Only follow these steps if you’re switching to FastBound from the A&D record keeping system built into Celerant AND you are no longer going to be using Celerant as your Point of Sale.
Do not follow these steps if you’re switching to FastBound from the A&D record keeping system built into Celerant AND you are keeping Celerant as your Point of Sale.
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In the Stratus main menu choose “inventory Management” to expand the options.
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From the expanded Inventory Management list choose “Acquisitions/Dispositions”.
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On the Acquisition/Disposition page choose the “Aca/Disp” tab.
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In the Records to. Display box select “Current Only”, In the Disposed box select “No”, and the Records Type box choose “Inventory Only”. Do not select or enter any other search filters.
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Scroll down and click the “Search” button.
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At the top right corner of the table click the “Columns” button.
In the Add or Remove Columns popup you must select only the options below. Some of these options may appear twice in the list, only select the first one. It is also recommended to uncheck everything then go down this list and select them one at a time.
Log Nbr
Manufacturer
Importer
Model
Serial Num
Type
Caliber/Guage
Acq Date
Received From
Acq Address
Acq Addr2
Acq City
Acq State
Acq Zip
Acq Phone
Acq FFL
Notes
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In the Add or Remove Columns popup be sure to only choose the fields in these screenshots.
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When you are done making your selections click the “Close” button.
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Next, select the “Action” button.
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Then choose “Print List” from the list of options.
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Now you will be taken to a preview screen. On this page, choose “Export” from the menu then choose “EXCEL” to download your file.
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The .XLSX report will be downloaded to the Downloads folder on your computer.
Send us your file for conversion.
You can send us your .csv file through the chat. In the chat click the paper clip icon, select your file from the folder you saved it in, and send it to us. Or, if you have your download folder open you can drag and drop it into the chat.
FastBound will not and cannot modify your data. Any missing information will need to be corrected by you after we send your converted file back to you.
We will run your file through our conversion tool and send it back to you as a .xlsx file.
The converted file may be missing information. You will need to add this missing information to be able to import your file into FastBound. This missing information may include some or all of the following.
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Acquire Type – This allows you to filter your Bound Book into smaller Bound Books. Please see our help page for more information.
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Expired or invalid FFL Information – Our conversion tool will attempt to get the FFL info and FFL expiration dates from your file. If our tool cannot do that you will need to update your file with the missing information.
You can also add details to your import file before importing your items into FastBound. These are all optional.
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Location
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Cost
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Price
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MPN
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UPC
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SKU
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Condition
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BarrelLength
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OverallLength
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ExternalId
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Note
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CountryOfManufacture (Required for type 08 and 11 FFL’s)
Before importing your file into your account you can send your file, as a .xlsx file, to us for review.
Save your .xlsx file as a .csv and import into FastBound
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Save your .xlsx file.
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Then save your .xlsx file as a .csv file. (DO NOT OPEN the .csv file)
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Close Excel, do not save if it asks. (Excel shouldn’t ask if you did these steps in order)
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Login to FastBound and select your account.
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Go to Settings > Import and upload your .csv file.
If your file imported successfully then you will not receive any warning or error messages and you will be taken to the Item Search page where you can verify they all imported.
Screenshots and instructions are provided under fair use for informational/teaching purposes only and have not been specifically authorized by the copyright holder.