# Import a file from a storage

### Navigate in a remote file storage connection and create a dataset

To create a dataset from a Remote file storage connection, click on "Import a new file from this storage". You will then be able to:

### **Select a File or Folder**

* You can specify the path to a single file or a folder on the SFTP server.
* If a folder is selected, the connector will list all entries within the folder.

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### Create a new dataset from a file

After adding a file from a file storage system by clicking on the `+` icon at the right of the file named, you'll be redirected to an interface where you can configure how Toucan will interpret the file.

{% hint style="info" %}
the file type will be pre-filled if Toucan guess it from the file extension, otherwise it must be specified manually
{% endhint %}

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in this interface, you can:

* view the file path (which cannot be modified)
* configure the file type (csv, parquet, excel, json, geojson).

{% hint style="warning" %}
Please note that if the file type you choose does not match the system file type, you will receive a Toucan error.
{% endhint %}

Once the configuration is complete, you can click on `Preview` or `Validate` to create a dataset from this file.

## Create a dataset from a file located in a remote file storage

The dataset created from this file can be **stored** (downloaded in Toucan) or live (read directly from the file storage system).