform this process, you must prepare a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet for import. To learn more, see [Populating your Microsoft Excel spreadsheet with equipment model data](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/4ltVghJLkHZDcdEo~qccHQ "Create and populate a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet with your existing ISA equipment model data. Positioning your existing data in the correct columns is crucial to the success of your upload.").

Role required: cmdb_inst_admin, import_admin

## About this task

By running this process, you create unique Equipment Model Entity CI class records in the Configuration Management Database (CMDB) for the equipment model records that are included in your spreadsheet.

## Procedure

1. Navigate to AllEquipment Model - ISAImport Equip. Model - Data Source.
2. In the SG Equipment Model data source record, attach the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet that you created:  
   1. Select Manage Attachments.
   2. In the Attachments dialog box, select Choose File.
   3. Select the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet that you created, and then close the Attachments dialog box.
   4. After attaching the spreadsheet, select the Load All Records related link to load all records from the spreadsheet to the import table. Once the operation is complete, you should see the following confirmation message with the Success completion code if the data is loaded without any errors.
   5. In the confirmation message, select the Run Robust Transform related link.
   6. Select Transform. If the import is successful, you should see the following confirmation message with the Success completion code.
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