Lean Data Import and Export

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On the Lean menu, choose one of the following:

Export VSM Data to Text to export Lean data to a *.txt or *.csv file.
Export VSM Table to Excel to export Lean data to a formatted Excel worksheet based on a provided or custom Excel template. The default Excel templates are located in the Templates directory in the Lean Export folder. iGrafx provides templates for exporting a Work Balancing Worksheet, VSM Data Table, and Kaizen Table.
Import VSM Table from Excel to import data back into the iGrafx file. Data imported from a VSM table appears in the Lean value stream map. You cannot import ID values, names, and Lean Type changes made in the VSM table. You can re-import only non-calculated custom data.

In the VSM table, each row represents a Lean activity and each column represents a Lean attribute or Custom Data value on the activities. Units of measure are determined by the Lean data type exported.

For information on how to create your own custom Lean template, see the iGrafx Knowledge Base.