Import Contacts

Import bulk contacts from a CSV file and map the additional fields. The importing process makes it super easy and fast for your to get your contacts inserted into Mumara within few minutes.

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Step 1

Field	Description
File Source	Upload a CSV file from your computer or choose a file from already uploaded files to the server Upload Directory: Files can be uploaded to /storage/{userid}/files/imports/subscribers
Select File	Select the file from your computer or from the server (depending upon the selection you made above)
Contact List	Select a contact list you want the contacts to be imported in
Format	Which version of the email/broadcast these contacts will receive i.e HTML or TEXT
Confirmation Status	Import these contacts with a confirmed status so they receive your emails smoothly
Contact Status	Import these contacts with an active status so Mumara doesn't filter them out before sending emails
Header Included	Whether the first line of your CSV file contains a header or not. If yes then Mumara skips the first line during import
File Format	Choose the format of your file you are importing
Duplicates	If duplicates are found, do you want Mumara to skip duplicates or overwrite the previous contacts with new info
Import Speed Booster	Increase the import speed up to 4 times by opening parallel sockets

Step 2

Field Types

Field Type	Description
Email Address	It has to be a valid email address, otherwise Mumara will skip this row considering it as invalid contact
Country	Mumara recognizes countries shortcodes and maps them accordingly e.g US, PK, FR, etc
Text	Text field accepts any value (alphanumeric, special characters, etc)
Numeric	This field accepts an only numeric value (i.e 0-1)
Checkboxes	This type of field allows to select multiple options from the list of preset values
Radio Options	This type of field allows to select a single option from the list of preset values
Dropdown	Select an option from the list of pre-entered options
Multiline	Accepts multiline value e.g Address etc
Date	This field type just accepts date format. Moreover, you need to map it with the correct date format as appear in your file
JSON	This field type can carry JSON strings that can be used for deep segmentation

Override Creation Date

In some cases, you may need to override the creation date of the contacts that you are importing to match with your database. It is useful when you have triggers and drips running based on the contact's creation date.

Step 3

Total Contacts: It tells you the total contacts found in the file you imported
Imported Successfully: The number of contacts that were imported into the contact list successfully
Duplicates: Gives you the number of contacts that were found more than once
Invalid: The number of rows that had an invalid value or email address
Download!
You can download the duplicates and invalid contacts that Mumara had skipped during the import

Things to keep in mind

The file size you are uploading should be lesser than the value set for upload_max_filesize in the php.ini file
The file extension should be a supported extension by Mumara.
The import starts when the cron executes so you don't have to get panic why the import isn't starting.
Once the import has been started, you can navigate away from the page to close the page as the import process runs serverside.