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Built on Tallybox v1.4.0 · captured 2026-11-11
Setting up
Guide 2.5

Export and import a contest

Save a contest as one file, and bring it into another copy of Tallybox. Useful for building a contest in advance, or reusing last year's.

Who can do thisSuper AdminAdmin

Export a contest

Admins and Super Admins can save any contest as a bundle file.

  1. Choose Export contestIt is in the row menu on the Contests list, and in the Actions menu on the contest page.
  2. Choose whether to Include photosPhotos make the file larger.
  3. ConfirmYour browser downloads the bundle file.

Import a contest

Super Admin only. Import contest only appears for Super Admins. An Admin who needs a contest imported should ask a Super Admin.
The Import contest window over the Contests list: a Bundle file drop area, an Event list, a Dry run switch that is turned on, and Submit and Cancel buttons.
  1. Bundle file: drop the file you exported, or choose Browse.
  2. Event: pick the event to put the contest in. Leave empty to use the event named in the file, creating it if needed.
  3. Dry run: on by default. It checks the file and shows what would happen without changing anything.
  4. Submit.
  1. On the Contests list, choose Import contest
  2. Add the Bundle file and, if you want, pick the Event
  3. Leave Dry run on and choose SubmitRead the result. It tells you if the file has problems.
  4. Choose Import contest again, switch Dry run off and choose SubmitThis time the contest is really imported.
Always dry run first. A dry run changes nothing, so you can repeat it until the file passes.