Hi Ankiers, Let me explain. I’ve got a deck A with following entries. card 1: test 11 card 2: test 12 card 1: test 21 card 2: test 22 Now I’m importing a csv file in deck B with following entries. card 1: test 11 (identical as in deck A) card 2: test B.12 card 1: test 21 (identical as in d…

[image] svelteostrich: Doing so will update cards of deck A even though I specified deck B as target of import. This is because notes are updated according to the note type rather than the deck. Please see this post for possible solutions: File import (bug)

Import of csv overwrites entries of other deck with identical values for card 1

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abdo December 25, 2020, 8:01pm 2

This is because notes are updated according to the note type rather than the deck.

Please see this post for possible solutions: File import (bug)

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Import of csv overwrites entries of other deck with identical values for card 1

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