OL98: (CW) Referred By Field Will Not Import into Outlook

ID: Q180086

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

You cannot import data into the Referred By field of Contact created using the Corporate/Workgroup installation of Microsoft Outlook 98.

You must manually enter the Referred By information into each contact record.

1. Open the imported contact record.

2. On the All Fields tab, click to select All Contact Fields in

   the Select From list.

3. Scroll to the Referred By field and type the required data.

4. Click Save and Close.

1. Open the File to be imported and ensure that the field name for the data

   is ?Referred By.? This is necessary for the field to properly mapped in
   Outlook 98.

2. On the File menu, click Import and Export.

3. Click to select "Import from another program or file" and then click

   Next.

4. Click to select the file type you want to import, and click Next.

5. Type the name or Browse to the file you want to import and click Next.

6. Click OK to finish the import.

To view the Referred By field, follow these steps:

1. Open one of the imported contact records.

2. On the All Fields tab, click to select All Contact fields in

   the Select from list.

3. Scroll to the Referred By field.

Result: The Referred By field is blank.

For more information on Field Mapping in Outlook 98, please see the following article(s) in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   Article-ID: Q182728
   Title     : OL98: Field Mapping for Importing Not Available

Additional query words: missing gone empty

Keywords          : IntpImEx 
Version           : WINDOWS:98
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: February 12, 1999