Importing groups

[jeremylichtman]

When I import groups, the data appear as smart groups. Is there a way to make the import create normal groups instead?

[eileenmcnaughton]

I'm surprised it does that - the saved_search_id field is the field that determines smart groupiness

[jeremylichtman]

I'll try with that field explicitly set to zero or null. I didn't have it as part of the import.

[jeremylichtman]

Looked in the API explorer, as you recommended.

The imported groups don't show; only the default admin group:

    {
    "is_error": 0,
    "version": 3,
    "count": 1,
    "id": 1,
    "values": [
        {
            "id": "1",
            "name": "Administrators",
            "title": "Administrators",
            "description": "Contacts in this group are assigned Administrator role permissions.",
            "is_active": "1",
            "visibility": "User and User Admin Only",
            "group_type": [
                "1"
            ],
            "is_hidden": "0",
            "is_reserved": "0"
        }
    ]
}

I can see the imported groups in the smart groups block, but can't figure out which table they're in in the API explorer.

[Dubidubiduu]

@jeremylichtman Did you find a solution to this? Have you got a default .csv for importing non smart groups?