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Error while importing a .csv file to Network Performance Monitor

An error is displayed while trying to import a .csv file to NPM. The .csv file is not formatted according to the file formatting limitations.

First published date

10/15/2018 7:28 PM

Last published date

10/15/2018 7:28 PM

Overview

The error message "Cannot load nodes from [filename].csv" appears while trying to import a .csv file to Network Performance Monitor.

Product section

Engineers Toolset

Cause

The error message "Cannot load nodes from [filename].csv" appears while trying to import a .csv file to Network Performance Monitor.

Resolution

The first line of the file, which is not a comment, must be the header, and it must contain either of the following:

"IP Address",Community
"IP Address"

Notes:

The information in the header is case-sensitive, and the quotation marks must be used as well.
Comments must be started with the pound sign (#) No headers

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