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CSV-formatted files, generated by Excel or other office tools, can be uploaded to frePPLe. Clicking on the import arrow in the upper right corner allows you to select a the file to upload.
The first line in the file should contain the field names (not case sensitive). To get a sample of the input format, you can first create a CSV export: the CSV export and import formats are identical.

After the upload, a message on the screen will report the data errors found. The total number of records that was added or changed is also shown.

Important note about delimiters:
Note that the seperator in the CSV-files varies with the chosen language: If in your language a comma is used as a decimal separator for numbers, the CSV file will use a semicolon (;) as delimiter. Otherwise a comma (,) is used. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_mark
Important note about character encodings:
The import process will scan the Unicode BOM header of the import file. If a header is detected the appropriate unicode character encoding is used. If no header is used frePPLe assumes the data is encoded in the character set defined by the setting CSV_CHARSET (default = UTF-8).
Since Excel is saving a CSV file in the default Windows code page of your system, you might want to update this setting CSV_CHARSET to match your system. This will ensure a smoother integration.