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title: "Preparing data for import and export by using scenarios"
description: "Before you import data to or export data from Visma Net, you must define to the Visma Net system the format of the data in the external system or file."
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# Preparing data for import and export by using scenarios

Last modified February 19, 2026

> Before you import data to or export data from Visma Net, you must define to the Visma Net system the format of the data in the external system or file.


Before you import data to or export data from Visma Net,
you must define to the Visma Net
system the format of the data in the external system or file.
For this purpose, you use data
providers in the system.

In this chapter, you will find detailed information on data providers and will learn how to create data providers for the external data.


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## In this section


- [Preparing data for import and export by using scenarios](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/integration/preparing-data-for-import-and-export-by-using-scenarios/preparing-data-for-import-and-export-by-using-scenarios/index.md): Before you import data to or export data from Visma Net, you must define to the Visma Net system the format of the data in the external system or file.

- [About import and export scenarios](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/integration/preparing-data-for-import-and-export-by-using-scenarios/about-import-and-export-scenarios/index.md): To upload data to and from Visma Net, you can use import scenarios and export scenarios, which define the data import and data export instructions,…

- [About data providers](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/integration/preparing-data-for-import-and-export-by-using-scenarios/about-data-providers/index.md): You create data providers in the Data providers (SM206015) window.

- [Create a CSV data provider](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/integration/preparing-data-for-import-and-export-by-using-scenarios/create-a-csv-data-provider/index.md): You use the Data providers - reference information window to create a data provider that defines the structure of external data for Visma Net during data import…

- [Create an Excel data provider](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/integration/preparing-data-for-import-and-export-by-using-scenarios/create-an-excel-data-provider/index.md): You use the Data providers (SM206015) window to create a data provider that defines the structure of external data for Visma Net during data import or data…

- [Create a Microsoft SQL data provider](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/integration/preparing-data-for-import-and-export-by-using-scenarios/create-a-microsoft-sql-data-provider/index.md): You use the Data providers (SM206015) window to create a data provider that defines the structure of external data for Visma Net during data import or data…

- [Modify a file data provider](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/integration/preparing-data-for-import-and-export-by-using-scenarios/modify-a-file-data-provider/index.md): You can use the Data providers (SM206015) window to modify existing data providers.

- [Link a file data provider to an existing file](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/integration/preparing-data-for-import-and-export-by-using-scenarios/link-a-file-data-provider-to-an-existing-file/index.md): The file that should be used for creating the data provider may be already uploaded to Visma Net.