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title: Processing custom CSV files
description: You can process CSV files that are delimited by a character other than commas.
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product: System Import Sets
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last_updated: "2026-03-12"
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breadcrumb: [File type data sources, Data sources, Import sets, Imports, Workflow Data Fabric]
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# Processing custom CSV files

You can process CSV files that are delimited by a character other than commas.

## Before you begin

Role required: admin.

## About this task

This is an advanced step to create a CSV import. Normally, you would upload the data and import it directly using System Import Sets, which will create this CSV data source for you automatically.

## Procedure

1.  Create the data source record.

2.  Attach the CSV file to the data source.

3.  Customize the Data Source form and add the **CSV Delimiter** field.

4.  Enter the character you want to use as the CSV file delimiter, such as the pipe symbol \(\|\).

5.  Test load the data source.

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