Mumara enhances your ability to build and maintain a robust contact database. With its advanced data mapping and import capabilities, the platform ensures your contact lists are both comprehensive and effortlessly maintained.
To add a contact, navigate to the Contacts section and select the Add a Contact option to manually input contact details into your desired list.
Select Contact List: Select from the dropdown menu the target list for your new contact. Custom fields linked to the selected list will automatically be presented for the additional details insertion.
Email Address: Enter the email address of the contact. This field is crucial as it serves as the primary identifier for the contact.
Format: Choose between “HTML” or “Text” format for the emails that the contact will receive, ensuring compatibility with the contact’s email client and preferences.
Confirmation Status: Designate whether the contact’s email address is “Confirmed” or “Unconfirmed”. Only contacts with a ‘Confirmed’ status will receive emails, unless a confirmation link is included in your email content.
Status: Toggle the contact’s status to ‘Inactive’ if you wish to temporarily halt email communication to this contact.
Bounced: Specify whether the contact’s email has been marked as ‘Bounced’. This is particularly useful when rectifying the status of a contact previously marked as ‘Bounced’ to ‘Not Bounced’.
Unsubscribed: Indicate if the contact has opted out of receiving communications. This feature is essential when updating the status of a contact from ‘Unsubscribed’ to ‘Subscribed’.
Additional Fields: Enter any other pertinent information in the additional fields that appear upon selecting a contact list. These fields allow for the capture of specialized data tailored to your contact management needs.
Commits the entered contact information to the selected list and prepares the form for the entry of another new contact.
Saves the provided contact information and closes the form, redirecting you to the main contact list overview.
Aborts the current entry, discarding any changes, and returns you to the previous screen without saving.
Note: Fields marked with an asterisk (*) are required.
Mumara simplifies the task of importing contacts by offering a straightforward and fast process to incorporate bulk contacts from a CSV file into your application. This guide will assist you in navigating the import process, ensuring that your contacts are swiftly and correctly imported into the application.
Before initiating the import process, there are several critical factors to consider to ensure a smooth and successful import:
File Size Limit: The size of the CSV file you are uploading must not exceed the upload_max_filesize limit specified in your server’s php.ini file. If your file is larger, you may need to increase this limit or split your file into smaller chunks.
Supported File Extensions: Ensure that the file extension of your CSV file is supported by Mumara. Typically, .csv is the standard, but check Mumara’s documentation for any other supported formats.
Import Triggered by Cron: The import process begins when the cron job executes. There’s no need for concern if the import doesn’t start immediately after you’ve initiated it; the cron schedule will trigger the process.
Server-Side Import Processing: After starting the import, you have the freedom to navigate away from the page or even close it. The import procedure runs in the background on the server, so your presence on the page is not required for it to continue.
By keeping these points in mind, you can ensure that your contact import to Mumara is executed effectively and without any unexpected issues.
Begin by specifying the source of your CSV file:
Configure your import settings for optimal integration:
Skip: Selecting ‘Skip’ will instruct Mumara to ignore the duplicate contact in the CSV file and not make any changes to the existing contact information in your database.
Overwrite: If ‘Overwrite’ is chosen, Mumara will replace the existing contact’s details with the information from the CSV file including the Subscriber ID. In short, it will delete the existing duplicate contact from the list and add the new one.
Update: The ‘Update’ option will replace the existing contact’s details with the information from the CSV file. This is useful when you want to update contact information with the most recent data.
Accurately map your CSV columns to the relevant fields in Mumara:
When importing contacts into Mumara, it’s crucial to understand the different field types to ensure accurate data mapping. Here is a description of each field type available:
Country: Mumara can recognize country codes and map them to their full names. For example, ‘US’ will be mapped to ‘United States’, ‘PK’ to ‘Pakistan’, ‘FR’ to ‘France’, and so on.
Text: Any alphanumeric or special character data is accepted in this field. It’s versatile and can include a wide range of textual information.
Numeric: This field is strictly for numerical values. Ensure that the data contains numbers only (integers or decimals).
Checkboxes: Utilize this field when you have multiple options available, and more than one can be selected for a single contact separated by comma e.g. black, brown, white.
Radio Options: This is for fields where only one option can be selected from a list of preset values. It’s similar to checkboxes but limited to a single choice.
Dropdown: Use this for a list of pre-entered options where one can be selected from a dropdown menu.
Multiline: This field is suitable for data that spans multiple lines, such as addresses or any other information that requires more space.
Date: The date field accepts only date-formatted data. You will need to map it with the correct date format as it appears in your CSV file to ensure proper importation.
JSON: For more complex data segmentation needs, this field can store JSON strings, allowing for a structured and detailed data representation.
Note: It’s important to align the data in your CSV file with the corresponding field type to ensure the integrity of your contact database post-import.
Email Address Validation:
If the email address is not valid, Mumara will skip this row considering it as an invalid entry.
Proceed with the import process:
Note:
The import may take some time to start as it runs in the background with the cron execution. Once the import starts, the progress bar should start as well.
After the import is finalized:
Note: Accuracy in your CSV file preparation and field mapping is critical to a successful import process.