Create Appeals Through File Uploads
If you have many appeals to create, it may be easier to perform those actions through file uploads. This task requires familiarity with composing comma-separated value (CSV) files or working with Microsoft Excel.
For complete instructions about uploading files, you can review Uploading Records. This topic contains information specific to uploading appeals.
To upload appeals:
1.From the Appeals task group, select Upload. The Upload Requests page appears.
2.Select Download Template to access all templates.
3.Download a template and save it.
4.Fill out the template, then upload it to TIDE.
You can learn more about the format of this upload file by selecting this pop-up:
5.Follow the steps in the wizard to complete the upload.
If you need more guidance for the upload process, refer to Uploading Records.
Note: After the upload file is validated, you'll also need to review the results retrieved from TDS to associate the appeals with the correct test opportunities.
6.Check the results of the upload by performing a search:
Appeals that were not previously set up in TIDE will be added in TIDE.