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Import Your Sheep List From Excel or CSV Into the Farm App

Already have your animals in Excel or Google Sheets? Import them into the EkBoer app without typing again: choose the file or paste cells, match the columns, protect existing animals, check the summary, import, and undo if needed. Weights too.

1 min 38 s · Watch on YouTube · English

In this video

0:00 Start the import
0:13 Choose your file or paste
0:40 Animals already in your list
0:51 Read the summary, then import
1:09 Weights, and good to know

What you will learn

Start the import

Animals tab, then Import from a spreadsheet
New farmers also see it on Today

If your animals are already in Excel or Google Sheets, you do not have to type them again. On the Animals tab, tap Import from a spreadsheet. New farmers also see it on the Today screen.

Choose your file or paste

Choose a .xlsx or .csv file
Or copy the cells in Excel and paste them

Choose your file, either dot x l s x or dot c s v. Or copy the cells in Excel and paste them into the box.

Match the columns

Check each column is matched correctly
The app guesses from headings in English or Afrikaans
Only the ID column is required

Check that each column is matched to the right thing: ID, sex, birth date, mother, sire, breed, registration number and so on. The app guesses from the headings, in English or Afrikaans, and you can change any of them. Only the ID column is required.

Animals already in your list

Leave them as they are (safest)
Only fill in what is empty
Replace with the spreadsheet's values

Choose what happens to animals that are already in your list. Leave them as they are, which is safest. Only fill in what is empty. Or replace with the spreadsheet's values.

Read the summary, then import

The summary shows new animals and skipped rows
Nothing has changed yet
Tap Import
Not right? Tap Undo straight away

Read the summary. It tells you how many animals are new, and lists every row that will be skipped and why. Nothing has changed yet. Then tap Import. If it is not what you wanted, tap Undo straight away, or Undo the last import at the bottom of the Animals tab.

Weights, and good to know

Weights: one row per weighing (ID, date, kg)
Dates are read day first (29/08/2026)
Wethers come in as rams, with a note
An import never deletes anything

You can also import weights. Use one row per weighing, with the animal's ID, the date and the kilograms. Dates are read day first, like 29 slash 08 slash 2026. Wethers, or hamels, are brought in as rams with a note. An import never deletes anything. Your own records are kept unless you choose replace for animals already in your list.

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