Bug: Import overwrites user fields

[Fred-DTV]

Hello,

I found a little bug: When importing an excel spreadsheet, the pre-defined user fields would get deleted. So with every import (basically every update of a spreadsheet) it is necesseray to fill out the user fields again.

[cpvalente]

Hi @DachsbauTV , thank you for the report.

This happens because the importer looks for labels in the user fields such as user0:fieldName as described in the docs

This is indeed counter productive behaviour and should be revised. I will add a patch to production

[griffon56]

Hello, this software is great tool for our production. I have the same kind of bug : also there seem to be no field in the Excel file import for Public info/ Backstage info / End messages. Indeed when importing a file, these fields are emptied in the sofware. It would be great to have dedicated fields for them in the Excel sheet.
Also, the "Is Public" collumn has no impact on the "make event public".

[cpvalente]

Thank you @griffon56. Great that you took the time to get involved and help with issue tracking. I will prioritise a fix for next release (lately I have been releasing once a month).

It is also a good idea to add the remaining fields as you mention. Currently there is a feature in testing to export CSV. It would make sense to do this changes after so that I can keep a round trip import / export in sync.

Meanwhile I was unable to recreate the issue with isPublic. What system are you using? Are you doing this through the app or browser? Do the other fields work fine? It seems that the app can recognise any text in the a field named 'is public? (x)' 'is public' or 'public' as a positive. Can you share some screenshots of your imports? Even better would be the failing excel file, you can send it to [email protected]