Use django_import_export

- Allows import / export to multiple file formats
- Provides admin interface
- Work to be done to perform data tweaking
- It would be really cool if the data fields could be associated 'intelligently'
 (i.e. not just based on PK, but name-lookup too).

InvenTree/InvenTree/settings.py

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     'rest_framework',
     'simple_history',
     'crispy_forms',
+    'import_export',
 
     # Core django modules
     'django.contrib.admin',
@@ -147,4 +148,8 @@ MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
 
 MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'media')
 
+# crispy forms use the bootstrap templates
 CRISPY_TEMPLATE_PACK = 'bootstrap'
+
+# Use database transactions when importing / exporting data
+IMPORT_EXPORT_USE_TRANSACTIONS = True