About the data importer

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<p id="docs-hc-snippet" style="display: none;">The data importer provides a more consistent experience for bulk importing data into Zendesk. It also provides logging of bulk import events. You can use the data importer to import new and updated users, organizations, custom object records, and IT asset records.</p>
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<p class="p">The data importer provides a more consistent experience for bulk importing data into Zendesk. It
also provides logging of bulk import events. You can use the data importer to import new
and updated users, organizations, custom object records, and IT asset records.</p>
<div class="p">This article contains the following topics:<ul class="ul" id="topic_n1m_15x_dzb__ul_c3g_mvx_dzb">
<li class="li"><a class="xref" href="#topic_tpn_mvx_dzb">Accessing the Data importer page</a></li>
<li class="li"><a class="xref" href="#topic_ovg_nvx_dzb">Using the Data importer page</a></li>
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<h2 class="title topictitle2" id="ariaid-title2">Accessing the Data importer page</h2>
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<p class="p">The Data importer page is in Admin Center and completely separate from the legacy
Bulk actions pages. While the Data importer offers more features and a better user
experience, there are still some circumstances that require the legacy Bulk actions
pages.</p>
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<strong class="ph b">To access the Data importer page</strong><ul class="ul" id="topic_tpn_mvx_dzb__ul_xcx_zxx_dzb">
<li class="li"><span class="ph">In <a class="xref" href="https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4581766374554#topic_hfg_dyz_1hb" target="_blank">Admin Center</a>, click <img class="image" id="topic_tpn_mvx_dzb__d8e2041" src="https://zen-marketing-documentation.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/en/ac_objects_rules_icon.png">
<strong class="ph b">Objects and rules</strong> in the sidebar, then select <strong class="ph b">Tools &gt; Data importer</strong>.</span></li>
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<h2 class="title topictitle2" id="ariaid-title3">Using the Data importer page</h2>
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<p class="p">The following articles explain how to use the data importer to manage your bulk
imports.</p>
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<li class="li"><a class="xref" href="https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4408893496218" target="_blank">Bulk importing users</a></li>
<li class="li"><a class="xref" href="https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4408885980186" target="_blank">Bulk importing organizations</a></li>
<li class="li"><a class="xref" href="https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/6100391508250" target="_blank">Bulk importing custom object
records</a></li>
<li class="li"><a class="xref" href="https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/10631445339930" target="_blank">Bulk importing IT asset records</a></li>
<li class="li"><a class="xref" href="https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/5789034291738" target="_blank">Viewing your import history</a></li>
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