Prerequisites and Notes
Before you can begin this process, you need to prepare all the information related to this Team, including the charge points you want to add, the address of Team, etc.
By using the Mass import function you can create Teams with all the information filled in, the charge points added to the Team and a Team owner. You will still need to invite other Members to the Team.
This action is available to Operator users with Manager and Administrator user rights.
Mass import Teams
- Navigate to the Teams tab on the left side menu
- Click on Add Team and select Mass import
- Download the mass import template
- Fill in the information, using the reference table below
- Click on Choose file and upload the filled template
- Click on Import
- You will receive a confirmation email, once the import is complete
If there is missing or invalid information filled in the template, you will receive an email specifying which field needs to be corrected. In that case, you need to correct the field and try to import the file again.
Find Import lists
When you perform a mass import, you can find a summary in Monta Hub. There, you can see if there is any missing information the csv file you have uploaded.
- Navigate to the Teams tab on the left side menu
- Click on the action dots and select Imports lists
- Select an import you want to see and click on View
- If there are errors, you can see on which row you need to correct the information
Template reference table
It is very important that you fill in the template correctly. Please keep in mind that you must fill in every column with the information required otherwise mass import of teams will not be successful.
| Field name | Description | Comments |
| Charge point identifier | Serial number of the charge point | Each charge point socket needs to be registered on a separate row. |
| Charge point brand | Brand of the charge point | |
| Charge point model | Model of the charge point identifier, as registered in Monta | You need to insert the exact charge point model identifier, as it is registered in the Monta system. Go to the supported charge points page, find the exact charge point model and look at the datasheet table. Copy the exact Identifier from the page and paste in the template. |
| Charge point name | Give a name to the charge point | |
| Charge point connector | Specify which socket of the charge point this is | |
| Charge point Max Power | Specify the max current of the charge point | |
| Site external id | This would be a name or number that you use to identify the Site. | It can be the same as the Site name. |
| Site name | Give a name to the charge point site | |
| Site street, Zipcode, City, Country | Specify the address, where the charge point site is located | |
| Site Installer email | Specify the email of the installer who is going to install the charge points | |
| Team name | Give a name to the Team | |
| Team external id | This would be a name or number that you use to identify the Team. | This is something you can come up with yourself. |
| Team type | Specify if the Team is an operator Team, professional Team or a private Team. | Please mind that the type of Team is case sensitive and you need to spell the type with a small first letter. |
| Team contact email | This is the email, which will receive informative emails from Monta. | |
| Team finance email | This is the email, which will receive all receipts and invoices from Monta. | |
| Team company name | Fill in the company name, if this is a Professional Team for a company. | You also need to include a company if you are creating Private Teams. This will not be visible in Monta Hub. |
| Team VAT number | Specify the VAT number | |
| Team street, zipcode, city | Specify the address of the Team. | |
| Team country | Specify the country of the Team. | You must use country abbreviation. Here are some examples: DK for Denmark CH for Switzerland GB for United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland DE for Germany FR for France |
| Team Owner email | This is the person, who us going to be a Team owner. | Please note that this person already needs to have a Monta account. |