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🚀 New Tutorial: Import Tool Series, Part 4 — Import New in Synced Mode

Overview

Part 4 is here — the final installment in the Import Tool tutorial series. It walks through starting a brand-new Competition in Synced mode and importing its schedules and matches from scratch.

Setting a Competition up in Synced mode from the start pays off down the road: every future update and change flows in through a new import file, with the tool matching on unique match IDs and showing you exactly what's changed — no need to edit match by match. With this release, the full four-part series is now available in the Knowledge Base.

Feature Details

📥 Import New in Synced Mode (Full-Access Administrators & Assignors with the Import permission)

What's New:

  • Because Synced mode relies on unique, consistent match IDs, you create the Competition first (with Import Mode set to Synced), then import into it

  • The new template has no Competition column — its first column is Schedule, and the Use Excel Column option builds your schedules and sorts matches into them automatically

  • The same staging workflow applies: map, review, and create all new matches in a single click

🛠️ Finish Setting Up for Assigning

A convenient review of basic items needed before assigning is included with this tutorial:

  • After importing, complete schedule settings, add match roles, and any schedule-level assigning rules

  • Add your assignors explicitly — importing matches does not add you as an assignor automatically!

  • Set payors, payment methods, and default game fees per schedule to document payments and track spending

Tutorial Series — Now Complete

All four parts are available in the Knowledge Base:

Support

For questions about the Import Tool:

Happy importing!

The Ref Insight Team