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title: Importing Data to Oojeema
description: "If you already have an existing set of data that you want to use, you won’t need to manually re-encode all of them into Oojeema. In this article, we would walk you through how to import different maintenance or master…"
url: "https://resources.oojeema.com/docs/importing-data-to-oojeema/"
updated: "2024-03-27"
category: Getting Started
---

# Importing Data to Oojeema

If you already have an existing set of data that you want to use, you won’t need to manually re-encode all of them into Oojeema. In this article, we would walk you through how to import different maintenance or master data.

## Customer

1. Go to ***Settings***, then ***Customer***

2. Click on the import icon. and a window will show up that tells you the steps to import your Customer list.

3. Assuming this is your first time to import your list, you would need to download the template. You can do this by clicking on the “template” link.

         [![Import-Customer](https://resources.oojeema.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-09-at-8.24.09-PM.png)](https://resources.oojeema.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-09-at-8.24.09-PM.png)         [![Import-Template-Customer](https://resources.oojeema.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-09-at-8.35.16-PM.png)](https://resources.oojeema.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-09-at-8.35.16-PM.png)

## Vendor

1. Go to **Settings**, then ***Vendor***

2. Click on the import icon. and a window will show up that tells you the steps to import your Vendor list.

3. Assuming this is your first time to import your list, you would need to download the template. You can do this by clicking on the “template” link.

         [![Import-Vendor](https://resources.oojeema.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-09-at-9.09.31-PM.png)](https://resources.oojeema.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-09-at-9.09.31-PM.png)         [![Import-Template-Vendor](https://resources.oojeema.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-09-at-9.09.41-PM.png)](https://resources.oojeema.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-09-at-9.09.41-PM.png)

## Item

1. Go to ***Settings***, then ***Item***

2. Click on the import icon. and a window will show up that tells you the steps to import your Item list.

3. Assuming this is your first time to import your list, you would need to download the template. You can do this by clicking on the “template” link.

         [![Import-Item](https://resources.oojeema.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-09-at-9.10.05-PM.png)](https://resources.oojeema.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-09-at-9.10.05-PM.png)         [![Import-Template-Item](https://resources.oojeema.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-09-at-9.23.04-PM.png)](https://resources.oojeema.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-09-at-9.23.04-PM.png)

The GL accounts used when you are manually adding the items are automatically set by Oojeema using the accounts in the chart of account template.

**Goods**

**Services**

**Sales Debit**

Accounts Receivable – Trade

Accounts Receivable – Trade

**Sales Credit**

Sale of Goods/Properties

Service Income

**Purchase Debit**

Merchandise Inventory

Cost of Sales/Service

**Purchase Credit**

Accounts Payable – Trade

Accounts Payable – Trade