Creating a new Report by Uploading a CSV 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.

Check out the given walk-through on how to create a new Report and save a View in it using the Upload File option.

Creating a CSV Report

• Navigate to the Create New Report page.

• Provide a name for the report.

• Describe the report.

• Click the Upload CSV option.

• Provide the Data Store Name.

• The Delimiter field appears for a CSV file.

• Use the Choose File option to upload a file.

• The file upload completion is suggested through the mention of %.

• A notification message appears to ensure the status of the upload file action.

• The File Uploaded option gets a blue tick mark after uploading the file.

• The Data Store Details tab opens by default (as displayed in the image).

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

• Navigate to the Examples tab to display the sample data from the uploaded file.

• Click the Create Report option given below.

• After clicking the Create Report option the Data Store gets created.

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

Try it out yourself

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

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Sample File.csv

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Sample CSV File for the Report Demo (click on the given file to download)

Please Note: Kindly change the name of the Sample File while using it for your trial each time.