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title: "Static CSV"
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# Static CSV
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The Static CSV data source allows you to quickly craft a data source to use in your report. This data source is ideal when you need some test data to begin creating a new report. All values are brought in as strings, which means that you don't need quotation marks around any of the string values unless the value needs to include a comma.
As the name implies, this Data Source is strictly static, and does not have any built-in means to update or import new values in. In these scenarios, you may want to look into the [Scripting Data Source](ignition-modules\reporting\report-data\scripting-data-source\scripting-data-source.md) to import CSV directly into the report, or first store the data into a SQL database and retrieve the results with a [SQL Query Data Source](ignition-modules\reporting\report-data\sql-query-data-source\sql-query-data-source.md).
## Format
The first line of the Static CSV will be a list of columns separated by commas. Each subsequent line after that will then be a row in the dataset, with each value separated by a comma as well. See the text below for an example dataset that has three columns and thirteen rows. You can double click the block to copy its text.
```csv title="CSV - Creating a Custom Static CSV"
Equipment, Time, Site
Motor, 15, Site A
Motor, 23, Site A
Conveyor Line, 148, Site B
Pallet Wrapper, 58, Site A
Motor, 96, Site C
Conveyor Line, 23, Site B
Palletizer, 40, Site B
Conveyor Line, 56, Site A
Pallet Wrapper, 45, Site C
Motor, 43, Site C
Conveyor Line, 87, Site D
Motor, 23, Site D
```
