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title: "Formatting an Equipment Inventory Import Text File"
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# Formatting an Equipment Inventory Import Text File

Once an Equipment Import Group has been configured, you can create a comma-delimited text file based on that information. using the file name format specified for the Equipment Import Group. (See [Configuring Equipment Import Settings](/v1/docs/configuring-equipment-import-settings).)

**Notes**:

- The file must be a comma-delimited text file.
- The equipment Available date defaults to the date the file is processed.
- If the value in a field contains a comma, enclose that field in quotation marks.

The text file can contain the following information:

| Equipment Type (required) | Name of the type of equipment being imported. This type must exist in the [Equipment Types](/v1/docs/equipment-types) table. |
| --- | --- |
| Equipment Name (required) | Name of the equipment being imported. |
| Wire Center (required) | Name of the Wire Center associated with the equipment being imported. This wire center must exist in the [Wire Centers](/v1/docs/wire-centers-1) table. |
| Status (optional) | Status of the equipment after it has been imported. |
| Data Source (optional) | Name of the Data Source associated with the equipment being imported. This data source must exist in the [Equipment Data Sources](/v1/docs/equipment-data-sources) table. |
| Available Date (optional) | Date the equipment status is set to Available. Default = current date > [!NOTE] > Note: > > Use Available Date only if Status is not available. |
| Reference Number (optional) | Identifying number received from another system that is associated with the equipment being imported. Maximum alpha-numeric characters = 50 |
| CLLI | Common Language Location Identifier specifying the Wire Center. |