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Import bookings from Goboko

Move your booking history from Goboko into Syndik8 in one pass.

Before you start

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  • You must be an admin or the owner of the syndicate.
  • Export the bookings from Goboko as a CSV. Goboko exports are UTF-16 encoded with a fixed 16-column header; Syndik8 recognises them automatically.
  • Re-running the import is safe. Deduplication skips rows already imported, so you can export again after new activity and re-import without creating duplicates.

Steps

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  1. Open the syndicate and go to Settings → Import Data, or tap Import your bookings on the Dashboard’s “Switching from another system?” card.
  2. On step Upload CSV File, tap Choose File and pick your Goboko export. The screen reports Goboko export detected and a row count.
  3. Step Map Columns is skipped automatically — Goboko’s columns are fixed, so there is nothing to map.
  4. On step Match Import Entries, confirm each unique person in the CSV. Each entry resolves to one of:
    • An existing syndicate member.
    • An invite to be sent on their behalf (if you enter an email to invite).
    • An aircraft maintenance booking — automatic when the CSV entry is Maintenance with no email. Custom labels such as 50 hr check are preserved.
  5. On step Match Aircraft, confirm each unique registration from the CSV maps to an existing asset. If the syndicate has only one asset, every row is auto-matched.
  6. On step Review Import, read the counts — bookings to create, rows to skip, duplicates already imported. Tap Import N Bookings to commit.
  7. The wizard runs the import and lands on Done. The new bookings appear on the calendar immediately.

If it goes wrong

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  • The file is not detected as Goboko. The detection check requires both a UTF-16 byte-order mark and the exact header #,Start Time,End Time,TimeZone. If either is missing, the file routes through the generic CSV path instead, which asks you to map columns.
  • A member shows “no match”. You can invite them from the matching step — enter their email, and an invite goes out when the import completes. Their bookings import as placeholders labelled with the pending email until the invite is accepted; re-running the import once they join turns the placeholders into their real bookings.
  • An aircraft shows “no match”. Add the aircraft to the syndicate (or rename a registration) and restart the wizard. Rows with an unmatched aircraft are skipped.
  • Times look wrong. Goboko rows carry their own timezone. If the timezone column holds a name Syndik8 does not recognise, the time is saved as if already in UTC — see Goboko CSV format for the exact rules.
  • You imported the wrong file. There is no one-click undo. Use the affected bookings’ Delete action individually, or contact support with the date range if the volume is large.

See also

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