Category Import

Overview

Note:

You must haveCategory Planner to bulk import categories.

You can use the Category CSV loader to bulk import categories for use with Category Planner.

Unique Keys

  • Name

Validations

Stakeholders and owners must have the correct Category Planner permissions in Coupa to be added to categories. If they don't have the correct permissions, the Category bulk loader doesn't add them to the category. For more information, see Understand Category Planner Roles and Permissions.

The following values must already exist in Coupa:

  • Commodities List

  • Stakeholder Name:Stakeholder Department

  • Owner Name:Owner Department

  • Analytics Mapping Name

Note:

Commodities List, Stakeholder Name:Stakeholder Department, and Owner Name:Owner Department are semicolon (;) separated. The rest of the fields are comma (,) separated.

When you use the Category loader to add stakeholders and owners, it generates custom departments with the values you specify.

Category

Field Name

Required Field

Unique?

Field Type

Field Description

Possible Values

Name*

Yes

Yes

string(100)

Name. A category with the same name should not exist in Coupa

Description

No

No

Text

Description

Commodities List*

Yes

No

Commodities List. Must exist in Coupa

Stakeholder Name:Stakeholder Department

No

No

Stakeholder Name:Stakeholder Department. Stakeholder name must exist in Coupa

Owner Name:Owner Department*

Yes

No

Owner Name:Owner Department. Owner name must exist in Coupa

Analytics Mapping Name*

Yes

No

Analytics Mapping Name. Must exist in Coupa

Custom Field 1

No

No

Custom Field 1

Custom Field 2

No

No

Custom Field 2

Custom Field 3

No

No

Custom Field 3

Custom Field 4

No

No

Custom Field 4

Custom Field 5

No

No

Custom Field 5

Custom Field 6

No

No

Custom Field 6

Custom Field 7

No

No

Custom Field 7

Custom Field 8

No

No

Custom Field 8

Custom Field 9

No

No

Custom Field 9

Custom Field 10

No

No

Custom Field 10

Custom Field 11

No

No

Custom Field 11

Custom Field 12

No

No

Custom Field 12

Custom Field 13

No

No

Custom Field 13

Custom Field 14

No

No

Custom Field 14

Custom Field 15

No

No

Custom Field 15

Custom Field 16

No

No

Custom Field 16

Custom Field 17

No

No

Custom Field 17

Custom Field 18

No

No

Custom Field 18

Custom Field 19

No

No

Custom Field 19

Custom Field 20

No

No

Custom Field 20