Importing contacts

You can import your contacts from another application into Quaderno easily using our CSV template.

Quaderno uses CSV (comma-separated value) files to perform this kind of bulk task. Here is an example: contacts.csv

To import contacts, follow these steps:

Go to the contacts page and click Import contacts.
Drag & drop your CSV file in the modal window.

Duplicates are detected based on the name column. When this happens, we’ll update the contact instead of creating a new one. Take into account that if the contact had info on a field that now comes empty on the CSV, that field will be emptied.

CSV columns breakdown

The name field is required.

All other are optional, although we highly recommend always filling tax_id and business info for companies, so that we can apply reverse-charge automatically on their invoices when their VAT number is verified.

Optional fields can be left empty or be removed. Note that empty fields will remove existing fields when updating contacts.

Name	Description
type	The contact type: company or person. Default is company.
name	The contact's name. This is a required field. If your customer or vendor doesn’t already exist in Quaderno, they will be created as a new contact. When they do exist, Quaderno will override the existing contact, including removal of empty fields on the CSV that existed before.
email_address	The contact’s email address
address_line_1	The contact’s address (first line)
address_line_2	The contact’s address (second line)
city	The contact’s city
postal_code	The contact’s postal or ZIP code
region	The contact’s region or state
country	The contact’s country, represented with its ISO code. Defaults to your account’s base country.
phone	The contact’s telephone number
web	The contact’s web address (URL)
tax_id	The contact’s tax id (VAT number). Make sure you fill this for B2B sales! Quaderno will automatically apply reverse-charge for invoices issued to contacts with a verified tax id.