diff --git a/data_management/resources.py b/data_management/resources.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e3a1e34e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data_management/resources.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+from import_export import resources
+from .models import DataProduct
+
+class DataProductResource(resources.ModelResource):
+    class Meta:
+        model = DataProduct
diff --git a/drams/local-settings.py b/drams/local-settings.py
index 5726345f..8aa78048 100644
--- a/drams/local-settings.py
+++ b/drams/local-settings.py
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 from .base_settings import *
 
+INSTALLED_APPS += ['import_export', ]
+
 MIDDLEWARE += ['whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware', ]
 
 STATICFILES_STORAGE = 'whitenoise.storage.CompressedStaticFilesStorage'
+
+IMPORT_EXPORT_USE_TRANSACTIONS = True