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# Creating a new Report by Uploading an Excel File

This page describes steps on how upload a CSV file to create a New Story. The user can try this functionality themselves by using the sample file.

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*Check out the given walk-through on how to create a new Story and save a View in it using the Upload File option.*
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***Creating an Excel Report***
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* Access and click the ***Story*** module.

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* The ***Create New Report*** page opens.
* Provide a name for the report.
* Describe the report.
* Click the ***Upload Excel*** option.

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* Provide the Data Store Name.
* Use the Choose File option to upload a file.    &#x20;

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* Select a sheet inside the selected Excel file.

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* A notification flashes suggesting the user wait till the file gets uploaded.&#x20;

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* A notification message appears. The file upload completion is suggested by displaying 100% on the screen.&#x20;

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* The ***File Uploaded*** option gets a blue tick mark after uploading an Excel file.
* The **Data Store Details** tab opens by default (as displayed in the image).

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* Open the ***Variable Types*** tab to get the variable types with count.

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* Navigate to the ***Examples*** tab to display the sample data from the uploaded file.
* Click the ***Create Story*** option given below.

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* A notification message appears to ensure that the datastore creation process has been started, and the notification for the same will be sent to the user.

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* The report gets created based on the selected Data Store and the user gets redirected to the ***Design*** page of the newly created report.

<details>

<summary>Try it out yourself</summary>

As explained above Creating a New Story with BDB Story module is so easy and gets completed in less than 3 minutes. If you don't believe this, here is a sample Excel file for you to try it out yourself.

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{% file src="/files/mYutsftspA463xYOjNKV" %}

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*<mark style="color:green;">Please Note:</mark> Kindly change the name of the **Sample File** while using it for your trial each time*.
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