Commit c44a2fdb authored by Noveed Safipour's avatar Noveed Safipour

Clarified order of column headers and recommended test import

parent cddf9b87
# Importing Issues from CSV
# Importing issues from CSV
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/23532) in GitLab 11.7.
Issues can be imported to a project by uploading a CSV file. Supported fields are
`title` and `description`.
Issues can be imported to a project by uploading a CSV file with the columns
`title` and `description`, in that order.
The user uploading the CSV file will be set as the author of the imported issues.
> **Note:** A permission level of `Developer` or higher is required to import issues.
## Prepare for the import
- Consider importing a test file containing only a few issues. There is no way to undo a large import without using the GitLab API.
- Ensure your CSV file meets the [file format](#csv-file-format) requirements.
## Import the file
To import issues:
1. Ensure your CSV file meets the [file format](#csv-file-format) requirements.
1. Navigate to a project's Issues list page.
1. If existing issues are present, click the import icon at the top right, next to the **Edit issues** button.
1. For a project without any issues, click the button labeled **Import CSV** in the middle of the page.
......@@ -20,11 +26,11 @@ To import issues:
The file is processed in the background and a notification email is sent
to you once the import is completed.
## CSV File Format
## CSV file format
### Header row
CSV files must contain a header row beginning with at least two columns, `title` and `description`, in that order.
CSV files must contain a header row where the first column header is `title` and the second is `description`.
If additional columns are present, they will be ignored.
### Column separator
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For GitLab.com, it is set to 10 MB.
## Sample Data
## Sample data
```csv
title,description
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