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title: Data Import
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There are multiple ways of importing data provided byTDengine: import with script, import from data file, import using `taosdump`.

## Import Using Script

TDengine CLI `taos` supports `source <filename>` command for executing the SQL statements in the file in batch. The SQL statements for creating databases, creating tables, and inserting rows can be written in single file with one statement on each line, then the file can be executed using `source` command in TDengine CLI `taos` to execute the SQL statements in order and in batch. In the script file, any line beginning with "#" is treated as comments and ignored silently.

## Import from Data File

In TDengine CLI, data can be imported from a CSV file into an existing table. The data in single CSV must belong to same table and must be consistent with the schema of that table. The SQL statement is as below:

```sql
insert into tb1 file 'path/data.csv';
```

:::note
If there is description in the first line of a CSV file, please remove it before importing. If there is no value for a column, please use `NULL` without quotes.

:::

For example, there is a sub table d1001 whose schema is as below:

```sql
taos> DESCRIBE d1001
             Field              |        Type        |   Length    |    Note    |
=================================================================================
 ts                             | TIMESTAMP          |           8 |            |
 current                        | FLOAT              |           4 |            |
 voltage                        | INT                |           4 |            |
 phase                          | FLOAT              |           4 |            |
 location                       | BINARY             |          64 | TAG        |
 groupid                        | INT                |           4 | TAG        |
```

The format of the CSV file to be imported, data.csv, is as below:

```csv
'2018-10-04 06:38:05.000',10.30000,219,0.31000
'2018-10-05 06:38:15.000',12.60000,218,0.33000
'2018-10-06 06:38:16.800',13.30000,221,0.32000
'2018-10-07 06:38:05.000',13.30000,219,0.33000
'2018-10-08 06:38:05.000',14.30000,219,0.34000
'2018-10-09 06:38:05.000',15.30000,219,0.35000
'2018-10-10 06:38:05.000',16.30000,219,0.31000
'2018-10-11 06:38:05.000',17.30000,219,0.32000
'2018-10-12 06:38:05.000',18.30000,219,0.31000
```

Then, below SQL statement can be used to import data from file "data.csv", assuming the file is located under the home directory of current Linux user.

```sql
taos> insert into d1001 file '~/data.csv';
Query OK, 9 row(s) affected (0.004763s)
```

## Import using taosdump

A convenient tool for importing and exporting data is provided by TDengine, `taosdump`, which can used to export data from one TDengine cluster and import into another one. For the details of using `taosdump` please refer to [Tool for exporting and importing data: taosdump](/reference/taosdump).