Instead of manually typing in each of the names and contact info for every player, the Import Players feature allows you to quickly add your rosters into the system at once.

1. Download the Sample CSV file - This will be your starting point for entering the information. Click the "Download Template CSV File" link and open the "QS-Player-Import.csv" file or save it to your computer.
2. Open the CSV File - The CSV (Comma-Separated Value) file is similar to a spreadsheet and can be edited using Microsoft Excel. Once you have the file open, you will see that the top row contains all of the fields that can be defined for Players (along with the Team and League that they will be playing in).
3. Enter the information - Here are all the fields that you can (or must) enter when importing teams:

   League Name or League ID	Required if you are assigning a player to a non-unique team name
   Season Name	Season Name and/or Sport Names might be required to differentiate between League names that used multiple times
   Sport Name
   Team Name	Required if you want to assign the player to a Team
   Player's Name	Required
   First Name	First Name and Last Name can be used in place of the Player's Name field
   Last Name
   Local ID	If your organization assigns unique IDs to players, enter it here
   Email	Primary email address
   Email 2	Secondary email address
   Mobile Phone
   Home Phone
   Work Phone
   Gender	Accepted values: M, F, Male, Female (capitalization ignored)
   Birthdate	Preferred format is MM/DD/YYYY, but we are flexible
   Street Address
   City
   State
   Zip Code
   School
   Emergency Contact 1	Six possible fields: Name, Relationship, Phone, Email, Phone 2, Email 2
   Emergency Contact 2	Six possible fields: Name, Relationship, Phone, Email, Phone 2, Email 2
   Custom Fields	Include a separate column for any custom fields. Text in the header column must match the already created field name.

4. "Save As..." a CSV file - This is important! When you are done entering information, you must do a "Save As" and save the file as a CSV instead of a normal XLS file. The file types vary depending on which version of Excel you have, but the most common options are:
   

   MS Office 2010	CSV (MS-DOS)
   MS Office 2007	CSV (Comma delimited) (*.csv)
   MS Office 2003	CSV (Comma delimited) (*.csv)
   MS Office for Mac	Windows Comma Separated (.csv)

   If you get prompted about "This file already exists. Do you want to replace the current file?" or "Do you want to keep the workbook in this format?", say yes to both questions.
5. Upload the CSV file - Now it's time to get the teams into the system. Upload this new file on the Import Teams page and follow the steps on the screen to complete the import process.