How long does the Canny import take?

Under 30 seconds for a typical board. Drop your Canny CSV, preview the mapped rows, and click Import — we batch inserts of 100 posts at a time.

What gets imported from Canny?

Titles, descriptions, categories, statuses (Open, Under Review, Planned, In Progress, Completed), upvote counts, and author emails. Duplicate titles are skipped on re-import.

Do I lose my upvote counts?

No — Canny's Post Score is imported as the upvote count on each BoardSimple post, so your social proof carries over.

Is my Canny data safe?

Yes. The CSV is parsed in your browser and inserted directly under your account with row-level security — we never store the raw file.

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Canny → BoardSimple in under 30 seconds

Move your Canny roadmap in 30 seconds. Keep the votes.

Export a CSV from Canny, drop it into BoardSimple, and every post — with its status, upvotes, and author — lands on your new public roadmap. No copy-paste, no engineering, no lost social proof.

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or click to browse — up to 5MB · parsed in your browser

Works with any CSV with a Title column.

Three steps. One CSV.

The Canny Importer lives on your dashboard the moment you sign up.

Export from Canny

In Canny, open Settings → Data Export and request a Posts CSV. Canny emails it to you.

Drop the CSV in

On your BoardSimple dashboard click Import from Canny and drag the file in. We auto-map titles, statuses, votes, categories, and author emails.

Preview & import

Review the parsed rows and status breakdown, then click Import. We insert in batches of 100 and skip any titles you've already imported.

What we map from your Canny export

Canny column	BoardSimple field	Notes
Post Title	Title	Trimmed to 200 chars
Post Details	Description	Markdown-friendly, up to 5,000 chars
Post Category / Board	Category	Auto-normalised to Feature / Bug / Improvement
Post Status	Status	Open, Under Review, Planned, In Progress, Completed
Post Score	Upvote count	Your social proof carries over
Post Author Email	Author email	Optional — used for future notifications

Any CSV with a Title column works — the other columns are optional.

Why founders switch during migration

Keep every upvote

Canny's Post Score becomes your BoardSimple upvote count — no restart-from-zero.

Safe re-imports

Duplicate titles are automatically skipped, so you can re-run the import as your Canny board evolves.

Parsed in your browser

The CSV never leaves your session — rows are inserted under your account with row-level security.

Common questions

+How long does the import take?

Under 30 seconds for a typical Canny board — we batch inserts of 100 posts at a time.

+Will I lose my upvote counts?

No. Canny's Post Score is imported as the upvote count on each BoardSimple post.

+What if I re-import the same file?

We detect duplicate titles per organisation and skip them, so re-imports are safe.

+Is there a file-size limit?

Up to 5MB per upload — that's around 20,000 posts, more than enough for almost any Canny board.

+Do I need to code anything?

No. The importer is built into your BoardSimple dashboard — drag, preview, click Import.

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