Import csv to excel with barcodes/sku's file for analysis

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This article provides a guideline for opening CSV, tab-delimited, and other text-based files in Excel without losing the leading 0 on GTINs, and without having numbers get converted to exponential format.

1. Click "From Text/CSV"

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2. Click "Name"

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3. Click "Import"

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4. Click "Transform Data"

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5. Click the "UPC" header. (You will need to repeat this step, and the next three steps for each UPC/Barcode/SKU column to avoid them losing leading 0's and preventing them from getting converted to exponential numbers.)

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6. Click "Data Type: Whole Number"

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7. Click "Text"

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8. Click "Replace current"

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