<titledata-rh="true">Create table via import | NocoDB</title><metadata-rh="true"name="viewport"content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1"><metadata-rh="true"name="twitter:card"content="summary_large_image"><metadata-rh="true"property="og:image"content="https://nocodb.com/img/docusaurus-social-card.jpg"><metadata-rh="true"name="twitter:image"content="https://nocodb.com/img/docusaurus-social-card.jpg"><metadata-rh="true"property="og:url"content="https://nocodb.com/tables/create-table-via-import"><metadata-rh="true"name="docusaurus_locale"content="en"><metadata-rh="true"name="docsearch:language"content="en"><metadata-rh="true"name="docusaurus_version"content="current"><metadata-rh="true"name="docusaurus_tag"content="docs-default-current"><metadata-rh="true"name="docsearch:version"content="current"><metadata-rh="true"name="docsearch:docusaurus_tag"content="docs-default-current"><metadata-rh="true"property="og:title"content="Create table via import | NocoDB"><metadata-rh="true"name="description"content="Learn how to create a table in NocoDB via import from CSV, Excel or JSON."><metadata-rh="true"property="og:description"content="Learn how to create a table in NocoDB via import from CSV, Excel or JSON."><metadata-rh="true"name="keywords"content="NocoDB table,create table,import table,import csv,import excel,import json"><linkdata-rh="true"rel="icon"href="/img/favicon.ico"><linkdata-rh="true"rel="canonical"href="https://nocodb.com/tables/create-table-via-import"><linkdata-rh="true"rel="alternate"href="https://nocodb.com/tables/create-table-via-import"hreflang="en"><linkdata-rh="true"rel="alternate"href="https://nocodb.com/tables/create-table-via-import"hreflang="x-default"><linkrel="search"type="application/opensearchdescription+xml"title="NocoDB"href="/opensearch.xml"><linkrel="stylesheet"href="/assets/css/styles.ce2b6fcc.css">
<imgloading="lazy"alt="image"src="/assets/images/import-csv-515b6519a0b425cfa1672cd51ec465d6.png"width="2876"height="1796"class="img_ev3q"></li></ol><h4class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7"id="2-upload-from-url">2. Upload from URL<ahref="#2-upload-from-url"class="hash-link"aria-label="Direct link to 2. Upload from URL"title="Direct link to 2. Upload from URL"></a></h4><ol><li>Select <code>URL</code> tab from the Quick import modal.</li><li>Paste the URL of the file.</li><li><ahref="#advance-settings">Advance Settings</a> (optional)</li><li>Click on <code>Import</code> button.
<imgloading="lazy"alt="image"src="/assets/images/import-csv-url-f9d895566bcab33720fd7272125e1a37.png"width="2874"height="1798"class="img_ev3q"></li></ol><divclass="theme-admonition theme-admonition-info alert alert--info admonition_LlT9"><divclass="admonitionHeading_tbUL"><spanclass="admonitionIcon_kALy"><svgviewBox="0 0 14 16"><pathfill-rule="evenodd"d="M7 2.3c3.14 0 5.7 2.56 5.7 5.7s-2.56 5.7-5.7 5.7A5.71 5.71 0 0 1 1.3 8c0-3.14 2.56-5.7 5.7-5.7zM7 1C3.14 1 0 4.14 0 8s3.14 7 7 7 7-3.14 7-7-3.14-7-7-7zm1 3H6v5h2V4zm0 6H6v2h2v-2z"></path></svg></span>info</div><divclass="admonitionContent_S0QG"><ul><li>Multiple files can be imported at once.</li><li>Supported file formats: CSV, Excel, JSON</li><li>Maximum file size: 5 MB</li></ul></div></div><h3class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7"id="import-configurations">Import configurations<ahref="#import-configurations"class="hash-link"aria-label="Direct link to Import configurations"title="Direct link to Import configurations"></a></h3><ol><li><code>Table name</code> - defaults to the name of the file; double click to edit (Optional).</li><li><code>Field configurations</code> (Optional)<ul><li><code>Field name</code> - name of the field as identified from import file header; click to edit.</li><li><code>Field type</code> - inferred from the data in the field; click to edit.</li><li><code>Options</code> - For <code>Single select</code> and <code>Multi select</code> field types, options identified are listed here; click to edit.</li></ul></li><li><code>Remove field</code> - Click on delete icon to exclude a field in source file from being imported (Optional)</li><li>Click on <code>Import</code> button to start importing the file.</li></ol><p><imgloading="lazy"alt="image"src="/assets/images/import-stage-2-9b0b9c7805b194f2dbe8017eae3c5d80.png"width="2876"height="1796"class="img_ev3q"></p><h3class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7"id="advanced-settings">Advanced Settings<ahref="#advanced-settings"class="hash-link"aria-label="Direct link to Advanced Settings"title="Direct link to Advanced Settings"></a></h3><ul><li><strong>Number of Records for Datatype Inference</strong>: Default value is set to 500 records.</li><li><strong>Automatic Field Type Detection</strong>: Enabled by default. If selected, the system will automatically detect field types. Otherwise, all fields will default to "SingleLineText."</li><li><strong>Utilize First Records as Headers</strong>: Enabled by default. If selected, the first record in the spreadsheet will be treated as the header record and its contents will be used as field names.</li><li><strong>Import Data</strong>: Enabled by default. If selected, all data will be imported; otherwise, only the table will be created.</li></ul><divclass="theme-admonition theme-admonition-info alert alert--info admonition_LlT9"><divclass="admonitionHeading_tbUL"><spanclass="admonitionIcon_kALy"><svgviewBox="0 0 14 16"><pathfill-rule="evenodd"d="M7 2.3c3.14 0 5.7 2.56 5.7 5.7s-2.56 5.7-5.7 5.7A5.71 5.71 0 0 1 1.3 8c0-3.14 2.56-5.7 5.7-5.7zM7 1C3.14 1 0 4.14 0 8s3.14 7 7 7 7-3.14 7-7-3.14-7-7-7zm1 3H6v5h2V4zm0 6H6v2h2v-2z"></path></svg></span>info</div><divclass="admonitionContent_S0QG"><p>By default, the first field will be chosen as Display Value and cannot be deleted.</p></div></div><h2class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7"id="related-articles">Related articles<ahref="#related-articles"class="hash-link"aria-label="Direct link to Related articles"title="Direct link to Related articles"></a></h2><ul><li><ahref="/tables/create-table">Create a new table</a></li><li><ahref="/tables/import-data-into-existing-table">Import data from Csv/Xlsx into existing table</a></li><li><ahref="/tables/actions-on-table#rename-table">Rename a table</a></li><li><ahref="/tables/actions-on-table#duplicate-table">Duplicate a table</a></li><li><ahref="/tables/actions-on-table#delete-table">Delete a table</a></li></ul></div><footerclass="theme-doc-footer docusaurus-mt-lg"><divclass="theme-doc-footer-tags-rowrowmargin-bo
