---
title: "External member database"
description: "A member database from an external source can also be connected to EOS, which you can then display in the platform next to your standard member database. Data can therefore be viewed in one place and partly linked as well."
url: https://help.eos.cz/en/articles/158-external-member-database
collection: "Members"
updated: 2026-09-13
language: en
alternates: [cs, pl, sk, sl]
---

# External member database

A member database from an external source can also be connected to EOS, which you can then display in the platform next to your standard member database. Data can therefore be viewed in one place and partly linked as well.

## **Module location**

You can access the module in **Management > Members > External database**. 

## How to upload an external database

-   Click the "**+**" button.
    
-   Select the **Import type** – the EOS platform is prepared for the import of several types of databases:
    
    -   Czech Ice Hockey
        
    -   Czech Floorball
        
    -   Czech Union of Sport
        
-   Click **Upload file**, select the file and confirm with **OK**.
    

> **Warning:** This is not a classic import of members into EOS. In EOS you have your main member database, and members help you keep it up to date through their active access to the platform. The external database can only supplement the main one and display some additional data.

[

Member import

Bulk import of members is one of the first steps after acquiring the EOS platform. It is also useful at any time later, however, when you need to easily add several members to the database at once.

](https://help.eos.cz/en/articles/142.md)

## Linking to members in EOS

Imported members are shown in a table and matched to your standard member database in EOS automatically based on a matching national ID number. However, they can also be linked manually, the link can be removed again, or the member record can be deleted entirely:

-   Right-click the row with the member (or the context menu – **three dots**).
    
    -   **Link to member** (if it does not have an automatic link)
        
    -   **Remove link to member** (if it already has a link)
        
    -   **Delete** – deletes the record entirely
        

## Working with the data

-   In the list of imported members you see columns with the relevant data (depending on the type of imported database).
    
-   You can search the data and sort it by columns.
    
-   After clicking the "**+**" at the beginning of each row, a further list of additional data from the database unfolds, which is not shown in the columns.
    
-   The names of linked members automatically become a link. After clicking it, the classic preview of the member’s data from EOS is shown – so you see data from the external database and from EOS on one screen.
    

> **Info:** Display the member preview anywhere in EOS (using the preview eye) and you will also find the External database item there with basic data from it – for example the member’s identification number in ČUS.

> **Success:** In the case of importing the ČUS external database, the ČUS system ID is saved to the linked members in EOS and is used when exporting for ČUS again.

## **Permissions and access**

**Management permission:** Managing the External database section requires write permission for the **Members** module.