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My import doesn’t seem to be working
My import doesn’t seem to be working

If the import doesn’t work, you’ll find the most frequent explanations in this article.

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Written by Florent
Updated over 3 years ago

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Pre-requisites:

  • Have you carried out an initial import?

  • The larger your import, the more time it will take to upload: 1-2 minutes if importing >1K contacts, 20 minutes if importing 10,000 contacts. Advice: don’t worry, just wait a few minutes before you start to question your table 😉

A. My file isn’t loading / nothing is being imported

This is often due to empty cells/rows/columns. Make sure that:

  • Your first row definitely corresponds to your fields (headings);

  • In your first row, there aren’t any empty cells between the first and last filled column;

  • You don’t have any hidden rows/columns;

  • At the end of your table, there isn’t a significant number of empty rows/columns. This can happen in certain xls/xlsx tables with thousands of rows!

  • Your table has fewer than 10,000 contacts.

B. My file was imported but there are errors

Once your import has finished, you can consult the associated error report in “Configuration > Contact import”. If some contacts could not be imported, this file will tell you why in the final column.

Here are the two most frequent types of error:

  1. The email address has no mail exchanger record (MX record) configured on its domain.

This means that the email address doesn’t exist:

  • Either because it has been written incorrectly. E.g. no @, .co instead of .com etc.

  • Or because the domain doesn’t exist. E.g. lucile@plez.co instead of lucile@plezi.co

2. The value XX is not possible for the YY field

For multiple-selection-type fields and dropdown lists: the values in your file must correspond exactly to the values that you find in Configuration > Contact Qualification – List of values.

❗ Pay attention to spellings, cases, punctuation and spacing ❗

If there are any differences at all, Plezi will block the import in order not to inundate your forms with all of these incorrect values.
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Tips and Tricks!

  • If you make a mistake when importing your contacts, don’t panic! You still have 12 hours to cancel it by clicking on the trash can icon.

  • It is not possible to have two contacts associated with the same email address on Plezi, because the email address qualifies a contact;

  • If you use special characters, such as “,”, “<” or “-“ or any other uncommon characters, you must add quotation marks around the text in each of the cells;

  • The presence of line breaks in your cells will result in special characters being inserted during the Plezi import (e.g. _x000D_). Avoid having these in your CSV file before carrying out your import so you don’t find any in your Plezi contact records.

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