# Counters

#### <span style="color: rgb(0, 65, 130);">General</span>

<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">This part is used to load all counters in MXSuite. The sheet in the Excel file is called “Counters”.</span>

#### <span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(0, 65, 130);">Details fields</span>

<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">To fill the Excel file correctly, make sure that all fields are filled correctly. Below are the fields listed.</span>

<table border="1" id="bkmrk-field-max-characters" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 247.563px;"><colgroup><col style="width: 17.64%;"></col><col style="width: 10.6079%;"></col><col style="width: 9.77283%;"></col><col style="width: 61.9793%;"></col></colgroup><thead><tr style="background-color: rgb(230, 126, 35); height: 46.5938px;"><td style="height: 46.5938px;">**Field**</td><td style="height: 46.5938px;">**MAX Characters**</td><td style="height: 46.5938px;"> **Required**</td><td style="height: 46.5938px;">**Comment**</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr style="height: 29.7969px;"><td style="height: 29.7969px;">Name</td><td style="height: 29.7969px;">128</td><td style="height: 29.7969px;">X</td><td style="height: 29.7969px;">Name of the Counter</td></tr><tr style="height: 48.1875px;"><td style="height: 48.1875px;">Unit</td><td style="height: 48.1875px;">128</td><td style="height: 48.1875px;">X</td><td style="height: 48.1875px;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">The unit name should exactly match the<u> name</u> of the Unit as known in Administration -&gt; Units</span></td></tr><tr style="height: 46.5938px;"><td style="height: 46.5938px;">AveragePerWeek</td><td style="height: 46.5938px;">  
</td><td style="height: 46.5938px;">X</td><td style="height: 46.5938px;">The maximum average per week for the selected unit. For unit Running hours, the average must be set to 168</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.7969px;"><td style="height: 29.7969px;">ActualCounterValue</td><td style="height: 29.7969px;">  
</td><td style="height: 29.7969px;">X</td><td style="height: 29.7969px;">The actual counter value for the imported counter machine</td></tr><tr style="height: 46.5938px;"><td style="height: 46.5938px;">ParentCounter</td><td style="height: 46.5938px;">  
</td><td style="height: 46.5938px;">  
</td><td style="height: 46.5938px;">If the counter will use the input from another counter, specify here the countername</td></tr></tbody></table>

#### <span style="color: rgb(0, 65, 130);">Example</span>

<span style="color: rgb(0, 65, 130);">[![SheetCounters.png](https://docs.mxsuite.nl/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/sheetcounters.png)](https://docs.mxsuite.nl/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/sheetcounters.png)</span>