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title: "Forward-Mapping Zone"
canonical: "https://docs.infoblox.com/space/NCR8/23068752/Forward-Mapping%20Zone"
format: markdown
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Note that to delete a parent zone and the associated subzones, you must add **remove-subzones** column to the CSV export file and set the value to **True**. If you want to delete only the parent zone, then you must set this column value to **False**.

| **Field**** ****Name** | **Data**** ****Type ** | **Required (Yes/No)** | **Associated GUI Field** | **Associated PAPI Method** | **Usage**** ****and**** ****Guidelines** |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Header-ForwardZone | String | Yes |  |  | Identifies the first row as a header row for the forward zones. Example: ForwardZone |
| fqdn | FQDN | Yes | Name | zone | This field combines the AAAA record name and the zone name to form the FQDN. Example: [aaaa1.corp100.com](http://aaaa1.corp100.com) |
| view | String | No | DNS View | views | If no view is specified, the default view is used. Example: Default |
| zone_format | String | Yes | Type |  | Valid values are **FORWARD**, **IPV4**,and **IPV6**. |
| prefix | String | No | RFC 2317 Prefix | prefix | Prefix is used for reverse-mapping RFC2317 zones only. If you include a prefix in a forward-mapping zone, the appliance ignores the prefix. No error message is generated. |
| disabled | Boolean | No | Disable | disable | Enable or disable the forward zone. Example: FALSE |
| comment | String | No | Comment | comment | Example: This is a Forward zone. |
| forward_to | Zone forwarder list | Yes | Default Zone Forwarders |  | List of forwarders for a Forward type zone. Example: [fwd1.test.com/1.1.1.1/](http://fwd1.test.com/1.1.1.1/),... |
| forwarding_servers | Forwarding members list | No | Members |  | List of forwarding servers. Example: "infoblox.localdomain,..." |
| forwarders_only | Boolean | No | Use Forwarders Only |  | Enable use of forwarders only. Example: False |
| ns_group | String | No |  | ns_group | Forwarding member name server group name. Example: fwd_ns_group1. |
| ns_group_external | String | No |  | external_ns_group | Forward/Stub server name server group name. Example: ext_ns_group1. |
| EA-Site | String | No | Extensible attribute | extensible_attributes | EA-Site is an example of a predefined extensible attribute. You can add other predefined attributes to the data file. Example: California. |
| EA-Users | List | No | Extensible attribute | extensible_attributes | EA-Users is an example of a user defined attribute. You can add other user defined attributes to the data file. Example: [‘Annie’,  
‘John’]. |
| ADMGRP-XXXX | String | No | Permissions  
Admin  
Group/Role | permission | ADMGRP-JimSmith is an example of an admin permission of a specific admin group. Example: RW |