CSV Importer - Documentation https://docs.myeventon.com EventON Documentation Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:27:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 How To Stop Duplicating Images In CSV Imports https://docs.myeventon.com/documentations/how-to-stop-duplicating-images-in-csv-imports/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-stop-duplicating-images-in-csv-imports Thu, 16 Jun 2022 08:20:06 +0000 https://docs.myeventon.com/?post_type=document&p=27767 Migrating events from one site to another or from one calendar to your EventON calendar should be hassle-free. In order to start importing events, you will need to have at least EventON 2.6 and the CSV Event Importer addon installed. In this tutorial, we are going to be going through some steps that you can […]

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]]> Migrating events from one site to another or from one calendar to your EventON calendar should be hassle-free. In order to start importing events, you will need to have at least EventON 2.6 and the CSV Event Importer addon installed.

In this tutorial, we are going to be going through some steps that you can take to prevent duplicate images in your media gallery after a successful event import.

Formatting your CSV file

We recommend starting off the import process by copying and modifying the sample.csv file that comes with the addon after purchase. By default, the addon accepts the following CSV columns that should be used as headers on your CSV file:

  • publish_status – Publish status of the event: publish | draft
  • event_id (int) – Event post ID, if passed, event with this id will be updated with meta data
  • featured – Feature an event or no eg yes | no
  • color – Hex color for the event without # sign
  • event_name – Name of the event
  • event_description – Event main description
  • event_start_date & event_end_date – Start/End date in format mm/dd/YYYY
  • event_start_time & event_end_time – Start/End time in format h:mm:AM/PM
  • Location Fields:
    • location_name => Event location Name
    • event_location => Event location complete address
    • evcal_location_link => Location Link (http://)
    • evo_location_id => Location taxonomy term ID
  • Organizer Fields:
    • event_organizer => Organizer Name
    • evcal_org_contact => Organizer contact information eg. email
    • evcal_org_address => Organizer location address
    • evcal_org_exlink => Organizer external link (http://)
    • evo_organizer_id => Organizer taxonomy term ID
  • event_gmap – Generate google maps from address. eg yes | no
  • evcal_subtitle – Event Subtitle
  • all_day – All day event eg. yes | no
  • hide end time -Hide end time for event eg. yes | no
  • event_type categories – Event type category term IDs separated by commas eg. 4,19. You can add up to 5 event type categories in separate columns with column headers in format event_type, event_type_2, etc.
  • Custom Meta Fields:
    • cmd_{x} => Custom meta data values. You can add upto 10 custom meta field values with sepeate columns with column headers in format cmd_{x}
    • cmd_{x}L => can be used for custom field button url data
  • image_url – Complete http:// url to an image from external source
  • image_id – (integer) existing attachment ID from wordpress site you are importing events to
  • evcal_lmlink – Learn more link (http)
  • evcal_lmlink_target – Learn more link open in new window yes | no
  • User Interaction Fields:
    • _evcal_exlink_option => UX_val from 1-4 (integer)
    • evcal_exlink => UX_VAL link to event URL (http://)
    • _evcal_exlink_target => UX_val link open in new window yes | no
  • ActionUser Compatible Fields: 
    • evoau_assignu => User IDs seperated by comma to assign users to events

If the event images already exist in your media gallery, you should exclude the image_url column in your CSV file. This option downloads the image from the provided link and imports it to your media gallery hence causing multiple occurrences of the same images.

You should ONLY make use of the image_id column in your CSV file and populate this with the attachment ids of the images that exist on your media gallery.

How to get the attachment ID

  1. Head over to your media library by clicking on Media > Library.

2. Switch to the List view.

3. Hover / Mouse over the image that you would like to import and check the number that is displayed at the bottom left of the page.

You can use 30592 as the image_id in your import file and this will ensure that there are no duplicates after the import.

For additional import troubleshooting tips, please go through the following guide: How to Troubleshoot CSV Import Issues.

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]]> Import Additional Fields Using Hooks https://docs.myeventon.com/documentations/import-additional-fields-using-hooks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=import-additional-fields-using-hooks Thu, 25 Feb 2016 21:22:04 +0000 http://www.myeventon.com/?post_type=document&p=16307 In order to support custom Event field columns in the CSV file, you’ll need to add some code to your site. The code tells EventON to expect some additional columns during the import process. This tutorial is intended for advanced users and you might have to reach out to your developer for some help in […]

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]]> In order to support custom Event field columns in the CSV file, you’ll need to add some code to your site. The code tells EventON to expect some additional columns during the import process.

This tutorial is intended for advanced users and you might have to reach out to your developer for some help in adding this code. The code should be added to your theme’s functions.php file.

add_filter('evocsv_additional_csv_fields', 'evocsv_function1', 10, 1);
function evocsv_function1($array){
  $array['newfield'] = 'newfield';
  return $array;
}

Action to perform to import the new data from CSV file into event

add_action('evocsv_save_event_custom_data','evocsv_function2', 10, 3);

function evocsv_function2($eventID, $postdata, $field){

  if($field == 'newfield' && isset( $postdata[$field]) ){

    update_post_meta($eventID, '_field_var_name', $postdata[$field]);

  }

}

In the CSV file create a new column with the header matching the field name eg. newfield and enter the values that you want to import

The new field column would look like the above image when the CSV file is opened in Microsoft Excel. The CSV file column name must match the field name set in the above example. (newfield)

Requires CSV importer version 1.0 and or newer.

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]]> ** How to Troubleshoot CSV Import Issues https://docs.myeventon.com/documentations/what-to-check-if-csv-importer-not-working/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-to-check-if-csv-importer-not-working Tue, 19 May 2015 14:11:40 +0000 http://www.myeventon.com/?post_type=document&p=11286 During the process of importing events, you might run into an error that might prevent the process from completing successfully. We are going to discuss some of the common import errors that our team has come across. Here are a couple of things you can do if your CSV file does not show any results […]

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]]> During the process of importing events, you might run into an error that might prevent the process from completing successfully. We are going to discuss some of the common import errors that our team has come across.

Here are a couple of things you can do if your CSV file does not show any results in step 2 of the import process. (below is a screenshot of the expected interface on step 2 using the sample.csv included)

Step 1: Check if data formats are correct

If you go to EventON > CSV Import, you can check the supported file formats by clicking on the yellow GUIDE FOR CSV FILE button.

Please ensure that the date and format match the recommended format:

Step 2: Check CSV file

Open the CSV file with notepad or another text editor program and make sure you have comma delimited data (separated by commas)

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Step 3: Import the data in batches

If you have 300 events in your CSV file and the import fails, open your CSV file in Excel or another CSV file editor and delete some of the rows and test whether importing the data in chunks will work.

For example, if the CSV works after you delete all the rows after the 9th one, this means you have an incorrect data format or there are unnecessary commas separating data.

You have to pay very close attention to the data entered to detect the error. Because an extra comma or 2015 written ad 15 for can prevent successful imports.

We also recommend using the following online tool to check for any errors in your CSV file: CSV Lint

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]]> Changelog for CSV Importer https://docs.myeventon.com/documentations/changelog-csv-importer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=changelog-csv-importer Wed, 21 May 2014 05:07:09 +0000 http://www.myeventon.com/?post_type=document&p=4910 v 1.1.10 (2024-3-5) ADDED: support for repeat event data ADDED: support for new event time extended type FIXED: filetype value for upload_image() UPDATE: evcal_allday value is no longer supported; use extend_type= dl/ml/yl v 1.1.9 (2022-3-9) FIXED: subtitle and other fields with apostrophe added extra blackslashes when imported FIXED: organizer ID value not saving the organizer […]

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]]> v 1.1.10 (2024-3-5)
ADDED: support for repeat event data
ADDED: support for new event time extended type
FIXED: filetype value for upload_image()
UPDATE: evcal_allday value is no longer supported; use extend_type= dl/ml/yl

v 1.1.9 (2022-3-9)
FIXED: subtitle and other fields with apostrophe added extra blackslashes when imported
FIXED: organizer ID value not saving the organizer correct
FIXED: initiation addon name error
FIXED: to not save event_id to event post meta
FIXED: imported time converting to AM PM
FIXED: unnecessarily adding slashes multiple times

v 1.1.8 (2019-8-26)
ADDED: updating existing events to update event name, description and post status
FIXED: each hidden fields error on import
FIXED: location and organizer ID passed via CSV not importing
FIXED: updating existing events creating new fields

v 1.1.7 (2018-10-10)
ADDED: Support for date fields going in with 2 digit year values

v 1.1.6 (2018-2-21)
ADDED: Ability to update events using event_id variable
ADDED: evocsv_fetched_event_data pluggable filter support
FIXED: event type IDs not importing

v 1.1.5 (2017-7-7)
ADDED: support for importing event types using string values

v 1.1.4 (2017-5-23)
FIXED: Organizer ID importing not working
FIXED: Organizer name not saving correct for events
FIXED: organizer and location not saving is location ID given in CSV
FIXED: PHP 7.0 compatibility causing events to not import correct
UPDATED: Addon initiation process

v 1.1.3 (2016-10-10)
UPDATED: Compatibility with eventON 2.4.7

v 1.1.2 (2016-9-27)
FIXED: Organizer ID field not importing values
UPDATED: Filter for importing date format customization

v 1.1.1 (2016-9-6)
FIXED: yes no fields not saving values correct on import

v 1.1 (2016-8-23)
ADDED: Location to generate and save lat/lon information if address provided
ADDED: Support for image ID for already existing images
FIXED: Link to view all imported events
FIXED: Event name and location with quotation marks
FIXED: Location and organizer values not saving
FIXED: Foolproof incorrectly passed publish status values
FIXED: Correct escaping for HTML characters for eventon 2.4.4 export events
UPDATED: If yes no field value not passed save as no
UPDATED: If location or organizer taxonomy ID passed not save string values
UPDATED: Importing to use html_entity_decode() when importing event data
REQUIRED: EventON 2.4.4

v 1.0 (2016-2-19)
ADDED: Ajax based importing system
ADDED: location and organizer can be set with term ID
ADDED: Support for actionUser assign users to events using user IDs
FIXED: csv file larger than 50 rows breaking the system
FIXED: event_gmap set to no value not saving
FIXED: Learn more link not saving correct
FIXED: Subtitles field not saving
FIXED: html character parsing for csv field values
FIXED: event colors with # breaking tile view and not saving color correct
FIXED: location and organizer field compatibility with eventon 2.3.18 up
FIXED: adding location and organizers can now be selectable in drop down
UPDATED: addslashes filtering to importing field values
UPDATED: Guide lightbox content

v.0.18 (2015-10-5)
FIXED: Importing breaks when event color not set

0.17 (2015-9-15)
ADDED: Support to import event images
ADDED: learnmore link support
ADDED: UX_val field support
ADDED: Subtitle field support
ADDED: custom meta field button link field support

0.16 (2015-7-20)
FIXED: settings UI issues
FIXED: Backend settings styles not loading to page

v0.15 (2015-2-19)
ADDED: Support for all event type categories
ADDED: Support for all custom meta data fields for events
ADDED: Support for event color, featured events, and hide end time
ADDED: settings link to plugins page
FIXED: Events saving as schedules
UPDATED: Events data without end time can now be used in CSV

v0.14 (2014-9-18)
FIXED: Addon initial check and compatibility with eventon 2.2.18 up

v0.13(2014-6-3)
FIXED: CSV not showing in addons page
ADDED: category, location name, all day events field support

v0.12 (2014-6-1)
UPDATED: Compatility with eveton 2.2.12

v0.11 (2014-5-20)
FIXED: slowness in wp-admin

v0.10 (2014-2-13)
FIXED: EventON auto update error caused by addons and compatibility to eventON 2.2.7

v0.9 (2013 -11-21)
UPDATED: eventON 2.2 compatibility

v0.8 (2013-10-16)
FIXED: Event date importing in incorrect formats

v0.7 (2013-9-27)
FIXED: missing images and styles
FIXED: Event Time importing

v0.6 (2013-9-18)
FIXED: Csv importer tab not showing up for some
FIXED: Event dates not saving issue
UPDATED: Compatibility to eventON 2.1.18
ADDED: new software version reminder for all plugins page
UPDATED: Deactivation and activation plugin details inclusion to eventON addons list

v0.5 (2013-8-14)
ADDED: the ability to set event publish status support to CSV
ADDED: event time fields for start and end of event – all the time values are required to save event times
ADDED: event orgaizer field capabilities support to CSV
ADDED: event google map generation value support to CSV
FIXED: aphostrophe containing values for event description can now be passed
TWEAKED: monir UI improvements

v 0.4 (2013-8-8)
TWEAKED: Compatibility to eventON 2.1.14

v 0.3
UPDATED: Converted to a WP plugin as oppose to an addon to eventon

v 0.2

v 0.1
Initial release

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