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How to import Cognism into Pipedrive

13 of the 75 columns in a Cognism export, mapped into 6 Pipedrive fields under Pipedrive's own names.

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Check your Cognism export first

Built on Cognism’s export columnsChecked against Pipedrive’s import rulesUpdated October 13, 2026

One Cognism row, through the templatecopied as it ischanged on the way1explained below
  • First Name, Last Name to Name1joinedWei Chen
  • Email to Emaillowercasedwei.chen@lumenlabs.example.com
  • Job Title to Job TitleHead of Partnerships
  • Company Name to OrganizationLumen Labs
  • Mobile, Direct, Office, HQ to Phone2first with a value+44 7700 900345
  • Personal Linkedin URL, List Name, Seniority, Department to Notes3joined, with labelsLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/wei-chen-example | Cognism list: UK RevOps Q4 | Seniority: Head | Department: Business Development
Not imported: Profile ID, sId, Email Quality, Lead Source, Education, Diamond Record and 56 more. The template leaves these out; map any to a custom field in Operelio.

Where Cognism and Pipedrive don’t line up

1

First Name and Last Name become one Name

Cognism keeps First Name and Last Name apart, and Pipedrive has one Name field.

The template joins them, leaving out any that are empty.

CognismFirst Name Wei
Last Name Chen
PipedriveWei Chen
2

Four phone columns, one phone field

Cognism splits numbers across Mobile, Direct, Office and HQ.

The template Phone takes the first of Mobile, Direct, Office and HQ that has a value.

CognismMobile +44 7700 900345
Direct empty
Office +44 20 7946 0543
HQ +44 20 7946 0222
Pipedrive+44 7700 900345
3

Four columns kept in Notes

This template gives Personal Linkedin URL, List Name, Seniority and Department no Pipedrive field of their own.

The template writes them into Notes, each with its label, and leaves empty ones out.

CognismPersonal Linkedin URL linkedin.com/in/wei-chen-example
List Name UK RevOps Q4
Seniority Head
PipedriveLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/wei-chen-example | Cognism list: UK RevOps Q4 | Seniority: Head | Department: Business Development

Check your Cognism export before you import it

Looks for the 13 columns this template reads, and what Pipedrive would skip.

Drop your Cognism CSV here

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Cognism to Pipedrive in three steps

Step 1Export from Cognism
  1. Run a Contact Search in Cognism, or open Lists and pick All Contacts, My Contacts or one of your lists.
  2. Use the checkboxes to choose Select Page, Select All or Custom Selection.
  3. Click the option to export the contacts as a CSV file in the toolbar at the top of the page.

You can export up to 10,000 contacts at once from Search, and up to 1,000 per action from All Contacts or My Contacts.

Exporting reveals any contact not yet revealed in the current contract period, and credits are used only for newly revealed contacts.

Cognism: Manage search resultsCognism: Lists
Step 2Paste into the template
  1. Paste the export at A1 of Paste Cognism export here.
  2. Start here checks all 13 columns were found.
  3. Save Pipedrive Contacts import as a CSV.

Works in Excel for Microsoft 365 and Google Sheets. Excel 2019 and older, Apple Numbers and LibreOffice can't run the formulas this file uses.

Just the 6 headers as a CSV

Step 3Import into Pipedrive
  1. Go to Tools and apps, then Import data, then Import from spreadsheet, and click Get started.
  2. Select the kinds of data your file contains, such as People, and click Next.
  3. Click Upload spreadsheet and choose your file.
  4. Check the mapping, drag any unmapped column onto a field, and click Next.
  5. Check the preview, choose how duplicates are handled and click Start import.
Pipedrive's spreadsheet import, screen by screen

Operelio, with the same template

Fixes the capitals in names, formats phone numbers, removes duplicate and blank rows, which the Excel file leaves to you. On every plan. Email verification, a check against your Pipedrive records and dropdowns, and the push, from Starter.

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Questions

Where does Cognism's export fill Name, which Pipedrive requires?

Name joins First Name and Last Name. The checker above counts the rows with Name blank.

Where do Personal Linkedin URL, List Name and the other columns go?

Into Notes on each person, labeled like "LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/wei-chen-example | Cognism list: UK RevOps Q4 | Seniority: Head | Department: Business Development".

Why do First Name and Last Name become one Name field in Pipedrive?

Operelio's Pipedrive format uses a single Name field. The template combines the two columns with a space so the contact records look right in Pipedrive.

Duplicates and undoing an import: Pipedrive import questions.

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Upload your Cognism export and download a file Pipedrive can import. No credit card needed. The push into Pipedrive is from Starter.

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