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Import pins from a BCF file

Matrise BCF import reads a BCF file and places each issue in it as a pin on your site. BCF, the BIM Collaboration Format, is an open file format that modelling programs use to pass issues about a model back and forth. Use it to bring back issues your team has worked on in another program.

Import shows at every access level, but only Master can import. Other levels see Not permitted.

Import a BCF file

  1. Click Pins on the rail.
  2. Click Import.
  3. Choose a file ending in .bcf or .bcfzip.

Matrise shows how many issues were added and how many were updated.

  • An issue that came from this site, for example one you exported earlier, updates the existing pin: its title, description, type, status, priority, assignment, stage, due date, labels, comments, position and element. Who created it and when stay as they were.
  • An issue that is new to the site is added as a new pin.
  • An issue with no saved view has no position, so it is skipped.

Import a CSV file

Import also accepts a CSV file in the layout that Export CSV writes. Pins already on the site are left as they are, and rows without a position are skipped. See Export pins to a spreadsheet.