Importer

You can create entities with creation forms, or create entities in bulk by using the Flow Production Tracking Importer.

Entities—like Assets, Shots, Tasks, Episodes, Levels, Notes, etc.—can all be imported with Flow Production Tracking when you have the permission to create these entities. You can also use the importer to update data that already exists in Flow Production Tracking. You can create and update data on entities at the same time using the importer or at any time.

The Flow Production Tracking importer is available from the Add <entity> dropdown from each entity Page.

Import Assets

Tip:

Learn more about the Flow Production Tracking Importer and use sample data to import in the Getting Started Guides,Getting Your Project Started Topics.

The Importer is broken down into four main steps:

Importer Steps

Step 1: Add your data

Step 2: Map column names

Step 3: Specify ID

Step 4: Preview

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You can select previous steps and make updates to them while in the importer.

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Creating entities with the Importer

When importing an entity—like in this example, Assets—follow these steps:

Select the Add Asset dropdown, then Import Assets.

Import Assets

Step 1: Add your data

Copy and Paste from Excel

Step 2: Map column names

Step 3: Specify ID

Step 4: Preview

Note:

Importing may take a little while depending on thumbnail image sizes.

Viewing the data after the import has completed successfully

  1. Create a Page with imported data, or
  2. Go back to the Page where you started

Success Message

Tip:

Every time you import data into Flow Production Tracking using the importer, you can create a Page with imported data. You can visit this page right after importing, and then anytime through the Pages dropdown. This page comes in handy if you need isolate and control the data per import. Create a Page with imported data

Now, Assets have been imported from the excel breakdown, and have thumbnails to make the records more visually appealing.

Create a Page with imported data

Note:

The image transcoding process can take a little while. You may need to refresh the page after a few minutes to see the thumbnail images you added through the importer.

Updating entities with the Importer

To update entities with the Flow Production Tracking importer, you can follow the steps above, but you will select identifiers for existing records so those entities are updated. This configuration happens at Step 3: Specify ID. This example shows steps for how to update Shot data, but these same steps can be applied to any other entity.

From the Shots page, select the Add Shots dropdown, then Import Shots.

Import Shots

Step 1: Add your data

Step 2: Map column names

Step 3: Specify ID (the most important step for updating records)

Create a field

Step 4: Preview

Note:

Importing may take a little while depending on thumbnail image sizes.

Viewing the data after the import has completed successfully

  1. Create a Page with imported data, or
  2. Go back to the Page where you started

Success Message

Tip:

Every time you import data into Flow Production Tracking using the importer, you can create a Page with imported data. You can visit this page right after importing, and then anytime through the Pages dropdown. This page comes in handy if you need isolate and control the data per import. Create a Page with imported data

Now, Shots have been updated with more information from the excel breakdown, and have thumbnails to make the records more visually appealing.

Create a Page with imported data

Note:

The image transcoding process can take a little while. You may need to refresh the page after a few minutes to see the thumbnail images you added through the importer.