Using an Import Map It is easy to create a custom import map for your file's format, but you may prefer to use the predefined WWE import map, especially for imports you are going to perform only once. If not, then choose Import Addresses off of the Address Book menu and click through the link on the left to go to the Create Import Map page. There you will see that we need you to tell us which columns in your file contain certain fields. For example, look at the sample file below:



To create an import map for this file, we would simply type in its column headers for the fields we want to use into the Create Import Map page's textboxes. For example, if I want to use the "NAME" field for the Receiver ID, I would type NAME into the textbox for ReceiverID. Note that it's case sensitive and spaces do count. Below is an example of how we might do it:



Notice how the user wanted to use the NAME field for not only the ReceiverID, but the CompanyName and AttentionTo fields as well. The user simply had to type in the NAME field for each of them, so that tells us to look at the column containing the NAME field when trying to find the ReceiverID, CompanyName and AttentionTo fields for that receiver.

After you have saved your import map, you can choose Import Addresses off of the Address Book menu and then choose to import using an import map to go to the Import Addresses With Map page. The default settings will most likely be fine, but if you are unsure, you may want to learn a bit about properly delimited text. Also note that unless you are using the predefined WWE import map, you should definitely have column headers in the first row of your file.