Available On: Starter, Professional and Business Plus
With UpKeep's Meters feature, you can monitor the usage of your Assets, enabling tracking of historical usage and setting up Work Order Triggers!
After creating meters in your UpKeep account, you can import past historical readings to maintain continuity in meter tracking. Learn how to import previous meter readings in this article!
💡Your meters have to first be created in UpKeep in order to import your meter readings!
How to Import Meter Readings
Start by navigating to your Meters section
Click or open any existing meter
Then, click on History
Download the sample template for Importing Meter Readings
Open the CSV in Excel or Google SheetsDo not add, change, or remove any Column Headers in Row 1Start adding your data/information in Row 2
Once your data is filled out, save your CSV
Upload the CSV!
NOTE: The maximum number of meter readings you can import at one time is 200!
Here is a quick GIF on where to find the right place to download the sample template and upload the meter readings:
Guide
NOTE: The ID refers to a unique, UpKeep assigned ID. You can find each 10-character ID in the URL when clicking into the location/asset/part/etc. All IDs can also be found when exporting each data set in Column A of the CSV!
Column Header | Example Entry | Acceptable Value/Format/Notes |
A- Meter ID | PysI8zCdAd | This is the 10-character unique ID of the meter that you will add this reading to |
B - Meter Reading | 125.50 | Number |
C - Reading Date | 07/15/2021 23:58:35 | Add your date and time NOTE - The format must be: MM/DD/YYYY hh:mm:ss |