# Importing 7shifts task lists

Copy your 7shifts task lists into Mays as checklist templates instead of typing them again. Each list becomes a template, and its tasks become the template's tasks.

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Copy your 7shifts task lists into Mays as checklist templates instead of typing them again. Each list becomes a template, and its tasks become the template's tasks.

**Who:** admins. **Before you start:** connect 7shifts and link the location to its 7shifts location. See [Connecting 7shifts](https://www.mays.app/help/integrations/connect-7shifts). 7shifts is part of **Integrations**, in the Basic and Pro plans.

## Import your lists

1. Go to **Integrations**. On the **7shifts** card under **Connected**, click **Configure**.
2. On the **Location Mapping** tab, click **Sync task lists** (*Pick which 7shifts task lists to bring into Mays as checklist templates.*). It's there once at least one location is linked.
3. On **Import 7shifts task lists**, pick the location to import into. With only one linked location, the page says *Importing into (location).*
4. Each 7shifts list shows its name, how many tasks it has and how often it repeats in 7shifts, for example *daily @ 08:00*. Every task in every list starts ticked. Untick the lists or tasks you don't want. Click a list to see its tasks.
5. Optional: under **Mays department**, pick the department the template is for. **None (template visible to all roles)** leaves it open to everyone at the location.
6. Click **Import** at the bottom. You'll see *Imported 2 task lists*, for example, and how many were skipped.

A list you've already imported shows **Already imported** and can't be picked again. **Refresh** fetches the lists from 7shifts again.

## What you get

Each list becomes an active checklist template, named like the list, for the location you imported into:

- **Tasks** keep their 7shifts order, in one group called *General*. A task that's required in 7shifts is required in Mays.
- **Answer types:** a checkmark becomes a **Checkbox**, a photo a **Photo**, a number a **Number**, and a temperature a **Number** answer in °F or °C.
- **Repeat:** daily lists repeat **Daily**, weekly lists repeat **Weekly** on the same days, monthly lists repeat **Monthly**, and anything else is set to **Custom**.
- **Assigned to** the location, and to the department if you picked one.

It's a one-time copy. Changes you make in 7shifts later don't reach Mays, and changes in Mays don't go back to 7shifts.

## Check each new template's schedule

Open each imported template under **Tasks → Templates** before you rely on it. Some won't create any tasks until you fix their schedule:

- **Monthly** lists come in without days of the month. Pick the days.
- **Custom** lists don't run on a schedule. Start one when you need it from **Tasks → Tasks → Create Task → From Template**, or choose **Daily**, **Weekly** or **Monthly** on its **Settings** tab.
- **Weekly** lists: check the days. A list that had no days in 7shifts comes in without any, so pick them.
- The start time from 7shifts isn't used. Set when the checklist shows up and who does it.

See [Scheduling and assigning checklists](https://www.mays.app/help/tasks-checklists/schedule-and-assign-checklists) and [Creating a checklist template](https://www.mays.app/help/tasks-checklists/create-a-checklist-template).

## Good to know

- **No lists?** The page says *No task lists found in 7shifts for this location.* Check that the location is linked to the right 7shifts location under **Location Mapping**.
- **Each list imports once.** Deleting the template afterwards doesn't free the list up: it still shows **Already imported**. Before you delete one, make a copy with **⋮ → Duplicate** on **Task Templates** if you might need it.
- **A list used at two locations** can only be imported into one of them. For the other location, duplicate the template and assign the copy there.
- **Unticked tasks can't be added later** by importing again. Add them to the template by hand.
- **If you disconnect and reconnect the same 7shifts company,** lists you've already imported stay marked as imported, so you won't get duplicate templates.

## Related articles

- Integrations: [Connecting 7shifts](https://www.mays.app/help/integrations/connect-7shifts) — Connect 7shifts with a Company ID and access token to bring your team into Mays, keep reading the 7shifts schedule, or move your schedule, punches and time off into Mays scheduling.
- Tasks & checklists: [Creating a checklist template](https://www.mays.app/help/tasks-checklists/create-a-checklist-template) — Build an opening, closing or cleaning checklist once as a template — groups, tasks and answer types — and Mays turns it into your team's task list in the app.
- Tasks & checklists: [Scheduling and assigning checklists](https://www.mays.app/help/tasks-checklists/schedule-and-assign-checklists) — Choose which days a checklist runs, the hours staff can see it, whether unfinished tasks carry over, and who does it — a role, a department, specific people or one person per task.
- Team & roles: [Departments](https://www.mays.app/help/team-roles/departments) — Group people into departments such as Front of House and Kitchen, then use them to give checklists to the right people, filter the dashboard and compare labor costs.
- Tasks & checklists: [Task answer types](https://www.mays.app/help/tasks-checklists/task-response-types) — Every task has an answer type that decides how staff complete it. Tick a box, take a photo, enter a number or text, pick an option, record a location, count stock or fill in a form.
- Integrations: [Integrations overview](https://www.mays.app/help/integrations/integrations-overview) — What Mays connects to — Square, 7shifts, Union POS, Google Business, Govee thermometers, Dropbox and Google Drive — who can connect them, and how to check, sync or disconnect a connection.

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