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# Importing Your Data

Let the SwimTech team help import your existing business data so you can get started quickly without spending hours manually reentering information.

**Getting started with SwimTech should not mean spending hours reentering the business information you already have.**

The SwimTech team can help **import your existing data into SwimTech**, allowing you to begin with familiar customer and business information already available in your new system.

> **Our goal is to get you using SwimTech—not make you spend your first days entering data you already have.**

## We'll Help Move Your Data

If you have existing business data that needs to be brought into SwimTech, our team will work with you to understand the information you currently have and help import it into SwimTech.

This can significantly reduce the amount of manual data entry required when moving from another system or from existing business records.

Rather than asking you to recreate everything one record at a time, we want to help you begin with the information your company already depends on.

## A Real Person Will Help You Get Started

**You will not be left on your own to figure out the onboarding process.**

A real person from the SwimTech team will work with you during onboarding, answer questions, help you understand what information should be imported, and help you determine the best way to begin using SwimTech for your business.

We know that changing business software can feel like a major project. Our objective is to make the transition as painless as possible.

## Start Using SwimTech Sooner

Once your initial information is available in SwimTech, you can begin working with the areas that matter most to your business instead of spending hours rebuilding your customer information from scratch.

You can start small and grow into SwimTech's more powerful functionality as your team becomes comfortable with the application.

A simple starting point is:

**Import Existing Data → Review Contacts → Add or Review Water Bodies → Begin Creating Quotes and Work Orders → Expand Into Additional SwimTech Features**

For more information about beginning with SwimTech, see **Initial Company Setup** and **Contacts**.

## We're Here to Help

Every company's existing data and onboarding needs can be different. If you are unsure what information can be imported or how to prepare your data, **contact us before spending time manually reentering it.**

The SwimTech team will help you determine the next step.

For assistance, see **Contact Support**.

> **Bring us the data you already have. We'll help you get it into SwimTech and help you get started with a real person by your side.**


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