{"id":23454,"date":"2021-09-14T13:34:51","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T13:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/?post_type=article&#038;p=23454"},"modified":"2024-03-19T13:00:01","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T13:00:01","slug":"jetengine-how-to-import-glossary-from-the-file","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/jetengine\/jetengine-how-to-import-glossary-from-the-file\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Import Glossary from the File"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/articles\/jetengine-glossaries-functionality-overview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Glossary<\/strong><\/a> is a feature of the <em>JetEngine <\/em>plugin, and it allows you to create a reusable list of items. With the manual input, you have to create the label and value for every item, and it could take some time, especially if the amount of items is a hundred or more. Instead, you could import a .csv or .json file with a list of countries, movie genres, or car types.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Login to the website\u2019s WordPress Dashboard, go to <strong>J<em>etEngine<\/em><\/strong><em> &gt; <\/em><strong><em>JetEngine Dashboard &gt; Glossaries,<\/em><\/strong> and press the \u201c<strong>New Glossary<\/strong>\u201d button. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/new-glossary-2.png\" alt=\"new glossary\">\n\n\n\n<p>Insert the name of the glossary into the <strong>Name <\/strong>bar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Data-Source-2.png\" alt=\"data source\">\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>Data Source <\/strong>bar has two options:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Set item manually<\/strong>. To find out how this option works, follow this <a href=\"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/articles\/jetengine-glossaries-functionality-overview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>tutorial<\/strong><\/a>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Get items from uploaded file<\/strong>. Choose this option if you want to import the items for the new glossary.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Glossary-bars-2.png\" alt=\"glossary bars\">\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s see what we\u2019ve got in the other bars:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>File to Get Data From<\/strong>. Click on the \u201c<strong>Select File\u201d <\/strong>button and upload or get from <strong>Media Library<\/strong> a .csv or .json file with the list; <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Value Column<\/strong>. Type the column name (or key for JSON objects) from which you want to get the value. You could leave the bar empty to detect the value automatically. Be aware that column names are case-sensitive; <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Label Column<\/strong>. Type the column name (or key for JSON objects) from which you want to get the label. You could leave the bar empty to detect the label automatically. Be aware that column names are case-sensitive. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>After all necessary actions, hit the \u201c<strong>Save<\/strong>\u201d button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Glossary could be used:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>in JetEngine <a href=\"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/articles\/how-to-create-a-custom-post-type-based-on-jetengine-plugin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>post types<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/articles\/jetengine-how-to-create-a-custom-content-type\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>custom content types<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/articles\/how-to-group-the-custom-meta-fields-for-the-certain-post-types-into-meta-boxes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>meta boxes<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/articles\/jetengine-options-page-overview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>options pages<\/strong><\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/articles\/how-to-create-a-booking-form-layout\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>forms<\/strong><\/a> (with Radio, Select, and Checkbox fields);<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> in <a href=\"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/articles\/jetsmartfilters-filter-settings-overview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>JetSmartFilters<\/strong><\/a> (also with Radio, Select, and Checkbox fields). <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you need more details on how to use glossaries with these plugins, check it out <a href=\"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/articles\/jetengine-glossaries-functionality-overview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s how the imported glossary will look in the post:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Glossary-in-the-post-2x.png\" alt=\"glossary in the post\">\n\n\n\n<p>In this way, you could import and set up a list of items as a Glossary in <em>JetEngine<\/em>. 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