Load your custom skills into Skills Foundation

task brazil Updated Sep 10, 2026 1 min read skills-int-load-custom-skills.md

Upload the skills specific to your organization or human capital management practices in your ServiceNow instance.

Before you begin

For information about the format to add and upload the custom skills in your organization, see Custom Skills Sample Data.

Role required: import_admin, sn_skills_int.admin

Procedure

Navigate to All > System Import Sets > Load data.
In the Import set table field, select Existing table.
Select the Skills Staging [sn_skills_int_skills_staging] table from the drop-down list.

Note: If no values appear in the table for the level types and proficiencies for a skill, the skill will be created without this information. For more information, see Define a skill level type.
In the Source of the import field, select File.
Select the source of the CSV file by selecting Choose File.
Select Submit.
Transform the data from the staging table format to the job architecture table format by selecting Run transform.
Select Transform.

Result

The custom skills are added to the existing skills in the Skills [cmn_skills] table.

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title: Load your custom skills into Skills Foundation
description: Upload the skills specific to your organization or human capital management practices in your ServiceNow instance.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/employee-service-management/talent-development-core/skills-int-load-custom-skills.html
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product: Talent Development Core
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# Load your custom skills into Skills Foundation

Upload the skills specific to your organization or human capital management practices in your ServiceNow instance.

## Before you begin

For information about the format to add and upload the custom skills in your organization, see [Custom Skills Sample Data](https://store.servicenow.com/appStoreAttachments.do?sys_id=a7fc82771ba835105c1e0d08624bcbf3).

Role required: import\_admin, sn\_skills\_int.admin

## Procedure

1. Navigate to **All** &gt; **System Import Sets** &gt; **Load data**.

2. In the **Import set table** field, select **Existing table**.

3. Select the Skills Staging \[sn\_skills\_int\_skills\_staging\] table from the drop-down list.

**Note:** If no values appear in the table for the level types and proficiencies for a skill, the skill will be created without this information. For more information, see [Define a skill level type](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/servicenow-platform/define-skill-level-type.md).

4. In the **Source of the import** field, select **File**.

5. Select the source of the CSV file by selecting **Choose File**.

6. Select **Submit**.

7. Transform the data from the staging table format to the job architecture table format by selecting **Run transform**.

8. Select **Transform**.

## Result

The custom skills are added to the existing skills in the Skills \[cmn\_skills\] table.