Upload data in excel to Kobo toolbox form

[Jan_L]

Hi,

Is there anyway to upload data from other sources like excel- to a Kobo Form,

We have this data that we collected for years in excel format, but currently switch to Kobo toolbox- but want to keep data on one source.

Hope you can help suggesting solution,

Best,
Jen

[Kal_Lam]

@Jan_L, you could do this through a python script discussed previously:

Uploading Data from XLS to the server

Hi @brighton_zocs, you can try using this (no longer supported) script: You can also try following these yet-to-be-published, draft tutorials on doing this through the API: Part 1 Part 2

[ralphthompson]

try here:

Python script to batch upload old data to a new form or account (including images too)

Hi, I wanted to share a script I’ve been working on that allows data to be batch uploaded to the kobo server. It can transfer all the data including images from a kobo export to a new form / account, even if the new form has a different layout (headings / groups have different names). This is a more flexible extrension of what josh described here: I’m not at all a programmer so its kindof hacky… but it works The forum server wont let me upload py or text files so I’ll copy t…

[Kal_Lam]

@ralphthompson,