Editing your Contacts in bulk via CSV
After exporting your Contacts list from DISCO, you have the option to edit them in bulk using a third-party spreadsheet program. You can then save the new file as a CSV and re-import it into your DISCO.
At a glance
You can use any spreadsheet program for this. Below you will find instructions for a few of the most common ones: Google Sheets, Excel, and Apple Numbers.
Using Google Sheets
- Open a new Google Sheet.
- From the File menu, select Import.
- Click the Upload tab and select your file generated from DISCO.
- Click the Import data button. Your Contacts data should then populate the sheet.
- Make the necessary edits to your Contacts.
❗️ Important: Email addresses cannot be updated when re-importing your Contacts list, as they are the key identifiers for the Contacts. Also, if there are any email addresses in your file that don't already exist in your Contacts, a new Contact will be created. - Prepare your file to be re-imported into your DISCO.
- From the File menu, select Download, then select Comma-separated values (.csv, current sheet).
- When you're ready to re-import your Contacts list, check out this article.
Using Microsoft Excel
- Open a new Excel sheet.
- Import your file generated from DISCO. Your Contacts data should then populate the sheet.
- Make the necessary edits to your Contacts.
❗️ Important: Email addresses cannot be updated when re-importing your Contacts list, as they are the key identifiers for the Contacts. Also, if there are any email addresses in your file that don't already exist in your Contacts, a new Contact will be created. - Prepare your file to be re-imported into your DISCO.
- To export, from the File menu, select Export, then select Download this sheet as CSV (.csv).
- When you're ready to re-import your Contacts list, check out this article.
Using Apple Numbers
- Open the Numbers app.
- A Finder window will open on your desktop. Select your file generated from DISCO and click Open.
- A new sheet will open with your Contacts data populated.
- Make the necessary edits to your Contacts.
❗️ Important: Email addresses cannot be updated when re-importing your Contacts list, as they are the key identifiers for the Contacts. Also, if there are any email addresses in your file that don't already exist in your Contacts, a new Contact will be created. - Prepare your file to be re-imported into your DISCO.
- From the File menu, select Export To, then select CSV.
- Click Save.
- Select a destination from the Where dropdown and click Export.
- When you're ready to re-import your Contacts list, check out this article.