Thank you for your reply. Under Settings, Companies, Import "address_phone" does not exist. When I type "Phone" into the search mapped field I get "Normal Fields: Phone", "Relation Fields: Child Companies /Child Companies / Phone, Child Companies / Phone". If I type address into the search field it gives "No mtaches found".

If you are talking about importing the phone number for a client/partner, the column header or name should be address_phone you can verify by adding a client to the database with the phone number and export this client to see the right header you require for phone number.

Yes I am adding a client/partner. v7 calls it "Companies". I created a dummy company with phone & Fax fields filled in. When export the feature automatically highlights "Company Name", "Paper Format", "Partner" etc but not "phone", "fax", and some other fields which are filled in when I set up the company. I've manually choosen Company Name, Phone, Fax and email to export. The export created this header with the correct info populated under it. "id", "name", "phone", "fax", "email". I then deleted the dummy company in openerp and tried importing but recieved "you must configure at ...

Here's a copy and paste of the exported file. There was an "ID" column which I removed.

name,phone,fax,email
Dummy co,555-555-5555,444-444-4444,email@dummyco.com

When I run the import I get a "You must configure at least one field to import" even though each field is populated (name=Company name, phone=Phone, fax=Fax, email=Email)

Changed the header to your recommendation. I have two rows I'm trying to import as a test. All the fields auto populate with "Don't Import" and would not detect the correct field (except state which detected field as "bank" - I switched it to "Fed. state" from the drop down. The rest I manually changed to match the header. Did not import the phone number. Tried import under "Sales" module, Customers, import and those fields were available (note: is_company is listed as "Is a Company" - if any one else is trying to solve the same problem) however on "Validate" it remported "You must configure at least one field to import" yet all the fields are assigned from the drop down

do you phone numbers have anything other than digits and - or ( in them? try getting rid of a leading + if it is in there.

the number in the field is 555-555-5555. Even tried 555555 and xxxxxx to no avail

Can you post the header of your file? There must be something in there that is 'invalid'.