As you can see in the picture below, the fields imported reasonably well. One noticeable difference from Scenario 1, is Google adds a Label onto the contact record called “Imported on mm/dd/”.
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vCard viewed in a code editor To import a vCard into Google Contacts The majority of the file is from the encoded photo. Using VS Code, or another editor, you can look at the generated file from Outlook which uses VCARD Version 2.1. This makes sense as who would give out a business card with all the information. However, vCard files don’t include all the fields that show on All Contact fields, but a subset. These were entered using All Fields and All Contact fields. In addition to basic contact fields, I added multiple email addresses, categories, birthdays, the business home page, photos, etc. For this test, I used two contacts from Microsoft Outlook 365. Many popular contact databases use this file format. You can think of a vCard as an electronic business card. If you have a few contacts, using a vCard is a good option. I can see adding contacts without a name, but why would I just want to enter someone’s name without their email? Moreover, there is no way to enter other contact fields. Note email address is carried over into the Name field. This makes it easier to find the contact. In addition, Google has used the email address as the Name for the record that only has an email address. Google will assign these 3 contacts with my label of Test-CMC. Google converts the string to contact records Optionally, you can add a label by clicking the No Label button on the top.If you want a combined record of name and email, wrap the email in. Enter your string with each contact separated by a comma.The Create Multiple Contacts dialog opens.Jane Doe, Cindy Klein To import contacts via a string One name, one email, and contact with both. The entries should be separated by a comma.įor example, the string below will create 3 contact records. You can enter just a name, email, or both. Google provides a direct entry method where you provide the name and email address. Let’s start with a simple scenario where you have several contacts you wish to enter. The more fields in your current system and Google Contacts have in common, the better your success rate. This is not to say the process is bulletproof, and it is dependent on your vendor data source and data quality. Many of the previous errors did not recur.
Since then, Google has made the process more robust. When I wrote this article years ago, I ran into many perplexing error messages that offered little help. Scenario 4 – Creating a CSV Template (Google).Scenario 3 – Importing an Outlook CSV File.Scenario 2 – Import vCard into Contacts.Scenario 1 – Importing Multiple Contacts.
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