[Skip to main content](#vessel-content) # Error Importing ## - **[doogledesign](/forum/user/7753-doogledesign "View doogledesign's Profile")** - [![doogledesign's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/7753-doogledesign "View doogledesign's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/7753-doogledesign) Less More - Posts: 53 - Thank you received: 2 - - 14 years 2 months ago [\#63599](#63599) by [doogledesign](/forum/user/7753-doogledesign "View doogledesign's Profile") *[Error Importing](/forum/3-bug-report/63599-error-importing#63599 "I receive the following error when importing: You need 50 arguments per line That is followed by a string of lines that could not be imported. Importing was working fine with similar files and I simply used an export from hika and tweaked some formatting and imported, so I am not sure why all the errors. Please advise.")* was created by *[doogledesign](/forum/user/7753-doogledesign "View doogledesign's Profile")* I receive the following error when importing: You need 50 arguments per line That is followed by a string of lines that could not be imported. Importing was working fine with similar files and I simply used an export from hika and tweaked some formatting and imported, so I am not sure why all the errors. Please advise. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzMtYnVnLXJlcG9ydC82MzU5OS1lcnJvci1pbXBvcnRpbmc/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")** - [![nicolas's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar63.png?1793428657)](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/63-nicolas) Less More - Posts: 86555 - Thank you received: 14304 - - 14 years 2 months ago [\#63846](#63846) by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") Replied by *[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")* on topic *[Re: Error Importing](/forum/3-bug-report/63599-error-importing#63846 "I receive the following error when importing: You need 50 arguments per line That is followed by a string of lines that could not be imported. Importing was working fine with similar files and I simply used an export from hika and tweaked some formatting and imported, so I am not sure why all the errors. Please advise.")* Hi, That error means that you have more/less columns of data on the lines of the error messages compared to the number of columns for the header (the first line where the column names are) of your CSV. You should check that with excel. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzMtYnVnLXJlcG9ydC82MzU5OS1lcnJvci1pbXBvcnRpbmc/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[doogledesign](/forum/user/7753-doogledesign "View doogledesign's Profile")** - [![doogledesign's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/7753-doogledesign "View doogledesign's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/7753-doogledesign) Less More - Posts: 53 - Thank you received: 2 - - 14 years 2 months ago [\#63881](#63881) by [doogledesign](/forum/user/7753-doogledesign "View doogledesign's Profile") Replied by *[doogledesign](/forum/user/7753-doogledesign "View doogledesign's Profile")* on topic *[Re: Error Importing](/forum/3-bug-report/63599-error-importing#63881 "I receive the following error when importing: You need 50 arguments per line That is followed by a string of lines that could not be imported. Importing was working fine with similar files and I simply used an export from hika and tweaked some formatting and imported, so I am not sure why all the errors. Please advise.")* I used a database export and import and it worked. I think the point is that the export generated by Hika was not correct seeing that the tables were never touched before the import. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzMtYnVnLXJlcG9ydC82MzU5OS1lcnJvci1pbXBvcnRpbmc/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")** - [![nicolas's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar63.png?1793428657)](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/63-nicolas) Less More - Posts: 86555 - Thank you received: 14304 - - 14 years 2 months ago [\#64009](#64009) by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") Replied by *[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")* on topic *[Re: Error Importing](/forum/3-bug-report/63599-error-importing#64009 "I receive the following error when importing: You need 50 arguments per line That is followed by a string of lines that could not be imported. Importing was working fine with similar files and I simply used an export from hika and tweaked some formatting and imported, so I am not sure why all the errors. Please advise.")* The export generated by HikaShop is importing fine on our end. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzMtYnVnLXJlcG9ydC82MzU5OS1lcnJvci1pbXBvcnRpbmc/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. 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