---
title: Create folders in batches
description: Batch generate directory trees and project folders via Excel, CSV, TXT.
slug: automation-batch-folders
lang: en
category: Product Features
category_order: 6
order: 7
keywords:
  - automation
  - Create folders in batches
  - Workflow
---

# Create folders in batches

Batch generate directory trees and project folders via Excel, CSV, TXT.

![Create folders in batches](../../assets/images/automation-create.webp)
*Automated tasks can be configured from the folder task entry or automated task list.*

### Function Overview and Business Value

In business scenarios involving multi-project concurrency or enterprise department structure adjustment, manually establishing complex standard directory trees one by one not only consumes a lot of operation time, but also easily leads to directory hierarchy confusion or non-standard naming due to human oversight. The **"Batch Creation Folder"** function provided by Babel allows users to directly drive the generation of cloud directories through external structured data (such as Excel, CSV, TXT text). This function can instantly transform a standardized business directory template into a network disk folder array that can be implemented, greatly improving the efficiency of initial file creation during the startup phase of large-scale projects.

### Large-scale generation of standard directory arrays

This module has powerful data analysis capabilities and manual fault-tolerant intervention mechanism:

High concurrency support: The system supports importing files in xls, xlsx, csv or txt format and quickly reading directory lists according to newline character rules. The upper limit of a single batch processing task is up to 5,000 lines, which meets the generation needs of most enterprise-level data structures.

Visual pre-review and dynamic intervention: Before the batch creation is officially executed, the system will complete the data analysis and visually render the folder list and hierarchical relationship to be generated in the interface. In this preview session, users can directly perform instant modification actions such as "create subfolder", "rename" or "delete" on a specific preset directory through the right mouse button or floating menu. This "review before building" mechanism ensures that the final directory tree is absolutely aligned with business needs.

### "One-click deployment" of project-level folders and permissions

When the target path is set to the root directory of the department folder or personal folder, the system supports the creation of a more advanced **"Project Folder"**. This model is deeply integrated with the underlying permission management system of BabelBird to realize the synchronization of directory construction and member permission configuration:

Exclusive standard template: To batch generate project folders, you need to download and use the system's exclusive template to import data. If the uploaded non-standard file does not meet the parsing format, the system will strictly intercept it and prompt you to re-upload it.

Project role and permission preset: The template not only standardizes the "project folder name", but also supports the direct association of the account system to preset "project leader" and "project member".

Assignment of person in charge: The filled in person in charge ID (supports mobile phone number, email address or specific work ID format) must be a registered company member; if this field is left blank or the filled in identity cannot be verified, the system will follow the security principle and set the operator of the currently created task as the project leader by default.

Automatic member invitation and empowerment: Users can batch enter multiple project members in the template by separating them with commas. After the project directory is generated, the system will automatically send invitation notifications to these members and grant them basic "upload and download" default permissions, completely eliminating the cumbersome one-by-one authorization operations after file creation.

### Real-time status monitoring and intelligent fault tolerance mechanism

When executing large-scale creation tasks, the system background will process it robustly in the form of a queue, and provide a full range of process monitoring and exception repair closed loops on the front end:

Global progress tracking: During the creation process, the list node will update its execution status in real time (smooth transition from the circle animation representing ongoing execution to the confirmation check state representing success). The global status of the task will also clearly flow from "Creating" to "Complete".

Accurate exception attribution and retry: After all tasks are executed, a clear summary of the results will be output at the top of the system (such as "A total of XXX folders were created, and X failed"). Users can check the "Failed to Create File List" with one click. The system will accurately classify the failure reasons as system-level conflicts such as "the file name contains characters that are not allowed" or "a folder with the same name already exists". For these abnormal entries, users can not only find out the cause, but also click the green "Retry" button directly on the interface to trigger secondary creation, which greatly reduces the resistance to batch operation and maintenance.