Importing Your Progress History (CSV Import)

Already been tracking your word counts in a spreadsheet or another app? You can import that history into Pacemaker and turn it into a plan, so your stats and streaks reflect the work you've already done.

What you'll need

A CSV file with two columns:

• Date — the date of each entry
• Words - the daily word count. Just the specific date, not a running total. Pacemaker will add it up for you.

Tracking pages, chapters, or a unit other than words? Don't worry you can change "words" to pages, chapters, or anything else once the file is imported into Pacemaker.

Pacemaker understands many common date formats, including:

• US: M/D/YYYY and MM/DD/YYYY (e.g. 1/5/2024 or 01/05/2024)
• ISO: YYYY-MM-DD (e.g. 2024-01-05)
• European: DD/MM/YYYY (e.g. 05/01/2024)
• Long form dates (e.g. Jan 5, 2025 or 5 January 2024)

How to import

1. Go to the import tool.
2. Click Browse and choose your file.
3. Pacemaker reads your file and shows a confirmation screen with:

• the number of entries found
• the date range
• your total cumulative count
• a preview table showing each date, the daily word count, and the running total

1. Give your plan a name, and choose an Activity type (e.g. Writing) and Content type (e.g. Novel).
2. Click Create Plan.

Pacemaker creates a brand-new plan with your imported progress history and takes you straight to it.

Good to know

• Import always creates a new plan. It won't add history to one of your existing plans.
• Entries with an unreadable date or a non-numeric word count are skipped automatically.
• You can adjust all of the plan's settings — target, deadline, unit, strategy — after it's created.
• The new plan counts toward your plan limit, just like any other plan.

Found an issue with your import? Let us know and include your CSV file so we can take a look.