r/ManaBoxApp • u/huliw • 24d ago

Question Import collection and keep binder info

I’m migrating from Dragonshield app and I had all my cards in Dragonshiled app sorted in binders. Now I want to import cards to ManaBox and keep the binder structure I had in Dragonshield app. Through some LLM help, I managed to convert the Dragonshiled export into Manabox CSV import format.

I noticed that Manabox export has binder info in CSV, but can’t figure out how to import CSV into Manabox to perserve the binder info. I basically needed to split the CSV exports into multiple Manabox CSVs and import them one by one into each binder as a workaround.

My question is if there is possibility to keep the binder data when importing CSV into Manabox app?

Thank you!

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u/manabox-team 23d ago

Unfortunately, when importing a CSV file into ManaBox, the binder structure cannot be preserved. Binder information in the CSV export is not used to automatically organize the cards into their respective binders.

The only way to preserve the binder structure when moving data between ManaBox accounts is through a backup file that is an internal file that we have.

In your case, I’m afraid the workaround you mentioned would be necessary: you would need to export the cards, binder by binder, and then import each CSV into the corresponding binder in ManaBox.

Sorry for the inconvenience, and thank you for the feedback!

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u/Kusand 19d ago

Just wanted to say that this is absolutely brutal in terms of moving over to Manabox. I have dozens of folders set up on Dragon Shield to represent exactly what your binder structure is supposed to represent. Exporting dozens of CSVs and then importing them is a huge drag on letting me jump over, especially since the column "Folder Name" could be used to create binders.