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MartynRa
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November 7, 2017
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Importing Issues using Kick-Starts

  • November 7, 2017
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Hi Everyone, It is the time of year where all next years issues have to be put in to Workfront. I have a (large) list of requests on a spreadsheet and I would like to use this as a basis for importing in to Workfront. I have downloaded the Issue .xlsx format template from the Kick-Starts Import Data page and there are 73 fields to complete, but which ones are mandatory and where can I find a map of the template fields to the issue screen field? Can I also populate any custom form fields as well? Has anyone successfully done this or point me in the direction of instructions of how to use this facility? Kind Regards Martyn Rattray Portfolio Planning Lead
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EXP_-_DustinMa
Level 8
November 8, 2017
Hi Martyn, If you export a blank kick-start file with issues as the selected object, you can open it and you'll find several of the fields are bolded. Those are the required fields. Off the top of my head, here are a few that come to mind: isTrue | ID | setName | setOpTaskType (this one is if it's a REQ, ISS, etc) | setWork (pln hrs or duration, can't remember) The rest are fields that can be filled out, but aren't necessarily required. The ID would be the ID that you're entering the object as in the list in the excel sheet (row 3 = id 1, row 4 = id 2, row 5 = id 3 etc...) It's just to ensure that the object is unique. I hope this helps! If you get stuck, I'd ask you to reach out to our Customer Care team so they can open a request and send it over to our Support team. Thanks, Dustin Martin Tier 2 Assigned Support Engineer Workfront
EricLu2
Level 10
November 7, 2017
Hi: I've done this a lot. What I do is export all issues to a file. Then I delete all of those issues but a few. Those few give me a template for inserting all of my new issues. That is how I know what is mandatory and what maps to what. Does that help at all? Eric
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