diff --git a/packages/nc-gui/components/import/excelImport.vue b/packages/nc-gui/components/import/excelImport.vue
index c7ab326c91..f83d5d3a03 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui/components/import/excelImport.vue
+++ b/packages/nc-gui/components/import/excelImport.vue
@@ -26,7 +26,14 @@
 
     <v-tooltip bottom>
       <template #activator="{on}">
-        <input ref="file" type="file" style="display: none" accept=".xlsx, .xls" @change="_change($event)">
+        <input
+          ref="file"
+          class="nc-excel-import-input"
+          type="file"
+          style="display: none"
+          accept=".xlsx, .xls"
+          @change="_change($event)"
+        >
         <v-btn
 
           v-if="!hideLabel"
@@ -51,6 +58,7 @@
             <v-spacer />
             <create-project-from-template-btn
               :loader-message.sync="loaderMessage"
+              :progress.sync="progress"
               :template-data="templateData"
               :import-data="importData"
             />
@@ -61,7 +69,17 @@
 
     <v-overlay :value="loaderMessage" z-index="99999" opacity=".9">
       <div class="d-flex flex-column align-center">
-        <v-progress-circular indeterminate size="100" width="15" class="mb-10" />
+        <v-progress-circular
+          v-if="progress !== null "
+          :rotate="360"
+          :size="100"
+          :width="15"
+          :value="progress"
+        >
+          {{ progress }}%
+        </v-progress-circular>
+
+        <v-progress-circular v-else indeterminate size="100" width="15" class="mb-10" />
         <span class="title">{{ loaderMessage }}</span>
       </div>
     </v-overlay>
@@ -87,7 +105,8 @@ export default {
       templateData: null,
       importData: null,
       dragOver: false,
-      loaderMessage: null
+      loaderMessage: null,
+      progress: null
     }
   },
   computed: {
@@ -115,20 +134,31 @@ export default {
         this._file(files[0])
       }
     },
-    _file(file) {
-      this.loaderMessage = 'Loading excel file...'
+    async _file(file) {
+      this.loaderMessage = 'Loading excel file'
+      let i = 0
+      const int = setInterval(() => {
+        this.loaderMessage = `Loading excel file${'.'.repeat(++i % 4)}`
+      }, 1000)
+
       this.dropOrUpload = false
-      console.time('excelImport')
       const reader = new FileReader()
+
       reader.onload = (e) => {
         const ab = e.target.result
         const templateGenerator = new ExcelTemplateAdapter(file.name, ab)
         templateGenerator.parse()
         this.templateData = templateGenerator.getTemplate()
         this.importData = templateGenerator.getData()
-        console.timeEnd('excelImport')
         this.loaderMessage = null
+        clearInterval(int)
+      }
+
+      const handleEvent = (event) => {
+        this.loaderMessage = `${event.type}: ${event.loaded} bytes transferred`
       }
+
+      reader.addEventListener('progress', handleEvent)
       reader.onerror = () => {
         this.loaderMessage = null
       }
diff --git a/packages/nc-gui/components/templates/createProjectFromTemplateBtn.vue b/packages/nc-gui/components/templates/createProjectFromTemplateBtn.vue
index 3adae03b9a..02980488b6 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui/components/templates/createProjectFromTemplateBtn.vue
+++ b/packages/nc-gui/components/templates/createProjectFromTemplateBtn.vue
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ export default {
     loading: Boolean,
     templateData: Object,
     importData: Object,
-    loaderMessage: String
+    loaderMessage: String,
+    progress: Number
   },
   data() {
     return {
@@ -82,7 +83,6 @@ export default {
       this.projectCreation = true
       try {
         const interv = setInterval(() => {
-          debugger
           this.loaderMessagesIndex = this.loaderMessagesIndex < this.loaderMessages.length - 1 ? this.loaderMessagesIndex + 1 : 6
           this.$emit('update:loaderMessage', this.loaderMessages[this.loaderMessagesIndex])
         }, 1000)
@@ -118,12 +118,13 @@ export default {
       this.projectCreation = false
     },
     async importDataToProject({ projectId, projectType, prefix = '' }) {
-      this.$store.commit('project/MutProjectId', projectId)
+      // this.$store.commit('project/MutProjectId', projectId)
       this.$ncApis.setProjectId(projectId)
 
+      let total = 0; let progress = 0
       await Promise.all(Object.entries(this.importData).map(async([table, data]) => {
         await this.$store.dispatch('meta/ActLoadMeta', {
-          tn: `${prefix}${table}`
+          tn: `${prefix}${table}`, project_id: projectId
         })
 
         // todo: get table name properly
@@ -131,11 +132,16 @@ export default {
           table: `${prefix}${table}`,
           type: projectType
         })
-
+        total += data.length
         for (let i = 0; i < data.length; i += 500) {
-          console.log(data[i])
-          await api.insertBulk(data.slice(i, i + 500))
+          this.$emit('update:loaderMessage', `Importing data : ${progress}/${total}`)
+          this.$emit('update:progress', Math.round(progress && 100 * progress / total))
+          const batchData = data.slice(i, i + 500)
+          await api.insertBulk(batchData)
+          progress += batchData.length
         }
+
+        this.$emit('update:progress', null)
       }))
     }
   }
diff --git a/packages/nc-gui/store/meta.js b/packages/nc-gui/store/meta.js
index 8869501f31..f7b87e7ea0 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui/store/meta.js
+++ b/packages/nc-gui/store/meta.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export const mutations = {
 }
 
 export const actions = {
-  async ActLoadMeta({ state, commit, dispatch }, { tn, env = '_noco', dbAlias = 'db', force }) {
+  async ActLoadMeta({ state, commit, dispatch }, { tn, env = '_noco', dbAlias = 'db', force, project_id }) {
     if (!force && state.loading[tn]) {
       return await new Promise((resolve) => {
         const unsubscribe = this.app.store.subscribe((s) => {
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export const actions = {
       key: tn,
       value: true
     })
-    const model = await dispatch('sqlMgr/ActSqlOp', [{ env, dbAlias }, 'tableXcModelGet', { tn }], { root: true })
+    const model = await dispatch('sqlMgr/ActSqlOp', [{ env, dbAlias, project_id }, 'tableXcModelGet', { tn }], { root: true })
     const meta = JSON.parse(model.meta)
     commit('MutMeta', {
       key: tn,
diff --git a/packages/nc-gui/store/sqlMgr.js b/packages/nc-gui/store/sqlMgr.js
index adccc9a68f..ce0487935d 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui/store/sqlMgr.js
+++ b/packages/nc-gui/store/sqlMgr.js
@@ -361,7 +361,6 @@ export const actions = {
     dispatch
   }, [args, op, opArgs, cusHeaders, cusAxiosOptions, queryParams, returnResponse]) {
     const params = {}
-    params.project_id = rootState.project.projectId
 
     if (this.$router.currentRoute && this.$router.currentRoute.params) {
       if (this.$router.currentRoute.params.project_id) {
diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/example/try.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/example/try.ts
index a4c2d5324a..6cbbd1a3e8 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/example/try.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/example/try.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ process.env.NC_DB = url;
             config,
             ''
           );
-          await app.ncMeta.projectStatusUpdate(config.title, 'started');
+          await app.ncMeta.projectStatusUpdate(project.id, 'started');
           await app.ncMeta.projectAddUser(project.id, 1, 'owner,creator');
         }
       }
diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/lib/noco/NcProjectBuilder.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/noco/NcProjectBuilder.ts
index 363732fddc..f68feb83f9 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/lib/noco/NcProjectBuilder.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/noco/NcProjectBuilder.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export default class NcProjectBuilder {
 
       this.startTime = Date.now();
       const allRoutesInfo: any[] = [];
-      await this.app.ncMeta.projectStatusUpdate(this.title, 'starting');
+      await this.app.ncMeta.projectStatusUpdate(this.id, 'starting');
       await this.syncMigration();
       await this._createApiBuilder();
       this.initApiInfoRoute();
@@ -72,10 +72,10 @@ export default class NcProjectBuilder {
       }
 
       this.app.projectRouter.use(`/nc/${this.id}`, this.router);
-      await this.app.ncMeta.projectStatusUpdate(this.title, 'started');
+      await this.app.ncMeta.projectStatusUpdate(this.id, 'started');
     } catch (e) {
       console.log(e);
-      await this.app.ncMeta.projectStatusUpdate(this.title, 'stopped');
+      await this.app.ncMeta.projectStatusUpdate(this.id, 'stopped');
     }
   }
 
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ export default class NcProjectBuilder {
       case 'projectStop':
         this.router.stack.splice(0, this.router.stack.length);
         this.apiBuilders.splice(0, this.apiBuilders.length);
-        await this.app.ncMeta.projectStatusUpdate(this.title, 'stopped');
+        await this.app.ncMeta.projectStatusUpdate(this.id, 'stopped');
         NcProjectBuilder.triggerGarbageCollect();
         this.app.ncMeta.audit(this.id, null, 'nc_audit', {
           op_type: 'PROJECT',
@@ -862,7 +862,7 @@ export default class NcProjectBuilder {
   public async reInit() {
     this.router.stack.splice(0, this.router.stack.length);
     this.apiBuilders.splice(0, this.apiBuilders.length);
-    await this.app.ncMeta.projectStatusUpdate(this.title, 'stopped');
+    await this.app.ncMeta.projectStatusUpdate(this.id, 'stopped');
     const dbs = this.config?.envs?.[this.appConfig.workingEnv]?.db;
 
     if (!dbs || !dbs.length) {
diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/lib/noco/meta/NcMetaIO.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/noco/meta/NcMetaIO.ts
index 00d332a00b..97aaf30768 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/lib/noco/meta/NcMetaIO.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/noco/meta/NcMetaIO.ts
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ export default abstract class NcMetaIO {
   ): Promise<any>;
 
   public abstract projectStatusUpdate(
-    projectName: string,
+    projectId: string,
     status: string
   ): Promise<any>;
 
diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/lib/noco/meta/NcMetaIOImpl.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/noco/meta/NcMetaIOImpl.ts
index 057c590bff..cae94187a9 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/lib/noco/meta/NcMetaIOImpl.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/noco/meta/NcMetaIOImpl.ts
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ export default class NcMetaIOImpl extends NcMetaIO {
   }
 
   public async projectStatusUpdate(
-    projectName: string,
+    projectId: string,
     status: string
   ): Promise<any> {
     return this.knexConnection('nc_projects')
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ export default class NcMetaIOImpl extends NcMetaIO {
         status
       })
       .where({
-        title: projectName
+        id: projectId
       });
   }