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Bulk Loading Customer Data
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It is possible to load customer data from an external source into Activation Pro and RLM Cloud. To 
do this, create a tab-delimited file with all the customer data. Once you have this file, in the 
**Admin** → **Database** tab, you will see **Bulk-Load Customer database data** at the bottom of the 
form. Browse to your file, then press **Upload File**. Your customer data will be loaded.

.. warning:: Reprise STRONGLY suggests you upload a file with one customer first, so that you can 
   verify your upload data format. If something goes wrong, you can delete this customer and try 
   again.

This file **MUST** be tab-delimited, and it **MUST** contain all 26 fields below, in the order 
below. Only the contact name and email are required to be non-empty:

.. list-table::
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	* - Data 
	  - Item meaning 
	  - Data type
	* - contact 
	  - Contact person name 
	  - string (60)
	* - contact_type 
	  - Contact type (types defined in the contact_types table)
	  - string (60)
	* - title 
	  - Job Title 
	  - string (60)
	* - phone 
	  - Phone # 
	  - string (20)
	* - fax 
	  - Fax # 
	  - string (20)
	* - email 
	  - Email address 
	  - string (60)
	* - notes 
	  - General notes 
	  - string (60)
	* - company 
	  - Company name 
	  - string (60)
	* - addr1 
	  - Address line 1 
	  - string (60)
	* - addr2 
	  - Address line 2 
	  - string (60)
	* - addr3 
	  - Address line 3 
	  - string (60)
	* - city 
	  - City 
	  - string (60)
	* - state 
	  - State 
	  - string (60)
	* - zip 
	  - Zip/Postal code 
	  - string (60)
	* - country 
	  - Country 
	  - string (60)
	* - Notes 
	  - Company notes 
	  - string (255)
	* - u1 
	  - Company User-defined 
	  - string (60)
	* - u2 
	  - Company User-defined 
	  - string (60)
	* - u3 
	  - Company User-defined 
	  - string (60)
	* - u4 
	  - Company User-defined 
	  - string (60)
	* - u5 
	  - Company User-defined 
	  - string (60)
	* - u6 
	  - Company User-defined 
	  - string (60)
	* - u7 
	  - Company User-defined 
	  - string (60)
	* - u8 
	  - Company User-defined 
	  - string (60)
	* - u9 
	  - Company User-defined 
	  - string (60)
	* - u10 
	  - Company User-defined 
	  - string (60)