Browse and locate your CSV file, then select a target package into which you wish to import, then choose the target element type, the button becomes enabled and you can click Next at this point, which will cause the Import CSV: Mapping dialog, see figure below, to appear. The dialog includes a list of properties that you can select to map with the columns in the imported CSV file, the button to map the properties and columns, key property selection, and the button to save the mapping.

A brief explanation of this step is you define mappings between CSV file columns and target element properties, by selecting a column from the CSV file and selecting a target element property, and then clicking the button. That CSV column will then be mapped to the selected property from the list. Repeat this step for each column until all of the preferred columns have been mapped. If you make a mistake you can simply click the button to remove that column and add it again. After the mapping, you can execute the import by clicking . Status messages will appear in your MagicDraw Notification Window and your containment tree should now be populated with the imported objects.

The table below explains the functionality of each element of the Mapping dialog.

ElementFunctionality
If this Use First Row as Header checkbox
is selected, the first row of the CSV file is
treated as the header row and does not
get imported. The checkbox is selected by
default.
By default, when we map the owner property to define the parent element, CSV Import will look up for the element by element name. There is the use case that Requirements may not have names but use ID as a unique identifier. By selecting the Find owner by the "Id" tag option, CSV Import will look up for elements by the ID property instead of names.
This Properties list shows the name, type,
and owner of each property, which a target
element may possess. Each property in this
table is clickable. You can select a property
(selected rows are highlighted) and map it
to a column from the CSV Data table, shown
on next row. 
The CSV Data table shows the CSV file
contents. You can select a property from
the Properties table and select a column
from this CSV Data table (selected columns
are highlighted), and then click to
map them. You will see a row added to the
Property Map table, shown on next row.

The Property Map table shows which
columns from the CSV Data table are mapped
to what property names. The column names are:

  • Property Name
    refers to the property name
    from the Properties list.
  • Owner
    refers to the Owner attribute,
    usually this is the target stereotype
    selected.
  • Column Index
    refers to the index of the data column
    from the CSV Data. Column indices
    start from 0. The second column has
    a column index value of 1 and so on.
The Key property option allows you to set
a unique key for the data you are importing.
By selecting a row from the Properties table
and a column from the CSV Data table, click
the button.

Identifier key for relation ends option allows
you to define the property that will be used to
identify the relation ends. The Name property
is selected by default, but you can use another
custom property by selecting the Other radio
button and typing the property name into the
textbox.

Clicking the button will add a map
between selected property in the Properties
table and selected data in the CSV Data table
to the Property Map table.

Clicking the button remove the
selected map from the Property Map table.

The Save Mapping As button allows you to
save all your setting and mappings of the
current import. Clicking the Save Mapping
As button will bring up the dialog shown on
next row.

This dialog prompts you to specify the name
of the current import map that you want to save.
Maps
existing maps that are saved in your model.
Map Group
existing map groups that are saved in your model.

See more about this dialog in section - Saving
Your Choices – Load Import Map, Create Map
Group, and Execute Map Group.

The Save Mapping button brings up a dialog
shown in the above row. The Save Mapping
button allows you to save the current import
map. The map will be stored into the model
and you can view it in the Containment Tree.
The button is used to go back to
CSV Import Setup screen.
The button is used to proceed to
the CSV Import Mapping screen.
The button is used to start the import
process and exit the CSV Import wizard interface.
The button is used to cancel the
import process and exit the CSV Import wizard
interface.
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