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batch import player roster
Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2013 8:09 pm
by pshot
Rather then trying to explain by typing I made this quick screencast for my question
what am I missing here?
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Re: batch import player roster
Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2013 9:18 pm
by FTMSupport
It looks like you have "special characters" in the data you are copy / pasting. (There are certainly tabs in there, and we don't know what else may be in there). The batch import expects spaces as delimiters, not tabs or other special characters.
Re: batch import player roster
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 6:56 am
by pshot
hrmmmm Ill take a look at that
Re: batch import player roster
Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 10:42 am
by pshot
the confusing part is that some of the names work when importing multiple with no rhyme nor reason...in the list I could see no difference between any of the names....they were in 2 columns with a space between first and last
I fixed it very simply by removing all the spaces between the names and then re-adding 1 space between Firstname LastName....I imported 1 full division ( 61 players ) and split them to teams in approx 5 minutes
Re: batch import player roster
Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 11:41 am
by mprusak
I've noticed this behavior as well. Like you just stated, if you delete the spacing then add a single space this tends to alleviate the problem. Its kind of finicky.
What I have done is create a simple template in Excel that I can copy paste the names and then it gives me a clean output file with names, numbers, batting yes/no, right/left, etc to copy into the batch load area.