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# 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.

{% hint style="success" %}
*Check out the given walk-through on how to create a new Report and save a View in it using the Upload File option.*
{% endhint %}

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***Creating a CSV Report***
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* Navigate to the ***Create New Report*** page.
* Provide a name for the report.
* Describe the report.
* Click the ***Upload CSV*** option.

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* Provide the ***Data Store Name***.
* The ***Delimiter*** field appears for a CSV file.
* Use the ***Choose File*** option to upload a file.&#x20;
* The file upload completion is suggested through the mention of %.&#x20;

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* 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.

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* 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 Report*** option given below.

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

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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.

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<details>

<summary>Try it out yourself</summary>

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.

</details>

{% file src="/files/RBItamTeK0n2YZXYpKbZ" %}
Sample CSV File for the Report Demo (click on the given file to download)
{% endfile %}

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