<h2>Import rate lines into a rate model</h2><br/><div style="overflow-x:auto"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"><head><meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><meta name="copyright" content="(C) Copyright 2025" /><meta name="DC.rights.owner" content="(C) Copyright 2025" /><meta name="generator" content="DITA-OT" /><meta name="DC.type" content="task" /><meta name="DC.title" content="Import rate lines into a rate model" /><meta name="abstract" content="Use the import rate lines function to quickly add multiple rate lines from an export file into a rate model." /><meta name="description" content="Use the import rate lines function to quickly add multiple rate lines from an export file into a rate model." /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../product/project-portfolio-suite-with-financials/concept/rate-model.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../product/it-business-management/reference/r_ITBusinessManagement.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../product/project-portfolio-suite/concept/c_ProjectPortfolioSuite.html" /><meta name="DC.contributor" content="josephinesne.sokkula" /><meta name="DC.creator" content="ServiceNow" /><meta name="DC.date.created" content="2023-08-03" /><meta name="DC.date.modified" content="2024-08-01" /><meta name="DC.format" content="XHTML" /><meta name="DC.identifier" content="import-rate-lines" /><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../../CSS/commonltr.css" /><title>Import rate lines into a rate model</title></head><body id="import-rate-lines"> <div class="breadcrumb"><a class="link" href="https://docs.servicenow.com/bundle/xanadu-it-business-management/page/product/it-business-management/reference/r_ITBusinessManagement.html" title="Align work with strategy to deliver products and services in a way that supports your business goals and priorities. 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Plan, deliver, and track value across different methodologies.">Strategic Portfolio Management</a> > <a class="link" href="https://docs.servicenow.com/bundle/xanadu-it-business-management/page/product/project-portfolio-suite/concept/c_ProjectPortfolioSuite.html" title="ServiceNow Project Portfolio Management (PPM) provides a simplified, team-oriented approach to managing projects, portfolios, their resources and financials by combining several individual applications.">Project Portfolio Management</a> > </div> <h1 class="title topictitle1" id="ariaid-title1">Import rate lines into a rate model</h1> <div class="body taskbody"><p class="shortdesc">Use the import rate lines function to quickly add multiple rate lines from an export file into a rate model.</p> <div class="section prereq p"> <p class="p">Set the <span class="keyword parmname">glide.import_set_row.dynamically_add_fields</span> system property to true.</p> Role required: pps_admin or it_rate_model_admin</div> <div class="section context" id="import-rate-lines__context_kbb_jp3_ffb">After adding or updating rate lines in a file created using the <a class="xref" href="https://docs.servicenow.com/bundle/xanadu-it-business-management/page/product/project-portfolio-suite-with-financials/task/export-rate-lines.html" title="Export rate lines to a Microsoft Excel or CSV file to quickly update or add new rate lines and import them back into the rate model.">export function</a>, you can import the rate lines from the file into the rate model.<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> Rate lines fail to import in the following circumstances:<ul class="ul" id="import-rate-lines__ul_wnj_1yh_hfb"><li class="li">Overlapping effective dates for the same set of criteria values.</li><li class="li">Criteria values with no matching data in the system. For example, a rate line might have Business Analyst as the <span class="ph uicontrol">Role</span> criteria but that role does not exist in the system.</li><li class="li">Rates in non-functional (non-default) currency but no corresponding <a class="xref" href="https://docs.servicenow.com/bundle/xanadu-it-business-management/page/product/project-management/concept/c_BudgetReferenceRates.html" title="The support for use of multiple currencies provides conversions for budget items in different currencies.">budget reference rates</a> for the required period exist in the system.</li></ul> </div> </div> <ol class="ol steps"><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Import rate lines from an import file into the rate model in one of the following ways:</span> <ul class="ul choices" id="import-rate-lines__choices_dp3_bd3_kfb"><li class="li choice">Navigate to <span class="ph menucascade"><span class="ph uicontrol">Project Administration</span> > <span class="ph uicontrol">Rate Model</span> > <span class="ph uicontrol">Import Rate Line</span></span>.</li><li class="li choice">Navigate to <span class="ph menucascade"><span class="ph uicontrol">Time Sheets</span> > <span class="ph uicontrol">Rate Model</span> > <span class="ph uicontrol">Import Rate Line</span></span>.</li><li class="li choice">Navigate to <span class="ph menucascade"><span class="ph uicontrol">Time Sheets</span> > <span class="ph uicontrol">Rate Model</span> > <span class="ph uicontrol">All</span></span>, open a rate model record, and click the <span class="ph uicontrol">Import Rate Line</span> related link.</li></ul> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Click <span class="ph uicontrol">Choose File</span> to select the import file.</span> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"><strong>Optional: </strong> <span class="ph cmd">If you are importing from an Excel file containing multiple sheets, enter the sheet number that contains the data to import in the <span class="ph uicontrol">Sheet number</span> field.</span> <div class="itemgroup info"> <div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> If you are importing from a CSV file, then the data from the last saved CSV file is considered for import irrespective of the specified sheet number.</div> </div> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"><strong>Optional: </strong> <span class="ph cmd">If the import file has a header row, enter the row number that has the header information in the <span class="ph uicontrol">Header row</span> field.</span> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Click <span class="ph uicontrol">Submit</span>.</span> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Click <span class="ph uicontrol">Run Transform</span> to import the data.</span> <div class="itemgroup info">For more information, see <a class="xref" href="https://docs.servicenow.com/csh?topicname=t_RunImport&version=xanadu&pubname=xanadu-integrate-applications" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Run an import</a>.</div> </li></ol> <div class="section result" id="import-rate-lines__result_vnn_gpd_gfb"> <ul class="ul" id="import-rate-lines__ul_bcc_xxh_1gb"><li class="li">New rate lines are appended to the rate lines list in the rate model.</li><li class="li">Existing rate lines in the rate model are updated with the latest values.</li></ul> </div> </div> <div class="related-links"> <div class="familylinks"> <div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent Topic:</strong> <a class="link" href="https://docs.servicenow.com/bundle/xanadu-it-business-management/page/product/project-portfolio-suite-with-financials/concept/rate-model.html" title="Use a rate model to derive date-effective, criteria-driven hourly rates for calculating planned and actual resource costs for a project or demand.">Rate Models</a></div> </div> </div></body></html></div>