Running it

Imports

An import is the fastest way to lose confidence in a new system, so this one is deliberately cautious: it shows you what it understood before it writes anything, and it flags what looks damaged rather than storing it quietly.

The imports screen, showing a batch and its results
An import batch — what was read, what was written, what was flagged.

How it works

  1. 01

    Start with a small file

    Fifty rows first. Fixing a mapping on fifty rows takes a minute; discovering the same mistake on five thousand takes an afternoon.

  2. 02

    Map the columns

    Match your headings to Vorniqe's fields. What is not mapped is not imported — there is no silent guessing.

  3. 03

    Read the warnings

    Phone numbers are the usual casualty. A spreadsheet turning a number into scientific notation is the classic case, and it is flagged rather than stored wrong.

  4. 04

    Check a few rows by hand

    Open three imported records and confirm they look like what you expected. That is a two-minute check that saves a month of doubt.

Worth knowing

  • Every batch is traceable. You can see which import a record came from long after the fact.

  • Import history, not stock. Cars belong in the vehicles screen where they get a VIN, a price and a state.