Blink allows you to import contacts from a CSV file.
Importing contacts into Blink is useful because it saves you time entering each of your contacts one-by-one. Blink also allows you to export contacts from common places you may be storing them now, such as a smart phone (iPhone) or MS Outllook or your web mail program such as Hotmail or Gmail. Such files (.csv) can also be created in spreadsheet programs such as Excel or Google Docs.
To import your contacts into Blink you must first prepare the contacts in the Blink .csv template. You can download this template by going to Admin > Import > Contacts and clicking the Download Import Template button.
Each row in the template is entered as a separate contact in your Blink account. Each column in the template represents a field in the Blink contact module. Below is a list of all the fields and column headings. Note you can only import data into the fields on the Contact Details and Address tabs. When you have finished entering your data into the spreadsheet it should look something like the picture below. Note you must leave the first row as the column heading names.
Hint: You can use a spreadsheet program like MS Excel or a free online spreadsheet program such as Google Docs Spreadsheets (https://docs.google.com) or Zoho Spreadsheets (https://sheet.zoho.com) or EditGrid (http://www.editgrid.com) to open the template and enter your contacts.
When you have entered all your data into the .csv template you are ready to import it into your Blink account as follows:
- Click Admin > Import > Contacts
- Click on the icon next to Click icon to upload file then navigate to your template and select it to upload to your Blink account
- Click Import Now button
When finished you can check your contacts have been successfully imported by going to View Contacts
List of Template Column Names:
Contact.Title
Contact.FirstName
Contact.LastName
Contact.AddressLine1
Contact.AddressLine2
Contact.Suburb
Contact.State
Contact.PostCode
Contact.Country
Contact.SameAsStreet
Contact.MAddressLine1
Contact.MAddressLine2
Contact.MSuburb
Contact.MState
Contact.MPostCode
Contact.MCountry
Contact.MobilePhone
Contact.OfficePhone
Contact.HomePhone
Contact.OtherPhone
Contact.Email
Contact.Fax
Contact.Department
Contact.Role
Contact.Notes