When you import records into iRecord, the records will be allocated to the iRecord account that is signed in at the time of import. In other words, if you log on to iRecord and import some records, those records will be ‘owned’ by your account. If your spreadsheet contains records from recorders other than yourself those records will be imported, and the recorder name will show as the name you imported, but the record will still be linked to your account and will be counted as ‘yours’ for the purposes of calculating the total number of species you have seen in the iRecord league tables, and for display under “My Records”.
If you regularly import records that originate from recorders other than yourself, you may wish to set up a second iRecord account that you use for import purposes. This will still make the records available within iRecord, but they will be kept separate from your own personal records. This may be particularly relevant if you are a recording scheme organiser or Vice-County Recorder who needs to import records sent in as spreadsheets by recorders who do not use iRecord themselves. You can set up a second iRecord account with any user name as along as it has its own email address – you cannot register the same email address twice.
Please ensure you have permission to import records from other recorders, and make sure you are not duplicating records that they may add to iRecord themselves.