how to import data from excel into field with multiple app references?

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Umut Gur

• June 23, 2015 12:58

I have a field which references an organisations app on one hand and a contacts app on the other. In other words, one can choose to reference either a person or a company in this field. However when I tried to import the contents of an excel file into this app, it seems the import module only gives me the choice to match excel fields with those of only one of the referenced apps (the organisations app). Is there a way to properly handle such a situation? - Thank you very much!

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  Umut Gur

  • August 28, 2015 09:14

  Hi Charlie - thank you for your reply!

  Just a quick note to let you know that I somehow managed to do this - might be useful for someone else that needs to do the same:

  I noticed that when a field references two apps, the import module will try to import into the first referenced app. So I first imported the data that would referenced the first app listed as possible reference for the field. I then changed the order of the referenced apps in the field's settings and imported the part of data for that would reference the second app, and voila! : ))))

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  Charlie Lindstrom

  • July 06, 2015 18:08

  Hi Umut,

  As it looks now you can not import to a relationship field that points to multiple apps I'm afraid, just single apps. Multiple items within the same app works fine though. I'll add your vote on supporting also multiple apps in the future! For now, manual linking of app 2 would be the way forward.

  Hope that helps!

  /Charlie - Podio

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  Khristi

  • October 01, 2017 12:57

  Is there any update on the importing data from multiple app references? I also run into the same issue :)

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  Oliver Wray

  • September 16, 2015 15:34

  @Umut Thanks for sharing that!

  Keep the feedback comming :)

  //Oliver - Podio

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  Brenton

  • October 17, 2017 13:48

  Hi Khristi,
  
  There has not been any updates in regards to importing values into relationship fields linked to multiple apps. The import cannot handle multiple apps linked in the same field.

  /Brenton - Podio

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  Eduardo Bucio

  • November 05, 2019 16:56

  Podio should start listening to these open items, as they are important to us, their clients.  I've supported posts from years ago and they do not advance.  This is one clear example.

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