Tutorial: Importing/Exporting Address Book Entries

Note: This post is a series of posts describing how to use certain features of Family Connections.  View the Tutorial category for a list of other tutorials in this series.

Importing Addresses into Family Connections

Family Connections currently supports importing CSV files from Gmail, Outlook and of course Family Connections.

To import addresses, simply navigate to the Address Book and click on the Import link in the top right hand corner.

Next, browse your computer for the .csv file that you exported from Gmail, Outlook or FCMS (see the exporting section for more info).

At this point, you can choose to make the addresses private by selecting the Private option (this will make all addresses in the CSV file private).

Finally, click the import button.  You will receive a success message when the import is complete.

CSV File requirements

Below is some detailed information on exactly how the CSV file should be formatted.  Please note that if you are importing from Gmail, Outlook or FCMS you can ignore this section because your CSV file will be formatted correctly.  This information is only needed for user’s who are trying to import data from hand or from another unsupported source.

The following list contains the data that Family Connections accepts, followed by the allowable field names for that data:

• First Name
  • fname
  • First Name
  • Given Name
• Last Name
  • lname
  • Last Name
  • Family Name
• Email
  • email
  • E-mail Address
  • E-mail 1 – Value
• Street Address
  • address
  • Home Street
  • Address 1 – Street
• City
  • Home City
  • Address 1 – City
• State
  • state
  • Home State
  • Address 1 – Region
• Postal Code
  • zip
  • Home Postal Code
  • Address 1 – Postal Code
• Home Phone Number
  • home
  • Home Phone
• Work Phone Number
  • work
  • Business Phone
• Cell Phone Number
  • cell
  • Mobile Phone

Exporting Addresses from Family Connections

Exporting Addresses is as easy as clicking on the Export button on the Address Book page.

After clicking Export, you will be prompted to save the CSV file.

Exporting from Gmail

See this tutorial on how to export contacts from Gmail.

Exporting from Outlook

See this tutorial from About.com.

See this tutorial from Microsoft.