Data Import: New interface, improved field mapping, and more

Data Import: New interface, improved field mapping, and more

Hello everyone!

We’ve redesigned the data import process to ensure accurate field alignment and verify that every column in the uploaded file maps correctly with Desk fields before import. Here's how:

Streamlined Import Steps

Importing data is now more guided and detailed—from selecting multiple modules to mapping fields with clearer steps and improved instructions at every stage—it is now simpler to validate and manage imports.



User can now review and validate every mapping detail before proceeding:
  1. Field in File: Displays the column names contained in the first row of data in the uploaded file, which helps identify the data source for each field.
  2. Desk Fields: Shows the corresponding field names in Zoho Desk, ensuring that each imported data point lands in the right place.
  3. Field Format: Allows users to set formatting for data in a field, especially dates and times, for consistency after import.
  4. Sample Data from File: Displays real examples from the second and third rows of import file, letting a user verify that each mapping and data format looks correct before importing.






Import History

The Import History page shows every a record of the imported files in one place along with the following details:
  1. Import ID, module name, and import stage
  2. Import status (In Progress, Success, Failed, Waiting)
  3. Imported by and imported time

Additional capabilities

  1. Add data to existing imports: New records can be added to a completed import using the same module and field mappings. No need to start over; Desk automatically applies the previous mapping setup for continuity.

  2. Revert imports: Undo imported data in just one click. If users have added data multiple times (e.g., Add Data 1, Add Data 2), reverting will remove only the latest addition.

  3. Detailed error logs: Identify why an import failed in the new Error Logs section lists so the users can correct and re-import without repeating previous errors.

Points to remember

  1. Add Data is available only if the original import was successful.
  2. A user cannot modify mappings while adding data as it follows the original import setup.
  3. Unsupported file types (.xls, .pdf, etc.) will be automatically separated under Unsupported Files.
The new interface for import is now available in all data centers. For more details, please refer to the help document.

PM: @Nivedhan Senthilkumar 

Regards,
Velantina V
User Ed | Zoho Desk

      • Sticky Posts

      • 2024 Email Authentication Standards: Elevating Security with Google and Yahoo

        In contemporary email communication, email authentication plays a pivotal role in mitigating email fraud, spam, and phishing attacks. Brace yourself for a new level of security. Starting February 2024, Gmail and Yahoo will be implementing robust email
      • Using Agent Email Address as From Address

        Currently, while replying to a ticket, it is possible for agents to choose their own email addresses as 'from' addresses. Although we built this just for that little extra flexibility, in hindsight, it hasn't figured much in conventional usage.  Almost all businesses prefer that responses to their customers' tickets be sent from the common support/service email address and NOT from those of individual agents. During personal interactions at events, some of you have even made passing mentions about
      • Edit and Delete options in Comments

        A lot of teams have been using ticket comments extensively to collaborate everyday. Notification Center further improved this experience by bringing real-time updates. As we continue to build more improvements to this experience, we've shipped a small-yet-important
      • Webinar 2: Supercharged customer support for growing business

        Join us for this webinar and learn how to step up your support game using a real-time communication platform to generate happier, more successful customers. In this live webinar, we will will discuss the importance of SalesIQ for your support team and how it can help you:  Understand your customers better and their journeys to proactively support and engage them even before they ask for help.  Integrating real time conversations into Zoho Desk’s Support, providing a conversational customer service
      • Customize Colors of your Customer Self Service Portal

        You asked for it. We heard you. We're happy to roll out the most sought after feature request, Customizing the Colors of your Customer Self-service Portal. Now you can set the color of your customer portal to mimic your company's web site, so that your customers visiting the portal will not feel alienated by the default theme.  Go ahead and configure the color of the header, tabs, fonts and background according to your needs. You can either choose between default color themes like Blue, Grey, Green

        • Recent Topics

        • Automatic login options for customer portal

          The customer portal is nice for zoho subscriptions, but there are no options to automatically login to it, so if a user is logged into their account inside of my product, I can't create a link that will let them login to their dashboard. Could we have
        • Zoho CRM Layout Rules: Nine New Actions, Profile-Based Execution, and Interactive Preview

          Hello everyone, Availability: This feature is now available for customers in the JP and SA DCs. It is planned to be released for other customers in soon. We’re excited to announce powerful new enhancements to Layout Rules in Zoho CRM - a feature built
        • Square Payments for Subscriptions

          I'd love to be able to use Square Payments for Subscriptions with my customers. I already use it for Zoho Books Please have this considered. It would really help my business
        • How to preserve Lead Creation Date, UTM parameters, and custom fields during Lead Conversion?

          We are optimizing our MQL journey. When converting leads to contacts/deals, we need to ensure that the original system Lead Creation Date and UTM tracking parameters (Source, Medium, Campaign) are not lost or archived, as our teams require them for accurate
        • "code":3001 ["Failed to update data."]

          I would like to seek your expertise - I might be wrong on my approach also.. I highly appreciate your advice. 1 problem remains is when a new row was added on the existing one [from another form that trigger upon Successful form submission ], it gets
        • Add a MATRIX field to the forms creation

          Same as Zoho forms, we need a Matrix field in Zoho Creator forms, is very usefull
        • Discount Per Line Item

          We are a phone company. Sometimes, when we sign up customers, our sales team would like to provide recurring discounts on certain addons. Presently, we have no way of doing this so when we provide discounts, we are forced to simply reduce the price of
        • Introducing template migration: Move your Docusign templates to Zoho Sign in minutes

          Moving to a new e-signature tool usually comes with a catch: recreating every template from scratch. For teams that rely on dozens of carefully built templates—each with the right recipient roles, fields, and placements—that manual rework is often the
        • Error Code 2945 , PATTERN_NOT_MATCHED

          Hi, I am trying out Zoho Creator API.  However, I always get the following <response>     <code>2945</code>     <message>PATTERN_NOT_MATCHED</message> </response> However, error code list error as Invalid Ticket. I do not know what is wrong. 
        • Create a list of products and automatically associate them with new deals

          Hello, I have a store with WooCommerce, and I want to import orders into my pipeline. But I haven't found a way to import the order with the associated products. So, do I have to create the deals and then manually add the products to them? That's double
        • List of Mail Merge Templates via Deluge

          Hello, Is it possible to get a list of the mail merge templates I've created in CRM within a custom function? I want to retrieve them and put them in a dropdown list but all I get is a scopes error! Can anyone see where I'm going wrong? Is this even possible?
        • Zoho Advanced Analytics with Team Module support – Now includes teams, notes, and fields in reports & insights

          Greetings all, Advanced Analytics is now accessible via Zoho CRM's team modules, which means you can add team modules—plus their notes and fields—for inclusion in reports, insights, and other analytical functions. Alongside the standard and custom modules
        • WhatsApp conversations are no longer linked to existing threads after reconnecting the channel

          Hi everyone, We have an existing WhatsApp channel in Zoho Desk. We temporarily disabled it, renamed it, and then re-enabled it while reassigning our bot. Since then, all previous WhatsApp conversations are still visible in the history, but we can no longer
        • Zoho Assist Feature Update: July 2026

          Elevate to Admin Mode for iOS devices Technicians can now elevate an active session to Admin Mode directly from the iOS app. This feature lets the technician switch the remote computer from a standard user account to an admin account by entering credentials
        • Bulk deleting Zoho CRM records using Deluge, COQL and CRM API

          Hello everyone, During CRM implementations, data cleanup is a common task, especially after testing, migrations, imports, or integration development. I created a reusable Deluge function that performs bulk deletion using the Zoho CRM API. The approach:
        • Can't connect CalDAV

          ### Issue Summary Can't connect to my calendars using CalDAV and the URL `https://calendar.zoho.eu` ### Steps to Reproduce 1. Tried to connect on multiple devices, on multiple OS's (Android DAVx, Thunderbird, Gnome Calendar, Apple Caneldar). 2. When I
        • CRM x WorkDrive: We're rolling out the WorkDrive-powered file storage experience for existing users

          Release plan: Gradual rollout to customers without file storage add-ons, in this order: 1. Standalone CRM 2. CRM Plus and Zoho One DCs: All | Editions: All Available now for: - Standalone CRM accounts in Free and Standard editions without file storage
        • Guide customers to the right booking page with routing forms

          Greetings from the Zoho Bookings team! We're excited to introduce Routing Forms in Zoho Bookings. Routing forms let you collect information from customers before they schedule an appointment and automatically direct them to the most appropriate booking
        • Cannot receive emails

          Sent one days ago still no feedbacks, cannot call customer services number
        • Email Password Reset - Vishal & shaik Vali Babu

          Hi Team, The below-mentioned employees are unable to log in to their Gmail due to a password error. Kindly look into this on priority vishal.r@jumbotail.com shaik.babu@jumbotail.com
        • Live Chat

          Is live chat inthe website in zoho desk?
        • Application-Level Save copy of sent emails

          It would be really helpful to be able to turn on/off the Save copy of sent emails at a per application level, so some applications can save in the sent folder and others don't.
        • DKIM 2048 too long

          I'm trying to add a DKIM TXT record for my domain in Zoho Mail but my DNS provider (Shopify) has a character limit on TXT record values. The 2048-bit DKIM key is too long to enter. Can anyone advise how to generate a shorter 1024-bit key instead, or another
        • Using IMAP configuration for shared email inboxes

          Our customer service team utilizes shared email boxes to allow multiple people to view and handle incoming customer requests. For example, the customer sends an email to info@xxxx.com and multiple people can view it and handle the request. How can I configure
        • Technical personnel are required to assist in synchronizing license quotas and solving the problem of being unable to add users.

          We are a cross-border jewelry e-commerce company and currently use Zoho Mail Lite corporate email service. I have paid to purchase 1 Mail Lite annual user license (order number 133627785, payment time 2026-06-29). It has been more than 12 hours since
        • non ricevo ne invio mail

          non riesco ad inviare né ricevere posta. URGENTISSIMO
        • 重要詢問:電子報回信沒有收到

          我使用zoho作為寄電子報的mail, 但是我發現從電子報回信,完全都沒有收到!!!(包含垃圾郵件) kit那邊設定確定都沒有問題,請問這邊是哪裡設定有問題導致沒收到呢? (我確認過mail是一樣的)
        • Mail Id’s backup

          Dear Zoho Team, Kindly share the backup of my all mail id’s associated with Zoho account. Thanks, Saurabh Sharma +91 8851066915
        • Feature Request - Option To Hide Default System Fields on Items

          Hi Zoho Inventory Team, As far as I know it is not possible to hid some of the defult system fields on Items, such as UPC, MPN, EAN, ISBN. A good use case is that in many cases ISBN is not relevant and it would be an improved user experience if we could
        • Important update on our transition to the new video platform framework

          As part of our ongoing platform changes, users in select regions, including the United States and other supported data center locations, have been migrated to our new video platform framework. Due to this migration, some participants may notice changes
        • Account review. Does anyone still work here?

          Are accounts still being reviewed? Mine has been under review for over two weeks now. I also created a support ticket and reached out on Twitter but never received any kind of response. Is this company still alive?
        • Seamless and safe way to migrate all my hubspot forms to zoho forms?

          Hi community! Our website (B2B consulting / market research), offers a wide variety of public report in PDF formats stored behind forms previously hosted via Hubspot. As we are migrating to Zoho Forms, I am facing an issue. Example: Form A (Report A),
        • E-Mail Distribution List

          How do I create an e-mail distribution list in Zoho Mail?
        • Zoho Contacts *Web Interface Does Not Load* (Tested in Firefox, Safari)

          When trying to load https://contacts.zoho.com the error shown in the console is: The resource from “https://static.zohocdn.com/zmail/zm/newContactsChange11/js/main.js” was blocked due to MIME type (“application/json”) mismatch (X-Content-Type-Options:
        • Automatically calculate and include tax on quotes

          I've recently been VAT registered and now need to include VAT on my quotes. I have been able to set the tax label and amount but still need to click the tax link and select the tax I wish to include before it appears on the quote. Does anyone know of
        • Inspection Table

          Hello Latha, We created a job sheet that includes the new table (Inspection Table) which was introduced recently. However, agents are not able to see the rows in the inspection table. Could you please investigate this issue and get back to us? Please
        • Zia Agents looks promising, but I still cannot deploy my first agent or connect WhatsApp after weeks of support tickets

          Hi Everyone, I am posting here because I am stuck and need practical help from someone who has successfully deployed a Zia Agent with WhatsApp. Zia Agents looks like a very promising product. I have watched the platform expand quickly, and I have noticed
        • Zoho Desk: Chromium (Google Chrome, Edge) filename issue when opening/download attachments in a ticket.

          Hello Zoho Desk Team. When opening a PDF attachment in a ticket, Chromium-based browsers such as Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge display the file with the title “content” When the file is saved, it is downloaded as content.pdf instead of using the original
        • Subforms and automation

          If a user updates a field how do we create an automation etc. We have a field for returned parts and i want to get an email when that field is ticked. How please as Zoho tells me no automation on subforms. The Reason- Why having waited for ever for FSM
        • crm to books

          We currently sync CRM Contacts to Zoho Books Customers using two-way sync. We now wish to change to "Accounts & their Contacts". What happens to existing Books customers? Will they be merged with CRM Accounts, duplicated, left unchanged, or recreated?
        • Next Page