Connect FigJam to Condens

The FigJam integration makes it easy to reference and embed live FigJam files in Condens Artifacts and more. Your Stakeholders get an automatically updating view of the files.

Searches in Condens don’t include embedded FigJam files.

Follow these steps to embed a live FigJam file in any Artifact, Session, or Project description:

In FigJam

1. Open the page of your FigJam file.

2. Click Share in the toolbar.

3. In the access settings of the share modal, choose Anyone with the link to make sure your link is public.

   

   Password-protected FigJam files cannot be accessed or viewed from an embed. If the file is only shared with members of your organization, they must be logged in to view the embed.

4. Click Copy link.

In Condens

1. Select Embed Website or app and search for Figjam:

   • In any editor (eg. in a Session, text Artifact, Project description, etc.) use the next to an empty line or type ‘/’ and search for Figjam or select Embed website or app.

   • In any Whiteboard Artifact, click (...) the left menu bar, search for Figjam or select Embed website or app and place it on the Whiteboard. 

2. Paste the link in the respective field on the embed element.

You can find more details on how to retrieve the link to FigJam files here.

Do you want to include user quotes from your research project in a remote workshop? Or do you want to bring highlights to an online meeting with stakeholders that are familiar with FigJam? There are many ways to bring individual highlights or a group of highlights from Condens to FigJam, like:

Import highlight quotes as plain text

1. In Condens, select the user quotes you want to bring to FigJam. All copied quotes will appear within the same textbox.

2. Use   to copy the content (or use / +).

3. Define if the copy should contain the participant’s name and click on Copy as Text.

4. Open your FigJam board.

5. Paste the copied highlights with / +.

Import highlight quotes as sticky notes

1. In Condens, select the user quotes you want to bring to FigJam.

2. Click on to export the data as a CSV file.

3. Open your FigJam board.

4. Run the Condens plugin and import the CSV file you previously downloaded.

5. Your Highlights are instantly converted into sticky notes, complete with the participant's name and a direct link to the original data in Condens.

Is your team familiar with FigJam and it's common practice to take notes from research sessions or brainstorm there? You can bring all FigJam notes to Condens in the structure you need. The notes from mindmaps, clustered sticky notes or other FigJam board elements can be brought to Condens either as a list containing all notes or as structured single elements. Here’s how to go about this:

Copy notes compiled as a list

In FigJam, select the notes that you want to bring to Condens. Copy the notes and paste them to a Condens Session. All notes are listed one after the other in the text editor.

Import notes as single sections

1. In FigJam, select the notes that you want to bring to Condens.

2. Export the data by clicking right, choose Export Selection and select CSV.

3. Open Condens, navigate to your research project and click on to bulk-import data.

4. Select your CSV file created from FigJam.

5. Define how you want to import the data by naming different sections, defining data types, or excluding fields. You can find more information on how to define fields for CSV-Import here.

6. Click Import Session.

Add other FigJam elements

When you want to add FigJam elements like a mindmap to Condens Sessions or Conclusions, there are two more options: add FigJam elements as an image or PDF file.

• Import as image: Select the relevant elements in FigJam, right-click and choose Copy as PNG. Open Condens and paste the elements as an image, for example, to notes in a Session or a Condens Conclusion.

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• Import as PDF: Select the relevant elements in FigJam, right-click and choose Export Selection and PDF. Upload the file to a Condens Session by using Drag and Drop or clicking next to Session name.