Campaign templates and import/export

rcheesley · May 7, 2020, 7:51am

Looks like ActiveCampaign just launched a marketplace where you can download ‘recipes’ similar to being able to export and share campaigns and the like:

rcheesley · December 9, 2020, 5:03pm

Hi folks,

This is one of the Strategic Initiatives for 2020-21 - if you’d like to be involved with this project please do give your availability for the kick-off call on this Doodle poll.

Please also join #i-resource-management on Slack!

entrepositive · May 2, 2022, 7:57pm

Hi all - any update on this functionality?

rcheesley · May 3, 2022, 8:27am

Hi @entrepositive it’s something we want to include in our Campaign Library initiative but we currently don’t have any resources available to work on this. Would you like to work on it, or contribute towards the initiative financially so that we can advance on this?

entrepositive · May 3, 2022, 8:45pm

Hi @rcheesley - thanks for the quick response.

This is, like many suggestions here, a great idea. And I’m beginning to understand the inner workings in the Mautic community.

Contributing work…I’m afraid I’d just get in the way there.

Contributing financially…I’m happy to throw into a pot, if there will be others on this as well. I enjoy the idea of a collective initiative and I’ll be a willing team player, to the degree it makes sense.

EP

alexhammer · March 10, 2025, 12:48pm

If we take a look at n8n, i think this is the single most important feature after a snap install or so which would make a gigantic impact. Sharing templates including all necessary emails, campaign actions and so on would make life for most newbies so much easier and lower the entrance barrier for folks.

I want to set some time aside and start building this. Did someone start looking into that? I am happy for each contact/hint

rcheesley · March 10, 2025, 1:11pm

Hi @alexhammer this project was funded by NLNet: https://mautic.org/blog/mautic-campaign-library-strategic-initiative-receives-grant-nlnet-foundation

The project is already in flight, thankfully you can catch up with progress on the Community Portal: Blog - Campaign Library initiative - Mautic Community Portal

alexhammer · March 10, 2025, 1:19pm

Hi @rcheesley thanks for the quick reply
I found the PR in github towards the 7.x branch. Is this the one?

github.com/mautic/mautic

Proof of concept of import/export process

7.x ← levente999:campaign-library-CL-34

opened 12:21PM - 27 Jan 25 UTC

levente999

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| Q | A | --------------------------------…------ | --- | Bug fix? (use the a.b branch) | 🔴 | New feature/enhancement? (use the a.x branch) | 🟢 | Deprecations? | 🔴 | BC breaks? (use the c.x branch) | 🔴 | Automated tests included? | 🔴 ## Description This proof of concept (PoC) implements the Campaign Library feature, focusing on the export and import of a single campaign entity without involving the UI. The goal is to demonstrate the core functionality of exporting and importing campaign data in a streamlined manner. --- ### 📋 Steps to test this PR: #### 1. **Exporting Campaigns** Use the following commands to export campaigns: - Export campaign data in JSON format only: ```bash ddev exec bin/console mautic:entity:export --entity=campaign --id=1 --json-only ``` - Export campaign data as a ZIP file: ```bash ddev exec bin/console mautic:entity:export --entity=campaign --id=1 --zip-file ``` - Export campaign data as a JSON file: ```bash ddev exec bin/console mautic:entity:export --entity=campaign --id=1 --json-file ``` - File name: campaign_data.zip, campaign_data.json The output files will be stored in the Docker container's temporary directory (`/tmp`). To access these files on your system, use the following commands to copy them to a local directory: ```bash docker cp ddev-mautic-web:/tmp/campaign_data.zip ../mautic/campaign_data.zip docker cp ddev-mautic-web:/tmp/campaign_data.json ../mautic/campaign_data.json ``` #### 2. **Importing Campaigns** To import the exported campaign data, use the following command: ```bash ddev exec bin/console mautic:campaign:import --file=campaign_data.zip --user=1 ``` **Note:** Before running the import command, the required files must be copied to the Docker container's temporary directory. Use the following commands to copy the files into the container: ```bash docker cp ./campaign_data.zip ddev-mautic-web:/tmp/campaign_data.zip docker cp ./campaign_data.json ddev-mautic-web:/tmp/campaign_data.json ``` #### 3. **Verification** - Verify that the campaign data is correctly exported by inspecting the JSON and ZIP files in the system directory. - Ensure that the imported campaign data is successfully reflected in Mautic. ### 🚀 Expected Results: - Export commands generate the appropriate files in the Docker container's temporary directory. - Import commands successfully import the exported campaign data into the system. - No errors are encountered during the export or import process. ### 🚀 Jira Ticket: https://mautic.atlassian.net/browse/CL-34

rcheesley · March 10, 2025, 2:40pm

Yes, it’s staged for release in the 7.0 release.

andrewmorgan · March 12, 2025, 6:52am

You’re right—Mautic currently lacks a built-in campaign import/export feature, which would be great for reusable templates. Some workarounds involve using the API or manually recreating campaigns. Hopefully, this gets more traction in the community or as a future feature update. Have you checked if any plugins address this?

rcheesley · March 12, 2025, 7:02am

@andrewmorgan as you can see above, this project is in active development already.

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