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# Import Files

## About Files

Files are a convenient way for you to import data from systems external to Realms, for example you want to seed your realm with balances from another reputational system or cryptocurrency, or you want to manage complex quizzes and votes within a spreadsheet.

Realms uses [comma separated value ( CSV ) files](https://www.shopping-cart-migration.com/must-know-tips/5985-csv-what-why-and-how) in order to understand the data you want to import. CSV's are great for representing tabular data, data that is commonly found in spreadsheets like Excel or Google Sheets.  CSV's are just plain text data where each line represents a new row, and each column is separated by a comma (,) in each line.  

Files are only temporary and are subject to the same terms and conditions as Discord file uploads.

## Support Data Types

Realms makes it convenient to import data from other systems, by first creating a CSV file and uploading it through discord to the Realms bot. 

[Quiz File Format](/explore-features/import-files/quiz-file-format.md) - Generate quiz files to quickly create bulk quizzes!

[Balance File Format](/explore-features/import-files/balance-file-format.md) - Import balances from another system!


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