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Import/ Export Roles, Default Rates & Costs
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Written by Alejandra Pizarro
Updated over a week ago

Only Admin users have access to the CSV Import & Export Tool.

You can use the CSV Import/Exporter to:

  • Add new Roles

  • Export Roles, Default Rates and Default Costs

  • Update existing Roles, Default Rates and Default Costs

You cannot delete Roles in Runn with the CSV Tool. You will have to delete them manually in Runn.

You can click on the Table of Contents on the right to jump to any section anytime.


Adding New Roles for the first time

1. Download Template

  1. Hover your cursor to the top right-hand corner, click Settings

  2. Click CSV

  3. From the People Tab, expand Roles, Default Rates & Costs

  4. Click Download Template CSV

You will see some samples from the template for your reference. You can remove them and add your actual data to the file.

2. Preparing your data in the CSV file

Refer to the Data Format and Requirements section to prepare your data.

3. Importing your data in the CSV file

Jump to the Importing CSV file in Runn and follow the steps to import your CSV file.


Updating/Exporting Existing Roles, Default Rates & Costs

If your account already has Roles data and you want to add new roles or update existing data, you can easily download the existing data, make the changes and re-import the CSV file to Runn.

1. Exporting Existing Data

The data in the newly imported CSV file will overwrite existing data in Runn.

  1. Hover your cursor to the top right-hand corner, click Settings

  2. Click CSV

  3. From the People Tab, expand Roles, Default Rates & Costs

  4. Click Download Existing Roles CSV

Role ID column

The downloaded file contains a Role ID column, which is a unique identifier in Runn.

Please do not make any changes to this column, or the CSV importer may not be able to identify which data point you would like to update.

2. Preparing your data in the CSV file

You can add or update any role data from the CSV file according to the formatting requirements.

Here are some points to note:

Do not change the column header names

  • It is recommended that the column header names stay the same as those you see in the file downloaded from Runn.

  • If you are preparing your data based on a separate spreadsheet with different column headers, please change them to Runn's column headers before you import.

Do not change the Role IDs

  • When updating existing data, please do not make any changes to the Role ID column, or the CSV importer may be unable to identify which data point you want to update.

  • If you would like to add new roles, you can leave the Role ID blank and just enter the role data in a new row:

Remove all unrequired columns

  • If you have other columns on your spreadsheet that are not listed in the downloaded CSV file, please remove all these columns before importing.

3. Importing CSV file in Runn

After preparing the CSV file, you can import the updated data in Runn.

  1. Hover your cursor to the top right-hand corner, click Settings

  2. Click CSV

  3. From the People Tab, expand Roles, Default Rates and Costs

  4. Click Import Roles, Default Costs and Rates CSV

  5. Update the data in this CSV file

4. Upload Roles and Costs

Drag your file to the screen or click Import Roles, Default Costs and Rates CSV

5. Matching the columns

On this screen, the items on the left are the column headers in your CSV file, while the items on the right are the column headers required in our CSV Tool.

If you haven't changed the column headers, they should be exactly the same:

In this case, review and click Confirm

6. Review Entries

On this page, you will see all the data points under Runn's Required Column Headers. Review to ensure everything is correct and fix any errors.

Click Complete Import

❌ What to do if there is an error?

Check out this article to learn more about how to fix errors.

Congratulations! You have successfully imported roles! 🎉

You can validate if the data are successfully uploaded by following the steps below:

7. Validating the data

  1. Go to Manage > Roles

  2. You should now see all the roles, default rates and costs added in Runn:


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