# Importing the taxonomy

> You can upload your taxonomy of labels to the Communications Mining™ platform from a spreadsheet. Uploading your taxonomy from a spreadsheet automatically imports all the labels without having to manually add them during model training.

You can upload your taxonomy of labels to the Communications Mining™ platform from a spreadsheet. Uploading your taxonomy from a spreadsheet automatically imports all the labels without having to manually add them during model training.

To import your taxonomy from a spreadsheet, follow these steps:

1. Select **Settings** on the navigation bar, then **Taxonomy** and **Labels and extraction fields**.
2. Select the drop-down arrow next to the **New label** button.
3. Select **Import from spreadsheet** from the drop-down list.
4. Copy-paste your labels (Parent label > Child label format) and their descriptions (if available) from your spreadsheet.
5. Select **Import**.

   ![docs image](https://dev-assets.cms.uipath.com/assets/images/ixp/ixp-docs-image-450898-ddc70acb.webp)

   ![docs image](https://dev-assets.cms.uipath.com/assets/images/ixp/ixp-docs-image-450916-feceac46.webp)

:::note
It is highly recommended to add label descriptions to your labels to ensure annotating consistency. Adding label descriptions is particularly helpful if you have several people training the model.
:::

To import your taxonomy from another dataset, follow these steps:

1. Select the drop-down arrow next to the **New label** button.
2. Select **Import from dataset** from the drop-down list.
3. Select a dataset name from the drop-down list.
4. Select **Import**.
   :::note
   This copies labels and descriptions only from an existing dataset. To copy an entire dataset, including annotations and sources, select **Duplicate** from the dataset options in the Datasets page.
   :::

   ![docs image](https://dev-assets.cms.uipath.com/assets/images/ixp/ixp-docs-image-460080-417a3987.webp)

Manually imported or created labels in the taxonomy view

   ![docs image](https://dev-assets.cms.uipath.com/assets/images/ixp/ixp-docs-image-323944-c9c278ad.webp)

## Adding pre-trained labels

You can also add pre-trained labels in this step. Pre-trained labels such as OOO, Thank-you, Urgent, Chaser, etc.) are generic concepts that have been pre-trained on a large pool of data.

   ![docs image](https://dev-assets.cms.uipath.com/assets/images/ixp/ixp-docs-image-450929-3c6b6e68.webp)