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title: Load and map spend categories to existing product categories
description: As a Spend category admin, you can use spend category management to import your organization's spend categories and map them to ServiceNow product categories.
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release: australia
product: Sourcing and Procurement Operations
classification: sourcing-and-procurement-operations
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Map spend categories to product categories, Using Spend and Savings Management, Use, Sourcing and Procurement Operations, Finance and Supply Chain]
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# Load and map spend categories to existing product categories

As a Spend category admin, you can use spend category management to import your organization's spend categories and map them to ServiceNow product categories.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_spend\_mgmt.category\_manager\_admin

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Load Data**.

    The **Load Data page appears**.

2.  In **Import set table**, select **Existing table**.

3.  From the **Import set table** list, select the Spend Category Stage \(sn\_spend\_mgmt\_category\_stage\) table.

4.  In **Source of the Import**, choose **File**.\[Omitted image "create\_load\_data.png"\] Alt text: Load Data page.

5.  Browse to the excel template that was created in [Add spend category data in an Excel file](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/source-to-pay-operations/sourcing-and-procurement-operations/add-spend-data-spo.md).

6.  Enter the **Sheet number** of the excel template that needs to be loaded into the staging table.

7.  Enter the **Header row** of the excel template that needs to be loaded into the staging table.

8.  Click **Submit**.


## Result

The Excel template with spend category data is uploaded.

## What to do next

Run the transform to import the data from the Spend Category Stage table to the Spend Category primary table. For more information, see [Run transform to import spend category data into the Spend Category primary table](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/source-to-pay-operations/sourcing-and-procurement-operations/spend-category-run-trasnform.md).