Importing and switching

Import estimates

Bring estimates from another system — open ones continue in Hectile, accepted, declined and expired ones are history.

Paid plans 2 min readUpdated 26 October 2026About This Feature
  1. Documents → Import estimates

    Owners and Admins, paid plans.

  2. One row per line

    Rows with the same estimate number become one estimate; numbers are kept.

  3. Required columns

    Estimate number, Estimate date, Item and Rate. Others optional: Valid until, Status, Customer, Brand, Currency, Quantity, Discount %, Tax, Notes, Terms.

  4. Review

    Each estimate with its customer, status, lines and Hectile’s total, Ready or what to fix.

  5. Import

    “Import 11 estimates, skip 1”.

Imported statusBecomes
Open, Sent, DraftOpen — continue in Hectile
Accepted, Approved, InvoicedAccepted — history (duplicate it to invoice)
Declined, RejectedDeclined
ExpiredExpired

Nothing is emailed. Undo the latest import for 7 days removes estimates nobody has used since. If your old numbers follow Hectile’s estimate numbering, set the next number in Settings → Numbering.

Who can do this:OwnerAdminMember — noViewer — no
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