Step-by-step approach
- Identify which fields are identifiers and which are quantities or dates.
- Run the data type audit without altering the source.
- Review blank, number, ISO date and text counts per column.
- Do not coerce IDs into numbers when leading zeros matter.
- Fix inconsistencies in a copy using validated business rules.
Try the matching tool
Open CSV Data Type Audit to work on a local copy. Review the result before importing it elsewhere.
Open CSV Data Type Audit ↗What this does not solve
Browser tools can validate known structures and transform available data, but cannot restore deleted or corrupted bytes, infer unknown business facts, or guarantee that a target system will import every field as intended.