Data Import Wizard

[SchrodingersGat]

A fresh start on the data import wizard config, which uses existing django-rest-framework serializers to import data from an external file.

• Replaces Data import API #5125
• Closes [FR] Import tool refactor #3101

Roadmap

• Implement data import for existing serialises using data-wizard
• Expose custom API endpoints to handle this process via new react interface
• Implement front-end user interface elements for data import managing
• Remove existing custom import logic (lots of custom forms e.g. for BOM data import)
• Remove django-import-export entirely
• Use existing "validation" of rest serializers
• Process final import task using background worker (if possible)
• Add custom framework for "exporting" data using serializers
• Allow manual override of field values (see below)

Field Override

For some import processes, we have important "context" information we want to provide. For example, if we are importing a list of "purchase order line items" for a specific order, we do not want to specify the "order" for each row. Instead, we want to override the imported rows with a specific value for the "order" ID. So, we need to be able to override this data somehow...

References

• Empty Identifiers for nullable ForeignKeyFields wq/django-data-wizard#44

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[matmair]

Very exciting, let me know if I can support in any way!

[SchrodingersGat]

Replaced by #6911