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Create a Data Project [when subject data is available ahead of time]
Create a Data Project [when subject data is available ahead of time]

Effortlessly connect your data to images with Snapizzi Data Projects, ideal for school, sports, and high-volume commercial photography

Updated over a week ago

Snapizzi Data projects are used when you have data to connect to your images.

Data projects are used for:

  • School photography

  • Youth sports team and individual photography

  • Bands, ballet schools, swim, track, etc. (Snapizzi supports multiple groups per subject and multiple cameras per project)

  • High-volume commercial photography (All product data is connected to images)

  • Any other use case where you'd need to connect subject/product data to images

Data projects generate uniquely coded camera cards that link to the uploaded data for each subject as shown below. A group code is also generated and is to be photographed in the same manner as the individual subject codes before taking each group photo. Snapizzi will also automatically place the correct group photo(s) in each subject's gallery.

Snapizzi provides you with three ways for customers to find and order their photos:

  1. Snapizzi Studio Search Page

  2. Paper proofing

  3. Direct URLs that can be sent to your customers

Read this article if you'll be using image editing software that may change image file EXIF data.

**Snapizzi does not alter, or edit your image files or EXIF data in any way.

Here are the Data project steps:

  1. Create a new Data Project.

  2. Upload CSV file of subject data.

  3. Generate subject and group cards (or use Paperless).

  4. Photograph the subject or group code before each series of photos.

  5. Cull/edit images as you normally do.

  6. Upload images to Snapizzi (including camera card images).

  7. In minutes, images are sorted and posted to your connected e-commerce platform and ready for sale from your Studio Search Page, Paper Proofing, or sending direct URLs to your customers.

  8. Any project errors can be resolved using the Diagnose & Remedy tool and our Repair tools.

  9. Snapizzi Bundles make it easy to produce school service items.


​Here's how to do it.

Screenshot of step #2 of the guide, instructing the user: 'Select "Data" for the project type.'
Screenshot of step #3 of the guide, instructing the user: 'Name your project.'
Screenshot of step #4 of the guide, instructing the user: 'Select the hosting platform to use for the project (this option will only appear if you have more than one platform linked to your Snapizzi account). '
Screenshot of step #5 of the guide, instructing the user: 'SUBJECT PRIVACY: Select privacy settings for subject galleries. These options can be changed at any time.'

Learn more about Privacy Settings

Screenshot of step #6 of the guide, instructing the user: 'The indexing method is what Snapizzi uses to determine the proper sequence of your image files when processing. Time taken typically provides the best results and should be your first choice.'

Name, privacy, and indexing can be changed at any time. Even after the photos have been uploaded and processed. The project type can be changed as long as no photos have been uploaded.

There isn't any reason to rename files before uploading to Snapizzi, but if your workflow includes renaming before uploading, be sure that your filenames include leading zeros equal to the highest number in the sequence (e.g., 0001-9999 rather than 1-9999). Your project will not index properly otherwise.

Snapizzi can export renamed versions of your image files for you if needed.


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​NEXT STEP: Upload your CSV file

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