Apr 28, 2020 03:33 AM
Hi everybody, i’ve been facing a problem for a few hours…
I wrote a csv file with python i’d like to upload on Airtable. Originally, i exported my base in csv format, modified it on python and then re-uploaded it on Airtable.
If i open my csv with Excel, no problem, every lines and rows are ok. But on Airtable, the lines which contain a list with comas are wrong interpreted. An example :
I try to upload this table (’|’ represents column-separator) :
prenom|nom|instrument|
jean|dupont|violon,piano,guitare|
marie|moulin|guitare
but i get :
prenom|nom|instrument|
jean,dupont,"violon,piano,guitare"| <-- ERROR
marie|moulin|guitare
Thanks if you have any idea…
Apr 28, 2020 06:41 AM
It’s because comma separated lists follow very strict rules, and you’ll need to tell Airtable how to interpret it. I’m not currently set up to show you the right way to do this, but a quick fix is just to add some sample data to Airtable, click “download as CSV” and you’ll be able to reverse engineer the format Airtable is expecting.
Hope that helps!
Apr 28, 2020 07:16 AM
Thanks, it seems to work now !