# Trobleshooting import reads **URL:** https://forum.qiime2.org/t/trobleshooting-import-reads/12468 **Category:** User Support **Tags:** import, cutadapt **Created:** [November 12, 2019, 8:49pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/trobleshooting-import-reads/12468 "2019-11-12T20:49:16Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 2
### Author: ![jwdebelius](https://forum.qiime2.org/user_avatar/forum.qiime2.org/jwdebelius/32/9655_2.png) [@jwdebelius](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/jwdebelius) #### Post date: [November 12, 2019, 9:38pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/trobleshooting-import-reads/12468/2 "2019-11-12T21:38:13Z")
Hi @mstagliamonte, Have you tried the [manifest format](https://docs.qiime2.org/2019.7/tutorials/importing/#fastq-manifest-formats)? It requires a bit more work up front from you for importing, but I think it will make your life easier over all. There's some development for automatic manifests in both R and python which might be of interest. > [@Automatic Manifest Maker in Python3](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/automatic-manifest-maker-in-python3/8595): > > Hello all! Since joining this community my coding skill has improved quite a lot. When I first started I made this tutorial [here](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/automatic-manifest-maker-in-r/2921), which is functional, but not ideal. I decided to update it to be a bit more useful for people here using Python 3. Hope it helps you all. [https://github.com/Micro-Biology/BasicBashCode/blob/master/BasicScripts/Q2\_manifest\_maker.py](https://github.com/Micro-Biology/BasicBashCode/blob/master/BasicScripts/Q2_manifest_maker.py) Hosted on github so I can edit it, feel free to use however you want, if you add other formats please share below. Any feedback please … > [@Automatic Manifest Maker in R](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/automatic-manifest-maker-in-r/2921): > > Here I present my tutorial for making a 'Manifest.csv' automatically using an R conda environment, to be used to import data according to the " “Fastq manifest” formats" part of the [Importing data tutorial](https://docs.qiime2.org/2017.12/tutorials/importing/). I wrote this script because we intended on running a lot of analyses through QIIME2 and I did not want ot manually make a manifest file to import it every time. This guide assumes you have a version of conda installed, and that files at names samplename.R1.fastq.gz for forward reads and sam… Best, Justine --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/trobleshooting-import-reads/12468)._