{"id":229,"date":"2012-07-01T15:42:22","date_gmt":"2012-07-01T14:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prodpad.com\/?p=229"},"modified":"2022-11-30T13:07:41","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T13:07:41","slug":"import-product-backlog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prodpad.com\/blog\/import-product-backlog\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoom zoom! The fastest way to manage your product backlog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When you first sign up for ProdPad, you&#8217;re faced with the scary &#8216;blank slate&#8217;. We know you&#8217;ve already made a list of your want-have&#8217;s should-have&#8217;s could-have&#8217;s. And while you&#8217;ll be able to manage them better in ProdPad, we&#8217;d hate for you to have to enter them all in individually. Yuck.<br><br>To save you the pain, we&#8217;ve created a little wizard to help you import your existing backlog, including your additional notes and comments.<br><br><strong>To import your product backlog<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/prodpad2017.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/dashboard-focus-on-import.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prodpad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/dashboard-focus-on-import-300x224.png\" alt=\"Looking at the Import Backlog feature in ProdPad\" class=\"wp-image-230\" title=\"ProdPad dashboard, looking at the Import Backlog feature\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.prodpad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/dashboard-focus-on-import-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/www.prodpad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/dashboard-focus-on-import-1024x765.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.prodpad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/dashboard-focus-on-import-768x574.png 768w, https:\/\/www.prodpad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/dashboard-focus-on-import.png 1146w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Save your backlog as a CSV file.<\/strong> Include at least a description or summary field, and feel free to include a column for the business case notes, and another one for generic notes. It&#8217;ll help keep things organised during the import if you give your columns headers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Head to <a title=\"ProdPad Dashboard\" href=\"https:\/\/app.prodpad.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">your dashboard<\/a> and find the &#8220;Other ways to add an idea&#8230;&#8221; module.<\/strong> The first option we give you is to import a list, which you can start with the, you guessed it, &#8220;Start import&#8221; button.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Follow the steps to upload your file and map the columns.<\/strong> Once you&#8217;ve uploaded the file, we&#8217;ll read the columns you gave it, and then allow you to map each heading to a corresponding field in ProdPad. Anything added in the &#8216;Additional Notes&#8217; section will be added as a comment to the item.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><a href=\"http:\/\/prodpad2017.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/import-ideas-step-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"79\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prodpad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/import-ideas-step-1-300x79.png\" alt=\"Import your ideas into ProdPad\" class=\"wp-image-236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.prodpad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/import-ideas-step-1-300x79.png 300w, https:\/\/www.prodpad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/import-ideas-step-1-768x203.png 768w, https:\/\/www.prodpad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/import-ideas-step-1.png 846w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Importing your existing product backlog. Step 1: Choose your CSV file<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><a href=\"http:\/\/prodpad2017.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/import-ideas-step-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"129\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prodpad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/import-ideas-step-2-300x129.png\" alt=\"Import your existing product backlog into ProdPad\" class=\"wp-image-235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.prodpad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/import-ideas-step-2-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/www.prodpad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/import-ideas-step-2-768x330.png 768w, https:\/\/www.prodpad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/import-ideas-step-2.png 856w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Importing your existing product backlog. Step 2: Map the columns of your CSV to available fields in ProdPad<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you save, your ideas will be imported, and you&#8217;ll be able to add more details, tag your colleagues in them so that they can follow and join the discussion, and more.<br><br>And always remember, if you ever want to export your list of ideas from your ProdPad product backlog, you can do so with a single click at any time.<br><br>Happy building!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you first sign up for ProdPad, you&#8217;re faced with the scary &#8216;blank slate&#8217;. We know you&#8217;ve already made a list of your want-have&#8217;s should-have&#8217;s could-have&#8217;s. 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