{"id":561,"date":"2019-03-04T17:54:31","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T17:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/builder-help.gjgardner.com\/?page_id=561"},"modified":"2021-12-07T00:47:04","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T00:47:04","slug":"import-leads","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"http:\/\/help.gjgardner.com\/nz\/hc\/setup\/sales-settings\/import-leads\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Import Leads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can import Leads into the system from some external system of yours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>To import Leads, on the navigational sidebar, select <strong>Setup<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Once the Setup section expands, select <strong>Sales<\/strong>.<\/li><li>On the tabbed menu, select <strong>Import Leads<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>The Import Leads page opens, as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1480\" height=\"723\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/import-leads-page.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.gjgardner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/import-leads-page.png 1480w, https:\/\/help.gjgardner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/import-leads-page-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/help.gjgardner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/import-leads-page-1024x500.png 1024w, https:\/\/help.gjgardner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/import-leads-page-768x375.png 768w, https:\/\/help.gjgardner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/import-leads-page-1200x586.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1480px) 100vw, 1480px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>You can import leads in two ways, as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>uploading an Excel file with leads<\/li><li>selecting a Google Sheet with leads<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>To import leads from an Excel file:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>To download the Excel template, click <strong>Generate Excel File<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Open the downloaded file and populate it with information about Leads.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-563\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/import-leads-template.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1142\" height=\"501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.gjgardner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/import-leads-template.png 1142w, https:\/\/help.gjgardner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/import-leads-template-300x132.png 300w, https:\/\/help.gjgardner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/import-leads-template-1024x449.png 1024w, https:\/\/help.gjgardner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/import-leads-template-768x337.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1142px) 100vw, 1142px\" \/><\/li><li>Save the file.<\/li><li>Click the <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-106 alignnone\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/browse-icon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"36\" height=\"40\">&nbsp;button.<\/li><li>Select the file with leads.<\/li><li>Click <strong>Import Leads<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>When importing the Excel file with Leads, the system performs the following validations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The system checks the presence of the First and Last Names of a Lead. If they both are specified, the system validates that a valid Salesperson (Gmail account) is specified. If all this information is available the system creates a new Lead of the Individual type,<\/li><li>If the system finds that either First or Last name is not specified, or both are empty, it further checks that the Business Name is specified. If the Business Name is provided, the system checks that a valid Salesperson (Gmail account) is specified. If all this information is available the system creates a new Lead of the Business type,<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>The system will reject Leads during import in following situations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>First and Last Names or Business Name are not specified.<\/li><li>The Salesperson (Gmail account) is empty or invalid.<\/li><li>Formatting is inconsistent.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><strong>Note<\/strong>\n\nWhile processing the imported Excel file, the system performs the following:\n1. Fetches the first 300 entries (excluding the Excel heading row). All the rows after 301 are not processed.\n2. Skips Leads with both empty First and Last Names, and empty Business Name, or with the empty or invalid Salesperson (Gmail account).<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>To import leads from a Google Sheet:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To download the Google Sheet template, click <strong>Generate Google Sheet<\/strong>. This opens the Link to Google Sheet form with the link to the Google Sheet template.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Open the Google Sheet template and populate it with information about Leads.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3582\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/google-sheet-lead-template.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1483\" height=\"724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.gjgardner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/google-sheet-lead-template.png 1483w, https:\/\/help.gjgardner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/google-sheet-lead-template-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/help.gjgardner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/google-sheet-lead-template-1024x500.png 1024w, https:\/\/help.gjgardner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/google-sheet-lead-template-768x375.png 768w, https:\/\/help.gjgardner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/google-sheet-lead-template-1200x586.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1483px) 100vw, 1483px\" \/><\/li><li>Switch back to the system.<\/li><li>Click the <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3583 alignnone\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/gdrive-button.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\">&nbsp;button.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3584\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/gdrive-select-file-form.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"998\" height=\"617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.gjgardner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/gdrive-select-file-form.png 998w, https:\/\/help.gjgardner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/gdrive-select-file-form-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/help.gjgardner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/gdrive-select-file-form-768x475.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 998px) 100vw, 998px\" \/><\/li><li>In the Select a file form, select the Google Sheet file with leads.<\/li><li>Click <strong>Import Leads<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>The system performs the same data validation of the imported Google Sheet file as for an Excel file.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can import Leads into the system from some external system of yours. To import Leads, on the navigational sidebar, select Setup. Once the Setup section expands, select Sales. On the tabbed menu, select Import Leads. 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