In the DG Purchase template, column 118 is conditional on column 117 (required and used
“[o]nly if 117 is ‘Yes’”). If you enter “No” to column 117 but then provide details of insurance
coverage in column 118, the subsequently generated DF will not include the insurance
details you entered in column 118 of the CSV, based on the “No” you entered in column 117.
Note that you would not receive an error code when uploading the CSV to the portal because
your answer to 117 (“No”) is an acceptable answer.
To prevent this from happening, please carefully review all fields in the CSV before uploading
to the portal. Further, please review all fields in the generated DFs to ensure that you entered
the data correctly, and that the DFs populated with the correct conditional fields for your
projects.
Q: When I try to upload my CSV (which has 50 rows completed), I receive an error message stating
that I have errors in some of the 50 rows I completed as well as over 150 additional rows (where I
did not fill in any fields). Why is this happening? Will this prevent me from generating Disclosure
Forms for the projects I included on the CSV?
A: We are aware of this issue and will address it with future updates. For now, please disregard
the error messages for the rows where you did not enter projects. If you received a success
message for a row, that DF was successfully generated. Once you correct any errors in the
rows where you did enter data, you will be able to re-upload the CSV template and generate
the appropriate Disclosure Forms for those projects as well.
If you prefer, you can delete empty rows before you upload or re-upload the CSV template.
See “Deleting empty rows (optional)” under “Data Entry Tips.”
Q: When I try to upload the file to the portal, I receive an error message stating that the file cannot be
uploaded, or “An error occurred, please contact your system administrator.” How can I upload the file
into the portal?
A: Make sure that the file you tried to upload is a .CSV file. After you browse and select your file,
check to make sure that the file you selected ends in “.csv” or “.CSV.”
Note that the templates that you download from the portal to your computer are Excel (.XLSX)
files. When you’re done filling out this Excel file template with your DF data, you need to re-
save the file in CSV format before importing it to the portal.