How can I stop the leading zeros from item barcodes being stripped when I load a csv generated by WorldShare Reports into Excel?

Symptom

• The leading zeros from item barcodes are stripped when I load a CSV generated by WorldShare Reports into Excel

Applies to

• WorldShare Reports

Resolution

To avoid leading zeros being stripped from item barcodes:

1. Export the file from Report Designer in CSV format.
2. Before importing into Excel, open a blank spreadsheet in Excel and format the column which will receive the item barcodes as a 'text' column.
3. Load data from CSV file into the spreadsheet.

Additional information

This can also be applied to other fields which have leading zeros e.g. ISBNs.

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