BoostSolutions, a leading web parts and add-ons provider as well as a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, announces the release of the newly developed SharePoint Excel Import. Users now have the ability to easily import data from any spreadsheet into SharePoint list. This version was released on August 8 and is available to download for a free 30 day trial.

In an increasingly multifaceted and demanding marketplace, BoostSolutions’s developers have created this add-on to help increase productivity by limiting the complexity required in importing data from spreadsheets. Frequent complaints from businesses revolve around not only the limitations of copying and pasting data, but also in the fact that it is a complex operation which results in frequent errors and corruption of data. The complexity and high rate of error and corrupt data is due to the necessity to set up columns and rows in the spreadsheet that must mimic what is contained in the SharePoint datasheet.

SharePoint Excel Import does away with the complexity and high rate of error in this very easy to use add-on. First, this out-of-the-box solution doesn’t require you to install anything on clients; you don’t have to install Microsoft Excel to use it. Here are some of the other great features you will find in SharePoint Excel Import: The ability for users to import Excel spreadsheet (.xlsx (Excel 2007/2010), .xls (Excel 2003) and .csv formats) to any existing SharePoint list; Users can manually map fields and easily check duplicate records when importing; Users have the ability to update SharePoint list using an Excel file; This versions supports all column types in SharePoint and allows for filtering the first row as field names as well as selecting the row range of an Excel Sheet to import; All content types are supported in any SharePoint list as well as these popular list types, including Custom list, Calendar, Contacts list, Tasks list, etc.; and lastly Users can preview Excel data in real time.

BoostSolutions is strongly committed to being the foremost leader in developing various web parts and add-ons. As such their products are backed with a comprehensive live support function. BoostSolutions is committed to tackling any difficult problems that might arise during the installation or use of SharePoint Excel Import. They also provide the user with an easy step-by-step guide to help them get set-up and using SharePoint Excel Import quickly and easily.<

BoostSolutions is a relatively young company but is backed by their innovative and creative team whom produce some of the industry’s leading web parts and add-ons. BoostSolutions has won several awards as a testament to their originality and inventiveness. In 2009 and 2010 BoostSolutions was presented with the Most Useful Web Part Award for their SharePoint Batch Check-in and SharePoint Column/View Permission. In 2011 and again in 2012 they were awarded the prestigious Andy Dale Award as Best SharePoint Web Part Provider. The Andy Dale Award is a sought-after award that signifies a company’s authenticity and reliability as a SharePoint web part provider.

If you want your company to get ahead in this competitive business world, let BoostSolutions help you push forward and upward in achieving your business goals.