Missing parent field on Inventory Item Bulk Import

[sleepinggenius2]

NetBox version

v2.11.10

Python version

3.8

Steps to Reproduce

1. Navigate to Devices > Inventory Items > Import
2. Try to add a "parent" field to the CSV

device,name,parent
PP:B117,parent,
PP:B117,child,parent

Expected Behavior

There should be a "parent" field with "name" accessor available when importing that is scoped to the given "device" field, just like you can do for Interface Bulk Import.

Observed Behavior

The complete exception is provided below:

<class 'KeyError'>

'csv'

Python version: 3.8.10
NetBox version: 2.11.10

[jeremystretch]

I have a few notes:

1. The parent field is indeed missing from the inventory item import form and needs to be added. This will be the resolution to this specific bug.
2. The KeyError exception itself is actually a separate bug which has been fixed under CSV Column validation error handling throws Server Error #6910. (Normally the form would just return a human-friendly validation error citing an unknown column name.)
3. Parent inventory items need to be completely imported before child items can be added. It's not possible to import both at the same time (as in the above example) because the parent item(s) must first exist in the database to be referenced.