Importing records
Importing records
If an animal already has a history elsewhere, you do not have to retype it. Creatures can import records from a spreadsheet, a vet or lab PDF, or a photo, and pull the details into structured records for you.
Start an import
From the animal's Records tab, select Import records, or go to the import page.
What you can bring in, and how each is handled
- Spreadsheet (CSV): a table of records exported from another tool, mapped into Creatures records.
- PDF: vet visit summaries and lab reports. Creatures reads the document and proposes records from it.
- Photo or scan: snap a paper record or certificate and Creatures extracts the details from the image.
- Paste: drop in freeform notes for Creatures to structure.
How matching and review work, and why it is safe
Creatures matches incoming records to the right animal by registration number, tag, or microchip when it can, and asks you to confirm when the match is less certain, so a record never silently lands on the wrong animal. It then extracts each record's type, date, and fields and shows them to you to review before anything is saved. You confirm or adjust, then the records land on the animal's timeline like any other.
Imported records are marked as imported on the timeline, so it is always clear which history you logged yourself and which you brought in. Nothing is written without your review, which means importing is low risk even for a large back-history. For a step-by-step walkthrough of that review screen, including how to fix matches and edit fields before confirming, see Reviewing, editing, and confirming an import.
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Updated on: 23/06/2026
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