Modify List Group or List Subscribers by Import

To define and execute a one-time importer use the [Import Subscribers Now] button on the subscriber importers list page for a list group or subscriber list.

The import wizard lets you define the modifications that shall be performed on the list and/or list group subscribers.

The modifications defined in this wizard are used once, for a one-time import of subscriber data. If you want to define modification settings that you can save for later re-use, define and save a Reusable Importer instead.

The wizard has seven pages: Type, Type Details, Source, Parse Details, Map Fields, Mapping Details, and Launch Import.

The top row of the wizard displays links to these seven pages. The page that is currently open is highlighted. Depending on the choices made on some of the wizard pages, other pages may become disabled or may be shown in different versions. If a wizard page is disabled, then it means that this page is not necessary with the current choices and can safely be ignored.

Type Details Page: Additional Settings for Modification

This screen defines the details for the selected modification type. Not all of the details are available for all of the selected modification types.

Choice: If a new subscriber is not yet in the list group:

What happens during an "add to a list" with imported rows that are not already found as existing subscribers of the list group the list belongs to?

Available for:

Add to List
Synchronize with List
Full Synchronize with List

The choices are:

Add as new list group subscriber: The system creates a new list group subscriber that is then subscribed to the list.
Ignore subscriber row: The system does not create a new list group subscriber and ignores the imported row.

Choice: The update may be applied to:

How will an "update" of a list subscriber be applied - to the actual list specific profile values or to both the shared values from the list group the list belongs to and the list specific values?

Available for:

Update in List
Synchronize with List
Full Synchronize with List

The choices are:

List and list group values: The system updates both the list values and, if supplied, the list group values.
Only list values: The system updates only the list values and ignores any list group related values.

Choice: Overwrite manual changes:

What happens during an "update" with subscribers that have manually modified their profile values since the last import modification?

Available for:

Update in List Group or List
Synchronize with List Group or List
Full Synchronize with List Group or List

The choices are:

Yes, overwrite manual changes with imported values: The system overwrites the current data of the subscriber with the imported data even if the subscriber or the administrator has done manual changes on this data since the last import.
No, keep values of manually changed subscribers: All subscribers where the data has been modified manually since the last import are not affected by the import; they are left unchanged.