> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.kinetica.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Import Configure

In this step, the target table's structure can be specified, if the table does
not exist.  Not specifying any structure will cause the import process to infer
the table's structure from the source data.

To specify a table structure, click **+ Add Column** once for
each field in the source data, then enter the specification for each column,
including:

* **Name** - name of the column, which must meet the standard
  [naming criteria](/content/concepts/tables#table-naming-criteria)
* **Type** - type of the column, and sub-type, if applicable
* **Nullable** - check the box if the column should allow *null*
  values
* **Properties** - check any properties that should apply to this
  column:

  * **Primary Key** - make this column the
    [primary key](/content/concepts/tables#primary-key) or part of a
    *composite primary key*
  * **Shard Key** - make this column the
    [shard key](/content/concepts/tables#shard-key) or part of a
    *composite shard key*
  * **Dict. Encoded** - apply
    [dictionary encoding](/content/concepts/dictionary_encoding) to the
    column's values, reducing storage used for columns with more often repeated
    data
  * **Init. with Now** - replace empty or invalid values inserted
    into this column with the current date/time
  * **Init. with UUID** - replace empty values inserted into this
    column with a universally unique identifier (UUID)
  * **Text Search** - make this column
    [full-text searchable](/content/concepts/full_text_search), using
    [FILTER\_BY\_STRING](/content/sql/query/string-functions#sql-string-functions-fts) in *search* mode

To remove a column from the proposed target table, click the trash can icon at
the far right of the column's definition.

Once the table configuration has been established, click **Next**
to proceed to the **Summary** page.