Use case · Documents and free tools

Convert and clean CSV and Excel files without installing anything.

The free browser edition runs entirely in your browser. Open a file, describe its layout, map it to another, and download CSV, TSV or JSON.

The problem

You get a file in one layout and need it in another, with the whitespace, duplicates and dates fixed. A spreadsheet macro works until the next layout.

What you need

Modules. Free. No account and no card.

Edition. Free browser edition. The same tools are in Desktop and Server.

Pricing and what each edition includes.

A real DataBridge screen, with sample data from a demo instance.

Steps

How DataBridge does it.

Each step names the feature as it appears in the product.

  1. Step 1

    File Templates

    Describe a file's type, delimiter, header row and columns for CSV, TSV or Excel.

  2. Step 2

    Field Mappings

    Turn one layout into another with copy, case, trim and other clean-up rules, and save the mapping for next time.

  3. Step 3

    Transform Data

    Run a file through a template and mapping and download the result as CSV, TSV or JSON.

  4. Step 4

    Quick Transform

    One-click clean-ups for whitespace, duplicates, dates, phone numbers and lowercase emails, with no template.

  5. Step 5

    Validate File and Data Diff

    List every problem in a file, or compare two versions and see what changed.

  6. Step 6

    Export and Import

    Save all your definitions to one JSON file and bring them back on any browser.

Honest limits

What this does not do.

  • Limits: 10 file templates, 5 field mappings, CSV and TSV files up to 10 MB, Excel files up to 5 MB, 100,000 rows per file.
  • Your templates and mappings live only in that browser. Export them regularly.
  • Scheduling, SFTP, cloud storage and database connections are not in the free edition. Fixed-width files are not supported.
Keep reading

Related pages.

Next step

Try the parts that are free today.

The free browser edition needs no sign-in and never uploads your files.