Answers.Body: <p>Welcome to SE!</p>
  <p>You could import the groups with the <a href="https://civicrm.org/extensions/api-csv-import-gui" rel="nofollow noreferrer">API CSV importer extension</a></p>
  <p>3000 groups is a lot: there may be better ways to represent your data in CiviCRM.  How do you want to use these groups?</p>
  
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Body: <p>We are considering data migration to CiviCRM. We have two CSV files, one has the details of thousands of &quot;individuals&quot; and another has a list of over 3000 needed &quot;groups&quot;.  Importing process for &quot;individuals&quot; appear to be well documented, but how do we import/create &quot;groups&quot; (including group properties) from a CSV file beforehand.</p>
  
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Title: How to automatically create/import some 4000 groups in bulk from a csv file
ThreadText: # How to automatically create/import some 4000 groups in bulk from a csv file
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2021-04-13)
  
  We are considering data migration to CiviCRM. We have two CSV files, one has the details of thousands of "individuals" and another has a list of over 3000 needed "groups". Importing process for "individuals" appear to be well documented, but how do we import/create "groups" (including group properties) from a CSV file beforehand.
  
  **Tags:** import, groups
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2021-04-14. Score: 1
  
  Welcome to SE!
  
  You could import the groups with the [API CSV importer extension](https://civicrm.org/extensions/api-csv-import-gui)
  
  3000 groups is a lot: there may be better ways to represent your data in CiviCRM. How do you want to use these groups?
  
  
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