# Importing user-defined indicators

Available in...

* Big Data Platform
* Cloud API Services Platform
* Cloud Big Data Platform
* Cloud Data Fabric
* Cloud Data Management Platform
* Data Fabric
* Data Management Platform
* Data Services Platform
* Qlik Talend Cloud Enterprise Edition
* Qlik Talend Cloud Premium Edition
* Real-Time Big Data Platform

You can import user-defined indicators from a local archive file into Talend Studio and use them on your column analyses.

## Importing user-defined indicators from an archive file

Available in...

* Big Data Platform
* Cloud API Services Platform
* Cloud Big Data Platform
* Cloud Data Fabric
* Cloud Data Management Platform
* Data Fabric
* Data Management Platform
* Data Services Platform
* Qlik Talend Cloud Enterprise Edition
* Qlik Talend Cloud Premium Edition
* Real-Time Big Data Platform

Using the Import Item option on the Talend Studio toolbar, you can import user-defined indicators stored locally in an archive file and use them on your column analyses. For further information on how to import indicators, see [Importing data profiling items or projects](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/studio-user-guide/8.0-R2025-08/importing-data-profiling-items-or-projects "You can import data profiling items including analyses, database connections, patterns, and indicators, etc. into your current Talend Studio from various projects or different versions of Talend Studio.").

If ![Warning](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/studio-user-guide/Resources/images/warning_small.svg) is displayed next to the name of the imported indicator in the tree view, open the indicator and correct the issue.

## Importing user-defined indicators from a CSV file (Deprecated)

Available in...

* Big Data Platform
* Cloud API Services Platform
* Cloud Big Data Platform
* Cloud Data Fabric
* Cloud Data Management Platform
* Data Fabric
* Data Management Platform
* Data Services Platform
* Qlik Talend Cloud Enterprise Edition
* Qlik Talend Cloud Premium Edition
* Real-Time Big Data Platform

You can import indicators stored locally in a CSV file to use them on your column analyses.

### Before you begin

* You have selected the Profiling perspective.
* The CSV file is stored locally.

### About this task

This feature is deprecated but still available to provide backward compatibility.

### Procedure

1. In the DQ Repository tree view, expand Libraries > Indicators.
2. Right-click User Defined Indicators and select Import Indicators. The Import Indicators wizard opens.
3. Browse to the CSV file holding the user-defined indicators.
4. In the Duplicate indicators handling area, select an option:
   * skip existing indicators to import only the indicators that do not exist in the corresponding lists in the DQ Repository tree view. A warning message is displayed if the imported indicators already exist under the Indicators folder.
   * rename new indicators with suffix to identify each of the imported indicators with a suffix. All indicators will be imported even if they already exist under the Indicators folder.
5. Click Finish.

   All imported indicators are listed under the User Defined Indicators folder in the DQ Repository tree view.

   Information noteImportant: If ![Warning](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/studio-user-guide/Resources/images/warning_small.svg) is displayed next to the name of the imported user-defined indicator in the tree view, open the indicator and correct the issue.