📄Create a dataset from a file

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.

Remote file storage navigation

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.

the file type will be pre-filled if Toucan guess it from the file extension, otherwise it must be specified manually

Create a dataset from a file located in a file storage

in this interface, you can:

• view the file path (which cannot be modified)

• configure the file type (csv, parquet, excel, json, geojson).

Please note that if the file type you choose does not match the system file type, you will receive a Toucan error.

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

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