Reply To: Give Connections Import CSV the option to edit existing data

09/15/2015 at 10:50 am #346782
Steven Zahm
Keymaster

@ Dwight

re: One thing–currently, category hierarchy can’t be imported.

This is on my todo list.

re: editing existing data using CSV import

This is possible already. Add an Entry ID column to your CSV. Enter the entry ID found on the Connections : Manage page for each entry you wish to update. The CSV Import will now overwrite the existing data with the data in the CSV file. This will not effect the category associations.

re: re-arranging categories before the import, then restoring them back after.

This is not necessary either. Before a category is added, a check is done to see if it exists. If it does the existing category is used and not recreated. The hierarchy does not matter and will not be affected.

Hope that helps.