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In the process of importing transactions from the past (2009 and before), we wish to import certain transactions as "Recurring" because they were recurring subscriptions through a payment gateway that is soon-to-be no longer in use.   The reason why this matters is for searching and accounting purposes.

I can't see that a transaction can be imported as recurring, this label is only attached to contributions which are processed through CiviCRM as recurring (such as paypal standard subscriptions) first.   I cannot import "recurring" donations and have these donations labeled as such, right?  Or can I?

I understand that recurring contribution data is stored in a different table civicrm_contribution_recur, which has more data in this table that I need to store, as these are past recurring contributions we simply want to be able to search for and sort appropriately.

Is the alternative to create a Yes/No Contribution Custom field that is like "Is this recurring?"  This seems redundant.  any ideas?

Thanks for the reply.

Regarding #2, I would like to stick to any recurring structure that exists.  But I don't see how I can import external recurring contributions at all and make them into recurring contributions in CiviCRM.  It's not an option in the field matching during the "import contributions" process.

Am I missing something?  Could you elaborate?

PS. These older recurring contributions were subscriptions that existed long before CiviCRM came into the picture for this client.  But I would still like to import the contributions and have them labeled as recurring for sorting and historical purposes.