Import CSV or Excel files

Import the vendor payments.xlsx file into the payments sheet and align its columns to the existing template so transaction ID, date, payee, and amount map correctly; check the totals match the ledger and flag any rows where currency doesn't match USD — finish before the reconciliation meeting Thursday morning.

Before I import the new CSV of sales data, make it import-safe: surface the three column-name mismatches, show any date-format conflicts, call out rows that will be parsed as text instead of numbers, and give the exact steps to map columns so totals will reconcile without manual fixes.

I tried importing last night's export from Stripe and now amounts are stored as text and some dates are wrong. I work with Priya in finance and the CTO expects clean totals. I can't tell whether the issue is the delimiter, locale, or a bad header row. What is the likely cause and the fastest fix so I can re-import before the afternoon update?

Every month importing partner CSVs creates parsing errors that cost hours of cleanup. I am the analyst juggling different vendors and formats. Where do we keep failing — inconsistent templates, missing validation, or sloppy exports — and what single change to our intake process will save the most time?