Suggestion: Add an Archidekt .csv template option for importing a collection .csv

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begrime avatarbegrime 48 days
{"ops":[{"insert":"This is a followup to a thread I just posted "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/forum/thread/15700062"},"insert":"https://archidekt.com/forum/thread/15700062"},{"insert":"\n\nIn this thread, I was attempting to replace a single tag on a large selection of cards instead of replacing all labels on that selection of cards. I was unable to find a satisfactory way of doing this with Archidekt.\n\nI attempted to work around this issue by exporting my collection as a .csv file. I then opened this .csv in Excel, edited the \"tags\" column, then exporting back to a .csv. I was planning on replacing my current Archidekt collection with the edited with Excel. I decided against this, because there there was no way of entering the \"Date Added\" column. If I edited my collection in this way, the \"Date Added\" attribute on all of my cards would have been changed to August 30th.\n\nWhen attempting to import the .csv, there were options for using formatting from Cardsphere, Deck Box, Delver Lens, Dragonshield, Helvault, ManaBox - Single Folder, ManaBox - whole selection, and Moxfield. There was no option for importing using Archidekt's .csv format.\n\nWhether or not you should be able to manually manipulate the \"date added\" and other fields is subjective; however, I think there should be an option for using Archidekt's .csv formatting while imoprting a .csv instead of having to enter the columns manually.\n"}]}
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{"ops":[{"insert":"We used to have one, but I removed it because it confused too many people. \n\nSince our exporter is dynamic, and allows users to enable/ disable whatever columns they want, a hard coded list of what we expect for columns ended up being wrong more often than it was right.\n\nThere's enough people who don't know what a CSV is that whenever any columns don't align, they get hard stuck and don't know what to do. \n"}]}
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begrime avatarbegrime 48 days
{"ops":[{"insert":"Thanks for the quick reply!\n\nMakes sense why it was removed. I guess that's one of the big challenges of trying to develop a tool that's accessible to a wide audience.\n"}]}
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