Supported File Formats for Custom Marker Upload

Business Insights supports Excel spreadsheets or CSV files for Custom Marker uploads. The upload file must contain the following fields: ts, group, and title. The following table provides field descriptions:

Table 1. Field Definitions for Custom Marker Upload Files
Field Description
ts

A timestamp that represents the moment in time where the marker gets inserted in the event to which the upload file applies. The times must be in 24-hour format. Supported formats are:

  • MM/DD/YY HH:MM (for example, 12/23/22 23:01)

  • MM/DD/YY HH:MM:SS (for example, 12/23/22 23:01:13)

Note: The times are specific to the timezone where you are located currently. During uploading, the times get converted from the uploader's local timezone to the event timezone. For example, if the uploader timezone is UTC -0400 and the event venue timezone is UTC -0700, the uploaded marker values get converted -0300 hours back (12/23/22 23:01 to 12/23/22 20:01).
group The group column represents a group name (e.g., Quarters/Scoring Plays/Periods). All markers with the same group name are grouped together.
title The title column represents a display name of the marker (for example, kickoff).

Excel Spreadsheet Example

ts group title
10/21/22 20:00 Periods Start of match
10/21/22 20:11 Scoring Plays Home team scores (1-0)
10/21/22 20:18 Scoring Plays Visiting team scores (1-1)
10/21/20:48 Periods End of first half (1-1)

CSV File Example

ts,group,title
10/21/22 20:00, Periods, Start of match
10/21/22 20:11, Scoring Plays, Home team scores (1-0)
10/21/22 20:18, Scoring Plays, Visiting team scores (1-1)
10/21/22/20:50, Periods, End of first half (1-1)