CSV Import

Importing CSV data was added to the Import Manager in March 2026 and is not yet a fully- developed feature. Currently, you can upload CSV but you can't transform it, and imported data must stick to a very specific format. The tabular data must:

  • contain a header row

  • be comma-delimited

  • be quoted with double-quotes (") if fields contain commas

  • use the backslash as an escape character for quote characters within strings

  • use a double pipe (||) to separate array values within a column value

The headers should correspond to some or all of the following columns:

objectIdentifier

Mandatory: Contains the local identifier of the archival unit

name

The title of the archival unit

levelOfDescription

The level of description, e.g. fonds, series, file, item

sourceFileId

An identifier for the source of the description, to be used to disambiguate from other parallel descriptions of the same item

ref

The web-accessible URL of the archival description, if one exists

languageCode

The ISO-639-2 3-letter language code denoting the language used in the description itself (not the material)

languageOfMaterial

The ISO-639-2 3-letter language codes denoting the language(s) used in the material itself

The following fields are self explanatory and correspond to ISAD(G):

  • appraisal

  • archivalHistory

  • archivistNote

  • biographicalHistory

  • extentAndMedium

  • findingAids

  • rulesAndConventions

  • scopeAndContent

  • systemOfArrangement

  • relatedUnitsOfDescription

  • separatedUnitsOfDescription

  • sources