How to Import Your Data from Excel or CSV

  1. Put your excel or cvs file on your desktop.

  2. Slide 1 Next, in Chums go to settings then to import/export

  3. Slide 2 Choose Chums import Zip

  4. Slide 3 Download sample file

  5. Slide 4 Unzip sample file and open the file people.csv replace data in this file with your data. Do not change the top row and be sure to save your edited file as people.csv

  6. Slide 5 On a Mac: Highlight the files in the sample folder and drag them onto your desktop and then right click or control click on them and choose Compress. This will make a file named Archive save it on your desktop. On a PC: Press and hold (or right-click) the folder, select (or point to) Send to, and then select Compressed (zipped) folder. A new zipped folder with the same name is created in the same location. Next, go back to Chums and click the upload icon

  7. Screen Shot 2023-02-14 at 6 33 45 PM Upload the Zip file you just made in step 6. Once Uploaded you will see your data. Scroll to the bottom and click continue.

  8. Screen Shot 2023-02-14 at 6 54 21 PM Next we need to import the file into the Chums Database.

  9. Screen Shot 2023-02-15 at 5 11 24 PM Let the Process Run until you see a screen like this showing it is completed. Click go to chums to get back to chums