Create List from a CSV source

Audience: Citizen Developer

Skill Prerequisites: Using Form Builder

This action creates a list in the current context from a CSV list loaded in context. This could be from a form field, or other actions such as Inject Data. You can find the number of loaded list items in the [<ListName>:Count] token.

note

This creates a list that can be used ONLY in the current context. This does not create a Plant an App Entity.

Typical Use Cases

• Load values from a CSV list provided by a user in a Large Text form field and then use Execute Actions for each List Entry to run the same actions on each item in the list.
• Use in Automation to Load values from a CSV list passed in a token and then use Execute Actions for each List Entry to run the same actions on each item in the list.

Don't use it to

• Serialize data to create a CSV file. Use the Serialize to CSV action instead.

Related Actions

Action Name	Description
Execute Actions for each List Entry	Execute a list of actions on each item in the specified context list. Use this to process the items loaded in the list created.
Extend Object Properties	Extends a list with new properties.

Input Parameter Reference

The parameters unique to this action are listed below. Review the common parameters for all actions here.

Parameter	Description	Supports Tokens	Default	Required
CSV	A CSV list that will be used to create the entity. If using on a form this could be a field token for a large text field or a list of tokens separated by the selected delimiter below.	Yes	empty string	Yes
Field Separator	The delimiter value used in the provided list. Left unselected, this will default to comma. You can use the expression setting (EXPR button) to dynamically pass a delimiter to the action. When using a token, it's value must be either the punctuation mark (i.e. ';') or the noun that describes that punctuation mark (i.e. 'semicolon') and be one of the options listed in the dropdown (comma, semicolon, tab, pipe, colon). Tab must be passed as 'tab'.	No	comma	No
List Name	Provide a name for the list being created. This name can be used in the [Execute Actions for each List Entry action to reference the items in the list using [ListName:PropertyName] token syntax.	Yes	empty string	Yes
Use first row as column names	Use the first row of the CSV list as column names. If this option is not checked the entity will be assigned 0 based index column names as Field + Index. e.g., Field0, Field1, Field2, etc.	No	false	No
On Error	Specify a list of actions to run on error. Otherwise, an error message is returned which will contain the underlying error if debug mode is on.	Yes	None Specified	No