Upload many reports from a CSV file

Send many hazard reports or relief listings at once from a CSV file on your phone, check every row first, and fix the ones that need it.

For: Public users, Validators, Partners, Institutional users, Administrators

If you have many records, for example a survey or a list of camps, you can send them all at once from a CSV file. Every row is checked before anything is sent, and the records then go to a reviewer like any other report.

On the website only staff can upload in bulk. In the app, any signed-in account can.

Upload a file

1. Tap Menu, then Bulk upload dataset. Sign in if asked.
2. Under 1. Download the template, tap Download CSV template, and save or share it.
3. Fill in the template on your phone or a computer, one record per row.
4. Under 2. Add CSV file(s), tap Select CSV files and pick your file. You can add more than one. You can also Paste from clipboard, or Load example to see a correct file.
5. Tap Validate. The app checks every row and shows how many are valid, how many need fixing, and any possible duplicates.
6. If rows need fixing, fix them in your file, add it again and tap Validate again. Nothing can be sent until every row is valid.
7. Tap Upload records. Under Upload dataset?, tap Upload records again to confirm.

You see how many records submitted for review. With no signal, the records are saved offline and sent when you reconnect.

The columns

Column	Required?	What to enter
hazard_type	Yes	A hazard (Flood, Fire, …), or a relief type: Shelter, Medical, Water or Food Distribution.
location_name	Yes	The place.
city, province	No	A known city must be in the right province.
latitude, longitude	No	Both or neither, inside Pakistan.
description	No	What is happening, or what is offered.
timestamp	No	When it happened.
expires_at	Relief only	A future date when the listing should come down. Leave it empty for a hazard.

Whether a row is a hazard or a relief listing comes from hazard_type. Common names such as "relief camp", "tent village", "langar", "dispensary" or "water tanker" are understood.

What happens next

Every record goes to the review queue and appears on the map once approved. Follow them under Menu, My reports.

Tips

• Possible duplicates are only a warning: they do not stop the upload. Check them if you are not sure.
• The file is sent all at once: if any row is invalid, nothing is sent, so a half-uploaded file cannot happen.
• The website's version is in Upload many records from a CSV or JSON file.

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