Can you batch update relationships/contact reference fields?

[LindseyM]

I've created a new relationship type and have several hundred people who need relevant information adding to their record. Is it possible to batch update relationships? I'd love to select 100 people at a time and then use batch update to update who people are mentored by. I can't currently see if batch update can handle relationships and completing contact reference fields. 

[JonGold]

Lindsey,

You can batch update relationships to organizations and households with "Add Contact to Organization [/Household", but not Individual to Individual!  Very frustrating, and at the top of my list of extensions to write when I've got a minute AND I've finished the already-started extensions - which is probably some time in the next Presidential administration.

There's no way to use batch update to do contact reference fields, unfortunately.

[LindseyM]

Thanks for letting me know Jon. I'll await your extension patiently!

[ken]

Lindsey,

Eileen McNaughton has written an extension that allows data to be uploaded for any entity that has an API. See https://civicrm.org/extensions/api-csv-import-gui

Ken