Community Data Management

An overview of all settings under Data management.

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This setting allows community administrators to manage the data within the community in different ways. Ideascale offers the adoption of importing ideas and votes and erasing data from the community. It is separated in 2 major toggle sections:

Basic Settings

Advanced Settings

Data Management Settings: Basic

Toggling the switch to Basic from any section under Community Settings will show the following settings:

1. Import data

2. Erase Community Data

Import Data

Importing data gives community administrators easy access to add in bulk ideas and votes to the community.
 
a. Import Ideas:

This setting helps community administrators to import bulk ideas in a community by using an Excel sheet.

b. Import Comments:

This setting helps community administrators to import bulk comments in a community by using an Excel sheet.

c. Import Idea Owners:
This settings helps community administrators to bulk import idea owners for ideas by using an Excel sheet.

d. Import Votes: 
This setting helps administrators to import bulk votes for ideas in a community by using an Excel sheet.

Data Management Setting: Advanced

Toggling the switch to Advanced will show the following setting in addition to the Basic settings mentioned above:

Erase Community Data

This feature gives community administrators a way to erase the ideas from the entire community or erase all the ideas and members from the community.

Help Article on Erase ideas and members