Import repeatable groups

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Problem: I would like to import hundreds of entries in a repeating field group.

Solution: Under the hood, RFG are actually posts in a one-to-many relationship, where the parent is the post containing the field group and each field group row is a child. The slug of the relationship is identical to the slug of the RFG. With that in mind, you can use this guide to create a CSV file containing the relationship information as postmeta values. Use a CSV importer to import this information, then use the Toolset Import tool to import the post relationships.

Relevant Documentation:
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/importing-content-from-csv-with-post-relationships/

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Last updated by Twig 6 years, 3 months ago.

Assisted by: Christian Cox.

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September 23, 2018 at 1:48 pm #1113866

Twig

Thanks for the info. Related question - I have a lot of RFG info to import (around 200 entries) and I'd rather not do it manually. In the postmeta table, I can see the RFG posts (as a custom post type) but I can't see how they get related to the parent post ( the page that contains the RFG).

How are these connected, and how could I import a bunch of new RFG options directly into the DB?

Thanks

September 23, 2018 at 1:52 pm #1113867

Christian Cox

In the recently updated post relationships system, posts are no longer related directly by postmeta information. There are separate Toolset tables that manage post relationships. Under the hood, RFG are actually posts in a one-to-many relationship, where the parent is the post containing the field group and each field group row is a child. The slug of the relationship is identical to the slug of the RFG. With that in mind, you can use this guide to create a CSV file containing the relationship information as postmeta values. Use a CSV importer to import this information, then use the Toolset Import tool to import the post relationships. https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/importing-content-from-csv-with-post-relationships/

September 23, 2018 at 1:57 pm #1113870

Twig

I ended up adding them manually but this information is great for future reference. Thank you.