Path: Community Settings >> Data Management
This setting allows administrator to manage the data within the community in different ways. Ideascale offers adoption of importing ideas and votes, erasing data from the community and also rebuilding data within the community. It is separated in 2 major toggle sections:
Data Management Settings: Basic
Toggling the switch to Basic from any section under Community Settings will show the following settings:
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Import Data
Importing data gives administrator easy access to add in bulk ideas and votes to the community.
a. Import Ideas:
This setting helps administrator to import bulk ideas in a community by using an Excel sheet.
Help article: http://support.ideascale.com/setup/import-ideas
b. Import Comments:
This setting helps administrator to import bulk comments in a community by using an Excel sheet.
Help article: https://intercom.help/ideascale/en/articles/2284743-import-comments
c. Import Votes: This setting helps administrator to import bulk votes for ideas in a community by using an Excel sheet.
Help article: https://support.ideascale.com/setup/import-votes
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Rebuild Data
This consists of Rebuild tag cloud, rebuild search index and rebuild RSS feeds.
a. Rebuild Tag Cloud: This helps to rebuild the tag cloud for all the ideas.
Help article: https://support.ideascale.com/reporting/rebuild-tag-cloud
b. Rebuild Search Index: This allows to rebuild the index for the text based search.
Help article: https://support.ideascale.com/reporting/re-indexing-text-data-for-online-search
c. Rebuild RSS Feeds: This setting allows to rebuild the feeds for both ideas and comments.
Help article: https://support.ideascale.com/reporting/rebuild-rss-feeds
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Data Management Setting: Advanced
Toggling the switch to Advanced will show following setting in addition to the Basic settings mentioned above:
Erase Community Data
This feature gives administrator a way to erase the ideas from the entire community or erase all the ideas and members from the community.
Help article: https://support.ideascale.com/communities/erase-ideas-and-members