diff --git a/packages/nc-gui/components/dlg/QuickImport.vue b/packages/nc-gui/components/dlg/QuickImport.vue
index c7688c9e4d..00840a7e4a 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui/components/dlg/QuickImport.vue
+++ b/packages/nc-gui/components/dlg/QuickImport.vue
@@ -467,16 +467,16 @@ const beforeUpload = (file: UploadFile) => {
             </a-form-item>
 
             <!-- Flatten nested -->
-            <div v-if="isImportTypeJson" class="mt-3">
+            <a-form-item v-if="isImportTypeJson" class="!my-2">
               <a-checkbox v-model:checked="importState.parserConfig.normalizeNested">
                 <span class="caption">{{ $t('labels.flattenNested') }}</span>
               </a-checkbox>
-            </div>
+            </a-form-item>
 
             <!-- Import Data -->
-            <div v-if="isImportTypeJson" class="mt-4">
+            <a-form-item class="!my-2">
               <a-checkbox v-model:checked="importState.parserConfig.importData">{{ $t('labels.importData') }}</a-checkbox>
-            </div>
+            </a-form-item>
           </div>
         </div>
       </div>
diff --git a/packages/nc-gui/utils/parsers/CSVTemplateAdapter.ts b/packages/nc-gui/utils/parsers/CSVTemplateAdapter.ts
index 7f46192e4e..d4c39a4494 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui/utils/parsers/CSVTemplateAdapter.ts
+++ b/packages/nc-gui/utils/parsers/CSVTemplateAdapter.ts
@@ -27,12 +27,7 @@ export default class CSVTemplateAdapter {
   columnValues: Record<number, []>
 
   constructor(files: UploadFile[], parserConfig = {}) {
-    this.config = {
-      maxRowsToParse: 500,
-      autoSelectFieldTypes: true,
-      firstRowAsHeaders: true,
-      ...parserConfig,
-    }
+    this.config = parserConfig
     this.files = files
     this.project = {
       tables: [],
@@ -258,38 +253,40 @@ export default class CSVTemplateAdapter {
       let steppers = 0
       const tn = file.name.replace(/[` ~!@#$%^&*()_|+\-=?;:'",.<>\{\}\[\]\\\/]/g, '_').trim()
       this.data[tn] = []
-      parse(file.originFileObj as File, {
-        worker: true,
-        step(row) {
-          steppers += 1
-          if (row && steppers >= +that.config.firstRowAsHeaders + 1) {
-            const rowData: Record<string, any> = {}
-            for (let columnIdx = 0; columnIdx < that.headers[tableIdx].length; columnIdx++) {
-              const column = that.project.tables[tableIdx].columns[columnIdx]
-              const data = (row.data as [])[columnIdx] === '' ? null : (row.data as [])[columnIdx]
-              if (column.uidt === UITypes.Checkbox) {
-                rowData[column.column_name] = getCheckboxValue(data)
-                rowData[column.column_name] = data
-              } else if (column.uidt === UITypes.Currency) {
-                rowData[column.column_name] = data
-              } else if (column.uidt === UITypes.SingleSelect || column.uidt === UITypes.MultiSelect) {
-                rowData[column.column_name] = (data || '').toString().trim() || null
-              } else if (column.uidt === UITypes.Date) {
-                // TODO(import): check format
-                rowData[column.column_name] = data
-              } else {
-                // TODO(import): do parsing if necessary based on type
-                rowData[column.column_name] = data
+      if (this.config.importData) {
+        parse(file.originFileObj as File, {
+          worker: true,
+          step(row) {
+            steppers += 1
+            if (row && steppers >= +that.config.firstRowAsHeaders + 1) {
+              const rowData: Record<string, any> = {}
+              for (let columnIdx = 0; columnIdx < that.headers[tableIdx].length; columnIdx++) {
+                const column = that.project.tables[tableIdx].columns[columnIdx]
+                const data = (row.data as [])[columnIdx] === '' ? null : (row.data as [])[columnIdx]
+                if (column.uidt === UITypes.Checkbox) {
+                  rowData[column.column_name] = getCheckboxValue(data)
+                  rowData[column.column_name] = data
+                } else if (column.uidt === UITypes.Currency) {
+                  rowData[column.column_name] = data
+                } else if (column.uidt === UITypes.SingleSelect || column.uidt === UITypes.MultiSelect) {
+                  rowData[column.column_name] = (data || '').toString().trim() || null
+                } else if (column.uidt === UITypes.Date) {
+                  // TODO(import): check format
+                  rowData[column.column_name] = data
+                } else {
+                  // TODO(import): do parsing if necessary based on type
+                  rowData[column.column_name] = data
+                }
               }
+              that.data[tn].push(rowData)
             }
-            that.data[tn].push(rowData)
-          }
-        },
-        complete() {
-          console.log('getData(): complete')
-          console.log(`getData(): steppers: ${steppers}`)
-        },
-      })
+          },
+          complete() {
+            console.log('getData(): complete')
+            console.log(`getData(): steppers: ${steppers}`)
+          },
+        })
+      }
     }
     return this.data
   }
diff --git a/packages/nc-gui/utils/parsers/ExcelTemplateAdapter.ts b/packages/nc-gui/utils/parsers/ExcelTemplateAdapter.ts
index 53e7a05e00..438c304fb0 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui/utils/parsers/ExcelTemplateAdapter.ts
+++ b/packages/nc-gui/utils/parsers/ExcelTemplateAdapter.ts
@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@ const excelTypeToUidt: Record<string, UITypes> = {
 }
 
 export default class ExcelTemplateAdapter extends TemplateGenerator {
-  config: {
-    maxRowsToParse: number
-  } & Record<string, any>
+  config: Record<string, any>
 
   excelData: any
 
@@ -36,17 +34,11 @@ export default class ExcelTemplateAdapter extends TemplateGenerator {
 
   constructor(data = {}, parserConfig = {}) {
     super()
-    this.config = {
-      maxRowsToParse: 500,
-      ...parserConfig,
-    }
-
+    this.config = parserConfig
     this.excelData = data
-
     this.project = {
       tables: [],
     }
-
     this.xlsx = {} as any
   }
 
@@ -79,7 +71,6 @@ export default class ExcelTemplateAdapter extends TemplateGenerator {
             tableNamePrefixRef[tn] = 0
 
             const table = { table_name: tn, ref_table_name: tn, columns: [] as any[] }
-            this.data[tn] = []
             const ws: any = this.wb.Sheets[sheet]
             const range = this.xlsx.utils.decode_range(ws['!ref'])
             let rows: any = this.xlsx.utils.sheet_to_json(ws, { header: 1, blankrows: false, defval: null })
@@ -207,39 +198,43 @@ export default class ExcelTemplateAdapter extends TemplateGenerator {
               }
               table.columns.push(column)
             }
+            this.project.tables.push(table)
 
-            let rowIndex = 0
-            for (const row of rows.slice(1)) {
-              const rowData: Record<string, any> = {}
-              for (let i = 0; i < table.columns.length; i++) {
-                if (table.columns[i].uidt === UITypes.Checkbox) {
-                  rowData[table.columns[i].column_name] = getCheckboxValue(row[i])
-                } else if (table.columns[i].uidt === UITypes.Currency) {
-                  const cellId = this.xlsx.utils.encode_cell({
-                    c: range.s.c + i,
-                    r: rowIndex + columnNameRowExist,
-                  })
+            this.data[tn] = []
+            if (this.config.importData) {
+              let rowIndex = 0
+              for (const row of rows.slice(1)) {
+                const rowData: Record<string, any> = {}
+                for (let i = 0; i < table.columns.length; i++) {
+                  if (table.columns[i].uidt === UITypes.Checkbox) {
+                    rowData[table.columns[i].column_name] = getCheckboxValue(row[i])
+                  } else if (table.columns[i].uidt === UITypes.Currency) {
+                    const cellId = this.xlsx.utils.encode_cell({
+                      c: range.s.c + i,
+                      r: rowIndex + columnNameRowExist,
+                    })
 
-                  const cellObj = ws[cellId]
-                  rowData[table.columns[i].column_name] = (cellObj && cellObj.w && cellObj.w.replace(/[^\d.]+/g, '')) || row[i]
-                } else if (table.columns[i].uidt === UITypes.SingleSelect || table.columns[i].uidt === UITypes.MultiSelect) {
-                  rowData[table.columns[i].column_name] = (row[i] || '').toString().trim() || null
-                } else if (table.columns[i].uidt === UITypes.Date) {
-                  const cellId = this.xlsx.utils.encode_cell({
-                    c: range.s.c + i,
-                    r: rowIndex + columnNameRowExist,
-                  })
-                  const cellObj = ws[cellId]
-                  rowData[table.columns[i].column_name] = (cellObj && cellObj.w) || row[i]
-                } else {
-                  // toto: do parsing if necessary based on type
-                  rowData[table.columns[i].column_name] = row[i]
+                    const cellObj = ws[cellId]
+                    rowData[table.columns[i].column_name] = (cellObj && cellObj.w && cellObj.w.replace(/[^\d.]+/g, '')) || row[i]
+                  } else if (table.columns[i].uidt === UITypes.SingleSelect || table.columns[i].uidt === UITypes.MultiSelect) {
+                    rowData[table.columns[i].column_name] = (row[i] || '').toString().trim() || null
+                  } else if (table.columns[i].uidt === UITypes.Date) {
+                    const cellId = this.xlsx.utils.encode_cell({
+                      c: range.s.c + i,
+                      r: rowIndex + columnNameRowExist,
+                    })
+                    const cellObj = ws[cellId]
+                    rowData[table.columns[i].column_name] = (cellObj && cellObj.w) || row[i]
+                  } else {
+                    // toto: do parsing if necessary based on type
+                    rowData[table.columns[i].column_name] = row[i]
+                  }
                 }
+                this.data[tn].push(rowData)
+                rowIndex++
               }
-              this.data[tn].push(rowData)
-              rowIndex++
             }
-            this.project.tables.push(table)
+
             resolve(true)
           }),
       )
diff --git a/packages/nc-gui/utils/parsers/JSONTemplateAdapter.ts b/packages/nc-gui/utils/parsers/JSONTemplateAdapter.ts
index ee3214489a..7167eb993c 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui/utils/parsers/JSONTemplateAdapter.ts
+++ b/packages/nc-gui/utils/parsers/JSONTemplateAdapter.ts
@@ -24,10 +24,7 @@ export default class JSONTemplateAdapter extends TemplateGenerator {
   columns: object
   constructor(data: object, parserConfig = {}) {
     super()
-    this.config = {
-      maxRowsToParse: 500,
-      ...parserConfig,
-    }
+    this.config = parserConfig
     this._jsonData = data
     this.project = {
       tables: [],