Summary

When attempting to claim or unclaim an account using a CSV file, you may encounter the error message, We're unable to upload this file - The file should only contain one column of email addresses

Topic related:

• Claim some new accounts manually
• Unclaim accounts

Environment

Jira Cloud

Diagnosis

The system for manually claiming or unclaiming accounts only processes a file that solely contains email addresses. It is crucial that this file is correctly formatted in the CSV format Comma separated values 

Cause

It should only contain a list of email addresses, with one email address per row, starting from the first row (A1). Any additional data, such as names or other identifiers, could cause an error message to appear.

Solution

Only email addresses should be listed in the Excel file, which must be in CSV format.

Follow these steps:

1. Open a new Excel file.
2. Copy only the emails into Column A, starting from row 1.
3. Save the file in CSV format. The specific file name is not relevant.

Here's an example of how it should look:"

Extra tips / Information

This procedure is verified using the following tools:

• Microsoft Excel → How to save in CSV format 

1. Go to File > Save As.

2. Click Browse.

3. In the Save As dialog box, under Save as type box, choose the text file format for the worksheet; for example, click Text (Tab delimited) or CSV (Comma delimited).

• Google Spreadsheet  → How to save in CSV format 

1. Click File
2. Download
3. Comma Separated Values (.csv)