Upload files for this importer like this.

We recently made a Merit Badge Importer! You can now send us a .csv spreadsheet of your merit badge records and we can import them for you.

This importer only applies to BSA Scout merit badges. For other achievements, see “Import Your Achievements Instantly”

The spreadsheet should follow this pattern:

Required Columns:

• Last Name
• First Name
• MB Advancement
• Completed On (DD/MM/YYYY)

Optional Columns:

• BSA ID Number
• Awarded on (DD/MM/YYYY) [If this column is not included, it defaults to the Completed On date]
• Reported on (DD/MM/YYYY)
• Note
• Recognized (True/False) [Defaults to True]
• Purchased (True/False) [Defaults to True]
• Counselor Last Name
• Counselor First Name
• Applies to Rank

Importer Info

The order of the headers doesn’t matter. Also, headers are case-insensitive (so you can use First Name or first name or FIRST NAME). Dates should be in DD/MM/YYYY format. Only scouts (youth) are considered, so no youth or adult column is necessary like for other importers.

We try to find users by BSA ID first, then by first and last name. However, the BSA ID is optional, so be consistent in your naming. For example, if TroopTrack thinks John Smith Jr.'s first name is Johnny, use Johnny in the spreadsheet.

If the spreadsheet doesn’t contain all the required columns, we won’t be able to import your merit badges. Also, if any rows in your spreadsheet are missing any required fields (for example, no Completed On is listed for a merit badge), we won’t be able to perform the import.

Important Columns

MB Advancement

Three types of data can be imported with this importer:

• Merit Badges
• Merit Badge Requirements
• Imformation about Merit Badge Sub-requirements

The MB Advancement column is used to identify the merit badge or merit badge requirement you want to import. You can import completion data about merit badges as a whole or about the merit badge requirements.

To import merit badge information, enter the name of the merit badge here, eg. Camping. To import requirement data, enter the name of the merit badge and the number of the requirement separated by #, as in Camping#1 or Environmental Science#3. Sub-requirements aren’t recorded individually in TroopTrack, but if you enter the sub-requirement letter directly after the requirement number, like Camping#5b, the importer will append that information to the requirement’s note.

Counselor Last Name and Counselor First Name

If you provide these columns, the importer will use them to find a merit badge counselor and apply that counselor to the merit badge. This is only applicable when entering root merit badge completion; it will be ignored when entering requirement or sub-requirement completion.

Applies to Rank

Enter the name of the rank that the merit badge applies to, such as First Class or Eagle. This is only applicable when entering root merit badge completion; it will be ignored when entering requirement or sub-requirement completion.

Awarded On

If you leave out the Awarded On column, then each achievemnt defaults to be being awarded on the same date it was completed. If the Awarded On column is present, we import it exactly, blanks and all (which is how you would import an achievement which has been completed but not awarded).

Example:

+------------+-----------+--------------+----------------+-----------------+
| First Name | last name | Completed On | MB Advancement | Applies to Rank |
+------------+-----------+--------------+----------------+-----------------+
| Johnny     | Smith     | 29/08/2016   | Camping        | Star            |
+------------+-----------+--------------+----------------+-----------------+
| Bobby      | Granger   | 13/02/2017   | Camping#1      |                 |
+------------+-----------+--------------+----------------+-----------------+
| Dean       | Thomas    | 02/02/2017   | Hiking         |                 |
+------------+-----------+--------------+----------------+-----------------+
| Sam        | Gamgee    | 31/12/2016   | Art            | First Class     |
+------------+-----------+--------------+----------------+-----------------+
| Sam        | Gamgee    | 19/11/2016   | Art#1          |                 |
+------------+-----------+--------------+----------------+-----------------+