complained that the Suname column would be imported as "multi-line" and gave me a cell reference. December, 2010, in SharePoint and tagged Import, SharePoint. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. Has anyone successfully imported data from Excel 2010 into SharePoint 2010? 3. I have dozens of applications that can cleanly import an excel file, in fact is the most fundamental feature of most financial application. Since the first row of my spreadsheet always seemed to be successfully imported I decided to create a new spreadsheet and just copy that row 200 times (but just changing the contents of the first column to include a sequential Change ). The next step is import Excel data into SharePoint 2010 list. Follow the below steps: How to do this, you can find very well described in this post: Import and export data between Excel 2010 and SharePoint 2010. If I perform the process from Excel I get some feedback about this. In Access, go to "External Data" tab /section. I've tried exporting the data directly from Excel and also importing from SharePoint. else it is difficult to write. Go to Site Actions -> More options. I must say this is profoundly irritating. You won't be able to search, sort, filter or group based on what's IN the file. ( Log Out /  Also, it's not a "gotcha" that you get a Title column. If you see the image below, the list has already some items. You may like following InfoPath 2010 tutorials: Hope this SharePoint 2010 tutorial explains how to import excel data to SharePoint 2010 list using Import Spreadsheet option. Choose List from the left side, then choose “Import Spreadsheet” from the right side and then click on Create as shown in the fig below: 4. The fact that this is so flaky in Sharepoint is a complete Import using Quick Edit. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. And i’m happy studying your article. It's required because every list uses the "Item" content type and every library uses the "Document" Check out My MVP Profile.. I am Microsoft Office Servers and Services (SharePoint) MVP (5 times). Create a list based on a spreadsheet in SharePoint 2010. After logging in you can close it and return to this page. It’s extremely useful and you are naturally extremely well-informed of this type. Importing data from Excel 2010 into a SharePoint 2010 list, SharePoint 2010 - Using SharePoint Designer, InfoPath and Other Customizations, http://www.sharepoint-videos.com/sp10import-spreadsheet-to-create-a-new-list/. To import your spreadsheet into a custom list: Choose Site Actions→View All Site Content. SharePoint didn't seem to like the fact that the surname had two "a"'s I get so much lately it’s driving me insane so any help is very much appreciated. Provide name and description and click on Browse to import your Excel file as shown in the figure below: 6. Since Title is pretty vague, it is common to rename the column to a better display name, but every list must have this basic field as a metadata way to give an overall label to what the list item is. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. As you iterate through the rows in the CSV file, you can perform data manipulation before saving the list item. ( Log Out /  Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. I works in SharePoint 2016/2013/2010, SharePoint Online Office 365 etc. In this specific case, it is probably a bug; I ran across it several times and it worked very well in WSS 3.0 & MOSS 2007. I feel this is one of the most significant info for me. You can see imported data visible. but when I check it is always only a small subset.