Bulk upload Dropbox accounts into Migration Manager using a CSV file

Migration Manager lets you bulk upload your Dropbox drives using a comma-separated (CSV) file. Use any text editor, or an application like Excel, to create the CSV file. JSON files are not supported.

Before you begin

  • The number of sources listed in a single file must be less than 10,000.
  • Up to 50 scans are done simultaneously on the uploaded values.
  • The file contains a single column, and the column heading is optional.
  • Source paths can be entered either as [username]@[domainname]/[folder name] or as [username]@[domainname].

Formatting your CSV file

Format for bulk uploading dropbox source files into Migration Manager

  1. Start Excel.
  2. Enter one source per row. The column heading is optional. Enter your source in one of the following ways:
  • For member folders:
    [username]@[domainname]/[folder name] or [username]@[domainname]

  • For team folders:

    Before Dropbox update:
    /[team folder name]
    Example: /MyTeamFolder

    After update:
    [root namespace]/[team folder name]
    Example: TeamName's shared workspace/MyTeamFolder

  1. Close and save as a comma delimited (*.csv) file. The encoding of the CSV file must be UTF-8.

Uploading your file

  1. Connect to Dropbox.
  2. On the menu bar, select Add source.

Add new source to upload bulk file

  1. Select Upload a CSV file. Browse to your file and then select Add.

Add Dropbox source paths

  1. Assess your files, and then continue to the next step, Copy to migrations