# Review a CSV and generate a batch

Map and review a prepared CSV, retain exact strings and inspect the completed batch and its page mapping.

Source: https://help.smartfact.ai/factorycards/guides/import-and-print

Audience: Supervisor

Map and review a prepared CSV, retain exact strings and inspect the completed batch and its page mapping.

## Review a CSV and generate a batch

1. **Load the prepared two-bin file**

   Load the prepared two-bin file.

   This visible training control supplies a prepared local CSV to the real importer. In the product, choose your own local file.

2. **Map the location column**

   Map the location column.

   Match the location column explicitly. Column headings and values remain separate; leading zeroes stay as text.

3. **Map the description column**

   Map the description column.

   Review each mapping instead of assuming the suggested columns are correct.

4. **Map the stores area column**

   Map the stores area column.

   Optional printed fields can be included or left unmapped. Unmapped columns are shown as ignored.

5. **Map the part-number column**

   Map the part-number column.

   Part numbers remain exact strings. Mapping one does not automatically bind the barcode to it.

6. **Map the copy-count column**

   Map the copy-count column.

   Mapped copy counts must be whole numbers from one to one hundred. Review them before applying the file.

7. **Review the delimiter and mapping**

   Review the delimiter and mapping.

   Applying the file replaces the current dataset. Download the old project file first if you need it.

8. **Apply the reviewed CSV mapping**

   Apply the reviewed CSV mapping.

   The imported records now drive the real card maker. The original rows remain available for comparison in this session.

9. **Go on to the print profile**

   Go on to the print profile.

   The print profile opens once every included card is ready; until then, the button says what to do first. It holds the printer resolution, barcode type and copies.

10. **Choose the printer resolution**

   Choose the printer resolution.

   Choose the resolution of the printing computer’s printer. This example uses 203 DPI; CardBench cannot detect the printer.

11. **Choose QR output for the batch**

   Choose QR output for the batch.

   Use a scanner that reads the selected format. This changes the symbol, not the exact text it returns.

12. **Check the card and generate the PDF**

   Check the card and generate the PDF.

   The real worker checks the text and barcode fit, then makes the PDF. Its preview uses those completed bytes.

13. **Download the checked PDF**

   Download the checked PDF.

   The PDF already contains the requested pages and copies. Print it at actual size on the printing computer. Downloading it does not prove a card printed.

14. **Open the scan test and file details**

   Open the scan test and file details.

   The scan-test file contains the selected actual identifiers. Review them before saving or sharing it.

15. **Download the PDF page mapping**

   Download the PDF page mapping.

   The manifest identifies the generated PDF, pages, copies and values. It contains operational identifiers and is not a redacted summary.

16. **Download the editable project file**

   Download the editable project file.

   Keep an editable project file as well as a PDF; CardBench keeps nothing in the browser. It preserves the current fields and print profile, but not the original CSV review history.

[Watch or practise this chapter](https://help.smartfact.ai/factorycards/demo?guide=import-and-print&chapter=import-and-print&audience=office)

Keep exact identifiers and print at actual size. This training does not qualify physical printers or scanners.