Schedule Versioning & Non-Destructive Re-Import

Import Updated Schedule compares the new file with what you have and lets you take the changes you want, with call sheet work kept.

Open File > Schedule Versions / Import on the Days tab (Breakdown Versions / Import on the Breakdown tab). Click Import Updated Schedule and the wizard walks through five steps:

• Upload: drop the new Movie Magic 6 or 10 PDFs or a USS file. The type is detected
• Verify Import: check the file was read correctly
• Compare: see scenes added, removed and moved, and days that moved or split
• Accept/Deny: take or refuse each change, day by day
• Confirm: apply what you accepted

The merge keeps your work with the scenes it belongs to:

• A whole day that moved keeps its call sheet, renumbered to the new day
• When a day splits, the new days get its crew calls, general crew call and CS Back rows
• A split scene takes its breakdown from the parent scene
• New scenes are added without touching existing call sheet work
• A scene that left the schedule is taken off its day, not deleted, and a flag lists it
• A day with nothing left is deleted if empty, or turned into an off day if its call sheet has work on it
• Breakdown elements the new file drops are kept unless you remove them

Each re-import is saved as a version in Schedule Version History. A production holds up to 20. At 20, delete old versions before the next import. The window shows how many of the 20 are used. The first import from Movie Magic or USS is version 1. A production first imported from Excel shows an initial import row instead.

Click Restore on a version to see what would change: scenes moved back, scenes restored and days re-dated. Confirm and the schedule goes back. Before it does, the current state is saved as a new version named Before restore to vN, so the restore can itself be undone. A restore needs two free version slots.