Session Import (in Speaker and Session Management)

Steps to Follow

In the first step of the wizard you can click a link to download a template file to populate.
If you're updating existing sessions, you can choose to download a list of all sessions, for you to edit, save, and upload back.
Include Session Custom Fields as their own columns.
Use the Custom Field Code as the column header.
For questions with pre-set options (that is answers), use the option Code as the value in the spreadsheet.
To assign more than one pre-set option value to a custom field where the Custom Field Type allows it, separate the values using the pipe character.
Example: "Marketing Automation|Social Media|Big Data".
Once you have a file ready to import, click Next in the first step.
Drop a file into step 2, or click Choose File and select the file to upload.
In the Session Import step, map the columns in your import file to the Session Field in Certain.
Click Complete Import to start or schedule the import process.
You receive an email advising that the import is complete, and details of any rows that failed to import (for example, because they didn't match the validation rules mentioned above).

If the Session Code for a record in the import file already exists in the event, then the import will update the existing session.
For example, you could assign speakers to existing sessions via an import.
Note, however: An import to update records still needs values for most of the required fields, even if they're unchanged.
If left blank, then for new records but not for updates, Duration will default to 60 minutes, Capacity to 1, and Instances to 1.
If the import updates an existing record, and the update includes values for any of the fields that could be multiple items (Job Functions, Industries, Tags, or Speaker Usernames), it will only add values, if there are any different ones; it will not delete any that are not in the import row.
Example: Session A has tags Tag1 and Tag2, and the import includes Session A with Tag1 and Tag3. That would add Tag3 to Session A but would not delete Tag2 from it.