Mass importing Stop Causes into Factbird:

This page will help you import several stop causes into Factbird’s system. Instead of going into the system on the Register Stops page and adding one new stop cause manually, as seen in the bottom right corner below, indicated by a purple pen symbol:

It is instead possible to download our Excel template (attached at the end of the article) and write all stops in one go. In the sheet below, it is possible to see the columns required, along with a description of what needs to be added to each column.

⚠️ Keep in mind that for Stop Cause Type, you must put one of the four options listed and write them the same way. This way, our system is able to register which stop type is being registered.

• If you update the "name" of a stop cause while keeping the same stop cause ID, that will change the name of the stop causes that appear for past registrations. The stop cause ID is what is stored in the stop registration.
• Creating a new stop cause is done by leaving the stop cause ID blank. The system will then create an ID upon import.
• Stop causes are removed if they are on the line but are not part of the imported Excel file. So if stop cause "A" is on the line already, and an import is done with a file that only has stop cause "B", that would result in stop cause "A" being deleted, and stop cause "B" being created.

Download the file below to start your stop cause import process. Once complete, please see the video below for more help.

Copying Stops From One Line to Another