{"id":1484148,"date":"2018-03-20T09:53:03","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T16:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/import-csv-only-updates-first-5-posts\/"},"modified":"2018-03-20T09:53:03","modified_gmt":"2018-03-20T16:53:03","slug":"import-csv-only-updates-first-5-posts","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/import-csv-only-updates-first-5-posts\/","title":{"rendered":"Import CSV only updates first 5 posts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have a master csv file that will eventually contain thousands of events. I would like to be able to reimport this file whenever an event changes and have it update all of the events that are already in the system, as well as create any new events since the last import. It appears that this should be the default functionality.<\/p>\n<p>However, when I reimport the csv file, it updates the first 5 events and then creates new events from the remaining rows\u2026regardless of whether they are already in the system or not. It doesn\u2019t matter if I use my own or the example one on this page https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/knowledgebase\/csv-files-options-and-examples\/.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve tried updating my csv file\/checking for errors and double checking the import settings to make sure it\u2019s set to overwrite any changes from the original source.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re currently testing this on a beta server and not on the live server.<\/p>\n<p>Are there any suggestions on how to fix this?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-1484148","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Import CSV only updates first 5 posts -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/import-csv-only-updates-first-5-posts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Import CSV only updates first 5 posts -\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I have a master csv file that will eventually contain thousands of events. I would like to be able to reimport this file whenever an event changes and have it update all of the events that are already in the system, as well as create any new events since the last import. It appears that [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/import-csv-only-updates-first-5-posts\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/import-csv-only-updates-first-5-posts\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/import-csv-only-updates-first-5-posts\/\",\"name\":\"Import CSV only updates first 5 posts -\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-03-20T16:53:03+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/import-csv-only-updates-first-5-posts\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/import-csv-only-updates-first-5-posts\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/import-csv-only-updates-first-5-posts\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Topics\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/topics\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Calendar Products\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/forum\/events\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Event Aggregator\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/forum\/events\/event-aggregator\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":5,\"name\":\"Import CSV only updates first 5 posts\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/\",\"name\":\"\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Import CSV only updates first 5 posts -","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/import-csv-only-updates-first-5-posts\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Import CSV only updates first 5 posts -","og_description":"I have a master csv file that will eventually contain thousands of events. I would like to be able to reimport this file whenever an event changes and have it update all of the events that are already in the system, as well as create any new events since the last import. It appears that [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/import-csv-only-updates-first-5-posts\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/import-csv-only-updates-first-5-posts\/","url":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/import-csv-only-updates-first-5-posts\/","name":"Import CSV only updates first 5 posts -","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-03-20T16:53:03+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/import-csv-only-updates-first-5-posts\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/import-csv-only-updates-first-5-posts\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/import-csv-only-updates-first-5-posts\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Topics","item":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/topics\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Calendar Products","item":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/forum\/events\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Event Aggregator","item":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/forum\/events\/event-aggregator\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"Import CSV only updates first 5 posts"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/#website","url":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/","name":"","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/1484148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/1484148\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1484148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}