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Import Item and Recipe Data

You can import ingredients, packaging, finished goods, recipes and finished good recipes as needed.

Important

Business Central has a 5-minute limitation on calls to external systems. If all of the data cannot be imported in 5 minutes, the import will time out. See System times out while importing records for a possible solution.

If you ran the assisted setup and turned the Create Scheduled Job and Inbound toggles on, then a job queue is already set up that will import the data every night at 2:00AM. You can update the job queue schedule as needed.

Import from the FoodChain ID Connector Setup page

  1. Choose the icon, enter FoodChain ID Connector Setup, and then choose the related link.

  2. On the FoodChain ID Connector Setup page, select one of the following:

    • Actions > Transfer Data > Get Ingredients
    • Actions > Transfer Data > Get Packaging
    • Actions > Transfer Data > Get Finished Goods
    • Actions > Transfer Data > Get Recipes
    • Actions > Transfer Data > Get Finished Good Recipes

  3. In the pop-up window, select Allow Always.

    If Allow Always is selected, you will not see this message again.

    Important

    If an error occurs, the import will stop and the data will not be imported. See Errors for solutions to some errors.

    Item records will be created for ingredients, packaging and finished goods.

    Production BOMs will be created for recipes and finished good recipes. The production BOMs will have a status of New. You will need to verify the information and update it as needed before changing the status to Certified.

    Recipes and finished good recipes are imported in alphanumerical order, which can sometimes cause a production BOM to be created that contains blank component lines. See Production BOM not fully populated to see how to fix the issue.

Import from Items page

  1. Choose the icon, enter Items, and then choose the related link.

  2. On the Items page, select one of the following:

    • Actions > FoodChain ID > Get Ingredients
    • Actions > FoodChain ID > Get Packaging
    • Actions > FoodChain ID > Get Finished Goods

    Important

    If an error occurs, the import will stop and the data will not be imported. See Errors for solutions to some errors.

    When the data is imported successfully, item records will be created for ingredients, packaging and finished goods.

    The FoodChain ID Code field displays the code from FoodChain ID, and the FoodChain ID Template field displays the type of item in FoodChain ID.

Import from Production BOMs page

  1. Choose the icon, enter Production BOMs, and then choose the related link.

  2. On the Production BOMs page, select Related > FoodChain ID > Get Recipes or Get Finished Good Recipes.

    Important

    If an error occurs, the import will stop and the data will not be imported. See Errors for solutions to some errors.

    Once the data is imported successfully, the FoodChain ID Code field displays the recipe code from FoodChain ID.

    The production BOMs will have a status of New. You will need to verify the information and update it as needed before changing the status to Certified.

    Recipes and finished good recipes are imported in alphanumerical order, which can sometimes cause a production BOM to be created that contains blank component lines. See Production BOM not fully populated to see how to fix the issue.