# Export and import the basket Quelle: > Save the basket as Excel, CSV or text for forums, with lengths and quantities. Import a parts list or a complete basket. Templates to download. [Basket](https://mvg-frankfurt.de/en/cart) / Export and import Save your basket as Excel, CSV or text. Read a parts list or a whole basket back in. ## What is possible - **Excel (.xlsx)** With real numbers, lengths per cut piece, totals and delivery note. - **CSV** For Excel in Germany (semicolon, decimal comma) or international (comma, decimal point). - **Text for forums** As a list or Markdown table, with or without prices. - **Share link** Quotation as PDF and link, available for 14 days. - **Import a parts list** MVG item number, length and quantity, e.g. from a cutting list. Sheet metal blanks with material, thickness, length and width. - **Import a complete basket** The exported file with all items, processing steps and details. ## Exporting: how it works 1. **Open the basket.** In the summary, tap “Export / Share / Import”. 2. **Choose a format.** “Excel (.xlsx)”, “CSV (Excel Germany)” or “Copy as text”. On a phone the share menu opens: you can save the file, email it or pass it to an app. 3. **Done.** Each item is on one line. Profiles and semi-finished product cuts have each length on a separate line (item 3·1, 3·2 …). For forums: paste the copied text as a code block so the columns stay aligned. Many forums display the Markdown table directly as a table. ## Importing: how it works 1. **Open the import.** In the basket, tap “Import parts list or basket”. This also works with an empty basket. 2. **Choose the type.** “Detect automatically” almost always fits. Otherwise “Parts list” or “Complete basket”. 3. **Choose a file or paste text.** CSV, Excel or text, e.g. lines from Excel or from a forum. 4. **Check the preview.** Each line shows: can be added, can be added with a note, or cannot be added with the reason. We check item, length, quantity, material and thickness as well as manufacturability. 5. **Add.** “Add to basket” adds to your basket. “Replace basket” swaps it. The basket then calculates the prices. ## Parts list template The template has three example lines: a profile with two lengths and a sheet metal blank. Replace the examples with your parts. ``` MVG-Teileliste v1 MVG-Artikelnummer;Bezeichnung;Werkstoff;Dicke mm;Länge mm;Breite mm;Menge 4200;Flachstange Halter;;;1250;;4 4200;Flachstange Halter kurz;;;380;;6 ;Abdeckblech;Aluminium AlMg3;2;500;300;2 ``` The column headings of the parts list stay in German – that is how the import recognises them. It also works without a header line: one line per part, e.g. `4200 1250 4` or `Flach 20x5 alu 500 mm 2 Stk`. ## Columns | Column | Meaning | Example | |---|---|---| | MVG-Artikelnummer | Item number from the shop (semi-finished products, profiles, accessories). “Art.-Nr.” or “Artikelnummer” as a heading also works. | 4200 | | Bezeichnung | Your name for the part (free text) | Bracket left | | Werkstoff | sheet metal blank only: name as in the shop | Aluminium AlMg3 | | Dicke mm | sheet metal blank only | 2 | | Länge mm | cut length or sheet length | 1250 or 1250.5 | | Breite mm | sheet metal blank only | 300 | | Menge | number of pieces, whole number 1 to 9999 | 4 | The export also contains dimensions, processing, weight, unit price and line price net and gross. For a complete basket, a “Configuration” block follows at the end. It contains the exact version of each item and must not be changed. You may change quantities and lengths in the table. ## Limits and common errors - At most **2 MB** and **500 lines** per import. CSV, XLSX and text only. - **“Please check the MVG item number”**: the number is shown on every item page. - **“Length outside the permitted range”**: the length is longer than the bar. Please choose a shorter length or split it. - **“Several items match”**: if you used search text instead of an item number, please give the exact number. - **“Please choose a thickness from the shop”**: choose a thickness that the shop offers for this material. Feel free to ask us about other thicknesses. - **Bent parts and file parts** (STEP, DXF, part designer) only work via “Complete basket”. If the file is no longer stored, it says “please upload again”. - **Single pieces from the offcut shop** are chosen again directly in the offcut shop. - Excel shows special characters wrongly? The file is UTF-8. Open the CSV in Excel via “Data” → “From Text/CSV” or use the Excel file. ## Prices Prices in the export are subject to change and apply as of the date given in the file. On import we take **no prices** from the file. The basket always recalculates with today's prices. We calculate shipping based on your address. ## Questions and answers **Are prices taken over from my file?** No. On import, the basket recalculates all prices using today's prices. Prices in the file are for information only. **Can I read an exported basket back in?** Yes. The Excel or CSV file from the export contains all items with their configuration. When importing, choose “Complete basket” or “Detect automatically”. **Which files can I import?** CSV (semicolon, comma or tab), Excel (.xlsx) and text. At most 2 MB and 500 lines. Macros and formulas are not executed. **Why do I have to confirm the visible side or dimension reference again?** These details determine how we make your bent part. From a file they only count as a suggestion. You confirm them in the basket with one tap. **What happens to uploaded STEP or DXF parts?** The import finds the file again via its ID as long as it is stored with us. If it is no longer there, the preview shows “please upload again”. **Do you store my import file?** No. The file is only read for the check and then discarded. [Go to basket](https://mvg-frankfurt.de/en/cart) · [More questions](https://mvg-frankfurt.de/en/faq) · [Contact](https://mvg-frankfurt.de/en/contact)