Directory Import Quality Handbook
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Directory import quality

Keep business names from being truncated in a CSV

A practical guide for the directory data editor, focused on one public listing decision.

For “Keep business names from being truncated in a CSV”, compare the affected field with raw import values and field-level transformation rules and ask the responsible directory data editor to confirm its intended meaning.

To keep business names from being truncated in a CSV, start with the decision a visitor needs to make. In directory import quality, a small wording or field change can alter where someone goes, who they contact or what they expect. This guide keeps the review tied to that one task.

01

What matters for directory import quality

For this task, inspect the raw file and the target field mapping before submitting a bulk update. The immediate aim is to keep business names from being truncated in a CSV; expanding the review to unrelated fields makes it harder to see whether this correction was justified. Identify the exact public wording or stored value before deciding what to replace.

02

Prepare the directory data editor’s evidence

Gather raw import values and field-level transformation rules and identify which part supports “Keep business names from being truncated in a CSV”. Keep the source value, the proposed public version and the person responsible for confirmation distinguishable. Preserve identifiers as text where necessary and reconcile accepted records with rejected or missing rows after the import. If the supplied material does not establish the affected detail, retain that question rather than filling it with a plausible guess.

03

The mistake to look for

For “Keep business names from being truncated in a CSV”, consider this hypothetical review: the public record needs to support the specific task: keep business names from being truncated in a CSV. A broad statement about directory import quality cannot resolve the detail that is under review. The example illustrates a decision risk, not a verified business record. For the directory data editor, the important comparison is between the intended meaning and the impression created by the current listing.

04

Make a bounded correction

The correction for “Keep business names from being truncated in a CSV” should change only the unsupported or misleading part. For “Keep business names from being truncated in a CSV”, compare the affected field with raw import values and field-level transformation rules and ask the responsible directory data editor to confirm its intended meaning. Keep any operating limitation beside the detail it qualifies. If the platform cannot represent the distinction in its structured fields, use a concise explanatory note where supported instead of inventing a field value.

05

Check the public result

After the edit, revisit the public record used for directory import quality and read it from a first-time visitor’s perspective. Compare it with raw import values and field-level transformation rules; also check that saving or exporting has not shortened, reformatted or displaced the important detail. Record what is visible now and what still requires a separate check. Completion of “Keep business names from being truncated in a CSV” means the specific correction can be demonstrated, rather than merely that an edit was submitted.

Directory import quality review record
Keep separately Purpose for this task
Source raw import values and field-level transformation rules
Public change Keep business names from being truncated in a CSV
Responsible role directory data editor

Before marking this task complete

  • Is the purpose of “Keep business names from being truncated in a CSV” clear in the published result?
  • Does the affected detail agree with raw import values and field-level transformation rules?
  • Has the directory data editor retained unresolved questions separately from approved wording?