Importing scenes from a script

Importing a script reads through the document and pulls out its scenes and characters, so you don't have to type them in one by one. You upload the script as a document first, then start the import from there.

Starting an import

1. Open Documents and click the script card to select it. If you haven't uploaded the script yet, do that first.
2. With one script selected, open the actions menu and choose Import Script.
3. The Import Script dialog opens, ready to import scenes and characters from this script.
4. On episodic projects, pick the Episode this script belongs to. The new and changed scenes land in that episode.
5. Click Import.

While it processes

Haystack analyses the script and extracts the scenes and characters it finds. Longer scripts take a few minutes. You can watch progress on the import page, and the script card on the Documents page shows a spinner while it works. The page updates on its own when processing finishes.

Nothing is added to your project yet. Once processing is done, you go through what was found and decide what to bring in. See Reviewing an import.