Data Guidelines & Upload

View all file formats we accept, check out our guidelines for text files, and securely upload your data to our SFTP server.

IMPORTANT: IF YOUR FILENAME CONTAINS ANY SPECIAL CHARACTERS (:, &, *, #, %, $, commas, or apostrophes) PLEASE REMOVE THEM PRIOR TO UPLOAD.

Use an ACCEPTED FILE FORMAT
- DBF File
- Text File
- Tab-Delimited (.txt) and Comma-Delimited (.csv)
- Please include a file layout, or make the header the first record.
- Fixed Field (.txt)
- Please include a record layout with field lengths.
- Excel (.xls)
- Please make sure there is no text-wrapping within fields.
Email your contact as a follow up once your file upload shows as successful.

DON’T

Use special character (:, &, *, #, %, $, commas, or apostrophes) in your filename.
Include text-wrapping or hard returns within your excel fields.

Did you know: if you have multiple files you could zip them all together for one upload.

Not sure how to format your list or having issues? Contact us at [email protected] or email your contact directly.

Upload Data Files

As of 10/6/25, we will no longer be accepting files via our FTP Server. Please contact your DCG ONE Representative for details on how to upload your files to OneDrive. Thank you.