Mass import up to thousands of Downloads into Download Monitor with the CSV Importer. This user-friendly importer, with clear step-by-step instructions helps you import Downloads including their categories, tags, files into Download Monitor.
Preparing the CSV file
Before you can start the import process you need to create a CSV file that contains the downloads and version you want to import. We’ve created an example CSV file you can use that contains the default headers, a sample download row and a sample version row. Note the first column in the CSV file named type, this column defines if the row is a download or a version row.
Adding multiple version
You can add as many versions to a file as you like by simply adding rows to your CSV file with version as type. It is important that the versions you add are directly after the download they should be linked to.
Usage
After installing the extension head over to Tools > Import and click on the Download Monitor CSV Importer link.
Upload the CSV file
At the first step of the CSV Importer you select your CSV file and set the used delimiter. By default CSV files use a comma , as delimiter but if you’ve created a spreadsheet on Mac using Numbers and exported to CSV the delimiter is most likely a ;
Mapping the data
At the next step you can ‘map’ the columns found in the CSV file to download data fields. The extension will try to map as many columns automatically by recognizing what columns are what fields. Note that this overview contains both download and version fields, not all fields are used in every row because download rows take different fields than version rows. After you’ve mapped all columns you want to import to Download Monitor fields press the Start Import button.
After the import is done you will be redirected to a page telling you how many downloads have been imported.