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My CSV's header row is on row 2. What can I do?

  • 28 January 2022
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Like the title says, I’ve got a CSV that comes to Zapier with two top rows. Looks like this:

  1. Some text
  2. The actual header row, col2, col3, etc.
  3. Value 1, Value 2, Value 3, etc.

BTW – this file lives in an SFTP directory. No Google Sheets or Excel. Just a CSV.

Is there a way to indicate that the actual header row starts with row 2? Any other ideas for a solution? Much appreciated Zapier friends.


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Hi @ericg 

How are you trying to use the CSV in a Zap?

Perhaps post screenshots with how your Zap steps are configured.

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I’ll be looping over each row below row 2 (the real header). So something like this:

 

Get CSV

:point_down:

Loop over rows (each column needs to be output separately)

:point_down:

Send an email using (address from column 1, name from column 2)

 

Here’s a screenshot of my Utilities output where I’ve imported the CSV. I’m thinking the fact that row 1 isn’t a header (there’s only text in the first column) and that the actual header is in row 2 is causing the issue.

Userlevel 7
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@ericg 

Likely a Code step needs to be used to remove the first row: https://zapier.com/apps/code/help