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Import Recurring Donations and Installment Opportunities
Learn how to bring existing recurring gift data into NPSP.
You should be familiar with editing spreadsheets and using a data import tool such as Data Loader.
If you're using Elevate for your online donations, see Import Recurring Donations Overview.
Setup—Before You Begin
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Confirm that you've upgraded to Enhanced Recurring Donations. See Which Version of Recurring Donations Am I Using?
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Confirm that you've enabled Automatic Recurring Donation Naming. Alternatively, you can plan to include Recurring Donations Names in your import spreadsheet.
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Confirm that you've mapped Recurring Donation Fields to Opportunity Fields.
Import Records
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Prepare your Recurring Donation spreadsheet for import.
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If you don't want NPSP to create a future, open Opportunity for your Recurring Donations, include Disable First Installment = TRUE for all rows in your spreadsheet.
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Import your Recurring Donation records. It's a good idea to import just a few records the first time so you can confirm that your data and field mapping is correct.
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Prepare your Opportunity spreadsheet for import. Here are some important considerations:
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Import your Opportunity records. It's a good idea to import just a few records the first time so you can confirm that your data and field mapping is correct.
After You Import
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In , run the Recurring Donations Batch to update Recurring Donation rollup fields.

