How-To: Manually upload data to an existing datasource

Overview

This article walks you through adding manual data to the Alli platform. Some examples of when you may use this include:

A one-off data load
To backfill or load missing data into an existing datasource

Instructions

From the edit screen of data source you want to upload manual data to
Select the Load Data section
Select the Choose File button and browse then select your file
Click Upload File to start your upload

Limits

Manual uploads are limited to 100 MB files. You can zip files to reduce the file size. Within the zip files, it could be multiple files or all the files inside of a folder.

CSV files are preferred, however, the following file types are also supported:

File Type	Extension
Comma Separated File	.csv
Tab Separated File	.tsv
Microsoft Excel 2013+	.xlsx
Microsoft Excel 2001+	.xls
Microsoft Excel Binary	.xlsb
Microsoft Excel Macro Enabled	.xlsm
Zipped Files (Which include any of the above)	.zip, .gz

Overview

Instructions

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