CSV Export - Preserving Comments
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Local Ladybug
Summary:
Currently, when users export schedules to CSV and re-upload them — even without modifying certain activities — any existing comments/descriptions on those events are removed. This causes data loss and extra manual work for teams using CSV uploads for bulk changes.
Current Behavior:
Comments/descriptions are included in the export (as of July 2025).
However, when the CSV is re-uploaded, the import process overwrites all events in the selected time window.
This means that comments/descriptions on unchanged events are deleted, even if the event itself wasn’t edited.
Desired Behavior:
When re-uploading a CSV, Assembled should preserve comments/descriptions for any events that have not been modified.
Ideally, the CSV import process should support one of the following enhancements:
- Selective overwrite – Only update events that have changed (based on event ID or modified fields).
- Preserve comments toggle – A checkbox or setting to retain existing comments during import.
- Ensure comments are included in both export and import without loss.