File Requirements for Importing Respondents
In order to upload respondent data, your file must meet the following requirements:

1. The file must be a text (.txt) file.
2. The file must be tab delimited. This means that data in each field must be separated by a tab character.
3. The file must contain the following fields in this order: First Name, Middle Name, Last Name, Email Address, Job Title, Optional Code
4. The first line of the file must be a header row.
5. There must not be more than 1000 records in the data set.

Data Requirements
A first name and a last name is required for each record. The email address, if provided, must be of proper format. The confirmation screen which follows will indicate if any data is invalid.

Creating a Tab Delimited File with Excel
If your data is available in Microsoft Excel, you can save it as a text, tab delimited file by using the File / Save As... menu command. Select the "Text (Tab delimited) (*.txt)" option from the "Save as type:" option box. You may wish to download the Excel header file.