Title: REpeating CSV imports
Last modified: January 30, 2023

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# REpeating CSV imports

 *  Resolved [webpropopuli](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webpropopuli/)
 * (@webpropopuli)
 * [3 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/repeating-csv-imports/)
 * What happens if I upload the same CSV again – or a subset of it – with some fields
   changed. Hopefully, it will updat the existing records and not duplicate them.
   
   If so, what information needs to stay the same so the system knows it’s the same
   entry (i.e. it can’t just be the name, maybe name and address.Alternatively, 
   would it be better to export the current list, delete entries, update and re-
   import? That seems like a mess. Thanks

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 *  Plugin Author [Steven](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shazahm1hotmailcom/)
 * (@shazahm1hotmailcom)
 * [3 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/repeating-csv-imports/#post-16422824)
 * **RE: What happens if I upload the same CSV again – or a subset of it – with 
   some fields changed.**
 * The rows will be imported as new entries.
 * **RE: what information needs to stay the same so the system knows it’s the same
   entry (i.e. it can’t just be the name, maybe name and address.**
 * Correct, it is not possible to “know” if the CSV record is new or an update with
   just a name or even a name and address.
 * To update an existing directory entry listing via CSV, you would add an “Entry
   ID” column to the CSV file and add the existing directory entry listing ID value
   to this column. This is the same process as plugins that allow importing and 
   updating WordPress Pages/Posts (though some plugins enable you to choose which
   CSV field should be considered when determining a duplicate page/post [update
   existing by Post ID, Title, or Slug]).
 * **RE: would it be better to export the current list, delete entries, update and
   re-import? That seems like a mess.**
 * Actually, this is precisely what I recommend as it is very quick and easy to 
   apply sorts and filtering to a CSV file, make changes, remove unchanged rows,
   and upload/import only the changed CSV rows, as that saves the time of creating
   and/or updating the previous CSV files with the entry ID value.
 * I hope this helps; please let me know.

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 * [csv](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/csv/)
 * [entry](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/entry/)
 * [Import](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/import/)
 * [record](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/record/)
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 * Last reply from: [Steven](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shazahm1hotmailcom/)
 * Last activity: [3 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/repeating-csv-imports/#post-16422824)
 * Status: resolved