The following instructions assume that the user already has a query set up on the product table that prompts for the vendor code and fist few letters of the vendor SKU as filters for the query. More information on setting up queries may be found in chapter 13 of the MicroBiz user manual
1) Run a query to create the import template
Tools>>Query Records>>Data Dictionary
Select product data dictionary from the dropdown box in the lower right hand corner
Tools>>Query Records>>Query Manager
Select the last cost query
Click Run Query
At the prompts, enter the vendor and vendor id parameters
2) Open the template on the desktop in Excel and make the changes
Click on the icon labelled "qmf_te"
Make the changes that are needed in the last_cost column
Save the template as a CSV(MS-DOS) type file
3)Run a backup of the MicroBiz data
Have all users come out of MBZ
Management>>Custom System Settings>>Global Store Settings
Backup Now
4)Run the import
Make sure all users are still out of MicroBiz
Tools>>Update Item Records via CSV file
Navigate to the CSV file that you just saved to the desktop.