Trying to import entityform submissions I was stumped on providing default values for "Date submitted" and "User".... took 20 minutes or more to realize that the date should be Unix timestamp and user should not be username but uid. Perhaps this helps someone.

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Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed - issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.

joshuautley’s picture

This error happens all the time and its driving me crazy.

"Invalid data value given. Be sure it matches the required data type and format."

Is there any documentation as to what this error means? What data value do you expect? What is the required data type and format?

From what I can tell "text" is the data type and "plain" is the format.

From my point of view if I have a string enclosed in quotes such as "example 1 and example 2" and I want that data to be imported into a text with summary field it should not have a problem with the import. But it doesn't work. )= I've even tried creating another field to import into which was a simple text field. But no dice there either.

The only fields I've been able to import are a first and last name field. With all the options, plugins, patches, etc, I'm going to hire a data entry person for minimum wage to just do this manually.