Limitations of Data Migration Tool – Updated August 2023

Limitations of Professional foods and recipes import

• Only food and recipe documents are imported. Meal plans, food records and 24 hour recalls will not be imported into Foodworks.online. 
• This tool is functional for FoodWorks 10 databases only. You must upgrade any databases from previous versions of FoodWorks to FoodWorks 10 before migrating to Foodworks.online.
• The supported data sources for import include: AusFoods 2019, AusBrands 2019, Australian Food Composition Database, New Zealand FOODfiles 2018 and CL Meat Data. If your data is mapped to other data sources, this mapping is not brought across to Foodworks.online.
• Any ingredient rows without foods are discarded during the migration, even if the notes fields are in use.
• Ingredient quantities entered as 'serve' are migrated to Foodworks.online as the equivalent serve amount in grams.
• Ingredient quantities entered as percentages and as fractions are migrated to Foodworks.online as the equivalent amount in grams.
• Documents based on a custom template are not migrated to Foodworks.online.
• If you're importing a database that includes reference foods from Easy Diet Diary, some reference foods will no longer be available in Foodworks.online or their nutritional composition may have changed. 

Limitations of Nutrition Labelling database import

• This tool is functional for FoodWorks 10 databases only. You must upgrade any databases from previous versions of FoodWorks to FoodWorks 10 before migrating to Foodworks.online.
• The supported data sources for import include: AusFoods 2019, AusBrands 2019, Australian Food Composition Database, New Zealand FOODfiles 2018 and CL Meat Data. If your data is mapped to other data sources, this mapping is not brought across to Foodworks.online.
• The definition of Rate has changed for Reconstituted ingredients. As a result, the tool subtracts one (1) from the rate field in the migrated data to match the new definition.
• Characterising ingredient selections are not migrated. You need to manually select your characterising ingredient selections after the migration.
• Ingredient Group selections are not migrated. You need to manually select your ingredient group selections after the migration.
• Custom Additive class names are not migrated. In FoodWorks 10, the ​Additive class names​ field could be custom entry or selected from the dropdown. However, custom names are not permitted in Foodworks.online (we only allow names prescribed per Schedule 7). If the ​Additive class name​ was custom you need to manually select your additive class name from the list after the migration.
• Foodworks.online Nutrition Labelling complies with the Plain English Allergen Labelling (PEAL) standard. This means that to generate a compliant allergen statement, in Foodworks.online you need to enter information for the additional allergens to be compliant with PEAL standards. 
• Any ingredient rows without foods are discarded during the migration, even if the notes fields are in use.
• Ingredient quantities entered as percentages and as fractions are migrated to Foodworks.online as the equivalent amount in grams.
• Documents based on a custom template are not migrated to Foodworks.online.

Video tutorial: Nutrition Labelling Data Migration Tool Limitations

The limitations of the Nutrition Labelling database import and the steps to resolve them are discussed in the below video. Click to begin playing.