Export ZIP backup — downloads a ZIP with <Location> assets_managed-by-app.xlsx (the spreadsheet, same name as the working file), records_managed-by-app.json (machine-readable copy the app manages), and every photo. Works fully offline. Use for archiving and for sharing a full snapshot. For a clean customer-facing copy use Publish Final Excel Copy instead.

The spreadsheet has one tab, "<Location> Service Channel Assets" — laid out exactly like Sprouts' ServiceChannel Template: a color legend, a REFRIGERATED ASSETS section, a NON-REFRIGERATED ASSETS section, and the two "Other" sections at the bottom for asset types that aren't on Sprouts' list. Every asset type gets its own green/grey/blue header row followed by its records. Grey columns are system-generated (left blank); blue columns carry the values Sprouts pre-populated (Warranty Starts From Install Date, Life Expectancy 84, Asset Status Confirmed…). This is the file you send to StoreCare.

Download Sprouts template — a clean copy of Sprouts' official workbook (Instructions, Template Headers with every column's definition, the ServiceChannel Template, a Completed Store Example, and the Print-Out Template sheets). Type setup data into the ServiceChannel Template sheet under the right asset-type header, save, then click Import. The app matches by Asset Tag.

Import Excel (ServiceChannel layout) — reads the interleaved header/record layout (this app's export or Sprouts' template sheet); older "Standardized View" exports still import too. The preview modal shows what will be created vs. updated before anything saves. Edit cells in an existing export → re-import → records update by Asset Tag. Don't change Asset Tag values in Excel (that creates a new record and orphans the old one — use the app's Edit button to rename a tag). Old asset-type names (bins, SUSHI CASE, ICE MACHINES) and old Area names are renamed automatically on the way in.

Reusing a prior site as a starting point — useful when a new site has similar equipment to one you've already walked:

1. Grab the prior site's xlsx — either a published copy from the prior site's Dropbox folder root (named like <Location> Service Channel Assets 2026-05-14 1430.xlsx) or the <Location> assets_managed-by-app.xlsx from an Export ZIP backup. Do not use the working file in _AppRecords -Do not modify/ — the app will overwrite it on the next save. Save a copy of the xlsx
2. Clear out per-site fields: Location, Install Date, Purchase Date, and any other job-specific values. Asset Tags too if the new site uses a different naming scheme
3. Keep Brand / Model / Serial / Asset Type / signature fields — those are the reusable asset identity
4. Save the file (keep the sheet name ending in Service Channel Assets)
5. In the app, switch to the new site's Dropbox folder via the folder picker (double-check the destination banner in the import preview)
6. Click Import Excel (ServiceChannel layout). Leave "Skip unconfirmed red flag" unchecked — you want each row flagged red so you remember to verify on-site
7. Walk the site, edit + save each record. The red flag clears as you confirm each one

Use the xlsx, not the prior site's records_managed-by-app.json. The json carries photo paths and IDs that point to the old folder; the xlsx starts records clean with no photo references.