diff --git a/apps/platform/package.json b/apps/platform/package.json
index ee7f437c0..58bd7c6be 100644
--- a/apps/platform/package.json
+++ b/apps/platform/package.json
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
     "smiles-drawer": "^1.1.22",
     "tsparticles": "^2.0.6",
     "typeface-inter": "^3.3.0",
+    "typeface-roboto-mono": "^1.1.13",
     "ui": "*",
     "uuid": "^9.0.0"
   },
diff --git a/apps/platform/src/components/AssociationsToolkit/DataUploader/DataUploader.jsx b/apps/platform/src/components/AssociationsToolkit/DataUploader/DataUploader.jsx
index 78915cd13..6dd28341a 100644
--- a/apps/platform/src/components/AssociationsToolkit/DataUploader/DataUploader.jsx
+++ b/apps/platform/src/components/AssociationsToolkit/DataUploader/DataUploader.jsx
@@ -11,11 +11,21 @@ import {
   Box,
   List,
   ListSubheader,
+  Accordion,
+  AccordionSummary,
+  AccordionDetails,
 } from "@mui/material";
 import { useDropzone } from "react-dropzone";
 import { styled } from "@mui/material/styles";
 import { v1 } from "uuid";
-import { faFileImport, faChevronLeft, faCheck } from "@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons";
+import {
+  faFileImport,
+  faChevronLeft,
+  faCheck,
+  faChevronDown,
+  faClipboard,
+  faPlay,
+} from "@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons";
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from "@fortawesome/react-fontawesome";
 import { Tooltip } from "ui";
 
@@ -24,6 +34,12 @@ import ValidationQuery from "./ValidationQuery.gql";
 import client from "../../../client";
 import NestedItem from "./NestedItem";
 
+const BorderAccordion = styled(Accordion)(({ theme }) => ({
+  boxShadow: "none",
+  border: `1px solid ${theme.palette.primary.light}`,
+  borderRadius: `${theme.spacing(1)} !important`,
+}));
+
 const StyledContainer = styled("div")`
   .dropzone {
     flex: 1;
@@ -45,6 +61,32 @@ const StyledContainer = styled("div")`
   }
 `;
 
+const SuggestionBlockHeader = styled("div")`
+  background-color: #cccccc;
+  border-radius: 8px 8px 0px 0px;
+  border-width: 2px;
+  border-style: solid;
+  border-color: #cccccc;
+  padding: 5px;
+  padding-left: 20px;
+`;
+
+const SuggestionContainer = styled("div")`
+  position: relative;
+  flex: 1;
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  padding-left: 20px;
+  padding-top: 10px;
+  padding-bottom: 10px;
+  border-width: 2px;
+  border-color: #eeeeee;
+  border-style: solid;
+  border-radius: 0px 0px 8px 8px;
+  background-color: #fafafa;
+  border-top: none;
+`;
+
 const steps = ["Add a file", "Entity validation"];
 
 const getEntityToUploadLabel = {
@@ -58,6 +100,71 @@ const getValidationResults = async (entity, queryTerms) =>
     variables: { entity, queryTerms },
   });
 
+const uploadSuggestions = {
+  target: ["ENSG00000232810", "interleukin 6", "TP53", "ENSG00000105329", "P15692", "CD4"],
+  disease: ["EFO_0000508", "neoplasm", "MONDO_0004992", "EFO_0000182", "infection", "OBI_1110021"],
+};
+
+const FileExample = ({ entity = "target", runAction }) => {
+  const examples = uploadSuggestions[entity];
+
+  const [open, setExpanded] = useState(false);
+
+  const handleChange = () => {
+    setExpanded(open ? false : true);
+  };
+
+  function handleClickRun() {
+    runAction(examples);
+    setExpanded(false);
+  }
+
+  function copyToClipboard() {
+    navigator.clipboard.writeText(JSON.stringify(examples));
+  }
+  return (
+    <Box sx={{ mb: 6 }}>
+      <BorderAccordion expanded={open} onChange={() => handleChange()}>
+        <AccordionSummary
+          aria-controls="panel1a-content"
+          id="panel1a-header"
+          expandIcon={<FontAwesomeIcon icon={faChevronDown} />}
+        >
+          <Typography>Example format</Typography>
+        </AccordionSummary>
+        <AccordionDetails>
+          <Box>
+            <SuggestionBlockHeader>
+              <Typography variant="monoText" display="block">
+                fileName.txt
+              </Typography>
+            </SuggestionBlockHeader>
+            <SuggestionContainer>
+              <Box sx={{ position: "absolute", right: 10, display: "flex", gap: 1 }}>
+                <Tooltip placement="bottom" title="Run this sample">
+                  <Button onClick={() => handleClickRun()}>
+                    <FontAwesomeIcon icon={faPlay} />
+                  </Button>
+                </Tooltip>
+                <Tooltip placement="bottom" title="Copy to clipboard">
+                  <Button onClick={() => copyToClipboard()}>
+                    <FontAwesomeIcon icon={faClipboard} />
+                  </Button>
+                </Tooltip>
+              </Box>
+              {examples.map(ex => (
+                <Typography key={v1()} variant="monoText" display="block" gutterBottom>
+                  {ex}
+                </Typography>
+              ))}
+            </SuggestionContainer>
+          </Box>
+        </AccordionDetails>
+      </BorderAccordion>
+    </Box>
+  );
+};
+
 function DataUploader({ fileStem }) {
   const [activeStep, setActiveStep] = useState(0);
   const [queryTermsResults, setQueryTermsResults] = useState(null);
@@ -80,6 +187,12 @@ function DataUploader({ fileStem }) {
     },
   });
 
+  const handleRunExample = async terms => {
+    const result = await getValidationResults([entityToGet], terms);
+    setQueryTermsResults(result.data.mapIds.mappings);
+    setActiveStep(1);
+  };
+
   const entityToUploadLabel = getEntityToUploadLabel[entityToGet];
 
   const handlePinElements = () => {
@@ -151,6 +264,7 @@ function DataUploader({ fileStem }) {
             should contain a single {entityToGet} in every row. You will be able to visualise all
             the potential matches upon validation of your input.
           </Typography>
+          <FileExample entity={entityToGet} runAction={handleRunExample} />
           <Box sx={{ m: theme => `${theme.spacing(1)} 0 ${theme.spacing(4)} 0` }}>
             <Stepper activeStep={activeStep}>
               {steps.map(label => {
@@ -164,13 +278,16 @@ function DataUploader({ fileStem }) {
               })}
             </Stepper>
           </Box>
+
           {activeStep === 0 && (
-            <StyledContainer>
-              <div {...getRootProps({ className: "dropzone" })}>
-                <input {...getInputProps()} />
-                <p>Drag and drop a .txt file here, or click to select file</p>
-              </div>
-            </StyledContainer>
+            <>
+              <StyledContainer>
+                <div {...getRootProps({ className: "dropzone" })}>
+                  <input {...getInputProps()} />
+                  <p>Drag and drop a .txt file here, or click to select file</p>
+                </div>
+              </StyledContainer>
+            </>
           )}
           {activeStep === 1 && (
             <Box>
diff --git a/apps/platform/src/index.jsx b/apps/platform/src/index.jsx
index 6a49715fb..b772ff59b 100644
--- a/apps/platform/src/index.jsx
+++ b/apps/platform/src/index.jsx
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
-import * as ReactDOMClient from 'react-dom/client';
-import TagManager from 'react-gtm-module';
-import { loadErrorMessages, loadDevMessages } from '@apollo/client/dev';
+import * as ReactDOMClient from "react-dom/client";
+import TagManager from "react-gtm-module";
+import { loadErrorMessages, loadDevMessages } from "@apollo/client/dev";
 
-import App from './App';
-import config from './config';
+import App from "./App";
+import config from "./config";
 
-import 'typeface-inter';
-import './index.scss';
+import "typeface-inter";
+import "typeface-roboto-mono";
+import "./index.scss";
 
 if (import.meta.env.MODE) {
   loadDevMessages();
@@ -17,5 +18,5 @@ if (config.googleTagManagerID) {
   TagManager.initialize({ gtmId: config.googleTagManagerID });
 }
 
-const root = ReactDOMClient.createRoot(document.getElementById('root'));
+const root = ReactDOMClient.createRoot(document.getElementById("root"));
 root.render(<App />);
diff --git a/apps/platform/src/theme.js b/apps/platform/src/theme.js
index 2abc43610..d0439586e 100644
--- a/apps/platform/src/theme.js
+++ b/apps/platform/src/theme.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-import { lighten, darken } from 'polished';
-import config from './config';
+import { lighten, darken } from "polished";
+import config from "./config";
 
 const PRIMARY = config.profile.primaryColor;
-const SECONDARY = '#ff6350';
+const SECONDARY = "#ff6350";
 
 const theme = {
   shape: {
@@ -11,27 +11,32 @@ const theme = {
   typography: {
     fontFamily: '"Inter", sans-serif',
     assoc_header: {
-      fontSize: '.90rem',
+      fontSize: ".90rem",
       fontWeight: 700,
     },
+    monoText: {
+      fontFamily: "'Roboto Mono', monospace",
+      fontWeight: 500,
+      fontSize: ".80rem",
+    },
   },
   palette: {
     primary: {
       light: lighten(0.2, PRIMARY),
       main: PRIMARY,
       dark: darken(0.2, PRIMARY),
-      contrastText: '#fff',
+      contrastText: "#fff",
     },
     secondary: {
       light: lighten(0.2, SECONDARY),
       main: SECONDARY,
       dark: darken(0.2, SECONDARY),
-      contrastText: '#fff',
+      contrastText: "#fff",
     },
     text: {
-      primary: '#5A5F5F',
+      primary: "#5A5F5F",
     },
-    footer: '#2e2d35',
+    footer: "#2e2d35",
   },
   props: {
     MuiTab: {
@@ -45,14 +50,14 @@ const theme = {
       },
       styleOverrides: {
         root: {
-          border: '1px solid',
-          padding: '6px 12px',
-          minWidth: '32px',
-          minHeight: '32px',
-          height: '32px',
-          textTransform: 'none',
-          color: '#5A5F5F',
-          borderColor: 'rgb(196,196,196)',
+          border: "1px solid",
+          padding: "6px 12px",
+          minWidth: "32px",
+          minHeight: "32px",
+          height: "32px",
+          textTransform: "none",
+          color: "#5A5F5F",
+          borderColor: "rgb(196,196,196)",
         },
       },
     },
@@ -62,19 +67,19 @@ const theme = {
       },
       styleOverrides: {
         root: {
-          border: '1px solid',
-          borderColor: 'rgb(196,196,196)',
-          padding: '6px 12px',
-          textTransform: 'none',
-          height: '32px',
-          color: '#5A5F5F',
+          border: "1px solid",
+          borderColor: "rgb(196,196,196)",
+          padding: "6px 12px",
+          textTransform: "none",
+          height: "32px",
+          color: "#5A5F5F",
         },
       },
     },
     MuiTabs: {
       styleOverrides: {
         indicator: {
-          transition: 'none',
+          transition: "none",
         },
       },
     },
@@ -84,18 +89,18 @@ const theme = {
       },
       styleOverrides: {
         root: {
-          textTransform: 'none',
+          textTransform: "none",
         },
       },
     },
     MuiTooltip: {
       variants: [
         {
-          props: { variant: 'aotf' },
+          props: { variant: "aotf" },
           style: {
             root: {
               backgroundColor: `red`,
-              color: '#fff',
+              color: "#fff",
             },
           },
         },
@@ -104,8 +109,8 @@ const theme = {
     MuiSnackbar: {
       defaultProps: {
         anchorOrigin: {
-          vertical: 'bottom',
-          horizontal: 'center',
+          vertical: "bottom",
+          horizontal: "center",
         },
       },
     },
@@ -113,8 +118,8 @@ const theme = {
       styleOverrides: {
         root: {
           background: PRIMARY,
-          color: 'white',
-          borderRadius: '4px',
+          color: "white",
+          borderRadius: "4px",
         },
       },
     },
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index d0d2e49a7..7f722fde6 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -17753,6 +17753,11 @@ typeface-inter@^3.3.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/typeface-inter/-/typeface-inter-3.18.1.tgz#24cccdf29923f318589783997be20a662cd3ab9c"
   integrity sha512-c+TBanYFCvmg3j5vPk+zxK4ocMZbPxMEmjnwG7rPQoV87xvQ6b07VbAOC0Va0XBbbZCGw6cWNeFuLeg1YQru3Q==
 
+typeface-roboto-mono@^1.1.13:
+  version "1.1.13"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/typeface-roboto-mono/-/typeface-roboto-mono-1.1.13.tgz#2af8662db8f9119c00efd55d6ed8877d2a69ec94"
+  integrity sha512-pnzDc70b7ywJHin/BUFL7HZX8DyOTBLT2qxlJ92eH1UJOFcENIBXa9IZrxsJX/gEKjbEDKhW5vz/TKRBNk/ufQ==
+
 typescript@^4.9.5:
   version "4.9.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/typescript/-/typescript-4.9.5.tgz#095979f9bcc0d09da324d58d03ce8f8374cbe65a"