Import a template from Apple Pass Designer

Zip the template

A .pkpasstemplate looks like a file in Finder, but it is a folder. Browsers cannot upload folders, so zip it first. Right-click the .pkpasstemplate in Finder and choose Compress. You upload the resulting .zip file.

Import it

1. Go to Templates and click + Template.
2. Choose Apple Pass Designer template.
3. Select the .zip file or drop it into the upload field.
4. Choose the Certificate that signs the passes. If your account has only one certificate, or only one that is not a demo certificate, it is preselected.
5. Click Import.

If Passcreator could take over everything, the template editor opens with the new template. If some parts could not be taken over, Passcreator still creates the template and shows Import complete with the list Not imported. Click Open in editor to continue.

What Passcreator takes over

• The pass style as pass type. Generic, store card, coupon, event ticket, boarding pass and the poster layouts are supported. An event ticket with a background image becomes an event ticket with background.
• Header, primary, secondary, auxiliary and back fields with label, value, alignment and date, number and currency formats.
• Organization name, description and logo text. The description also becomes the template name.
• Background, text and label colors.
• Images, in the largest resolution the file contains.
• The barcode format. The barcode content from Pass Designer is only a sample, so Passcreator replaces it with an automatic ID per pass.
• Up to 10 locations, beacons, links and featured actions.
• Semantic tags with valid values.

A posterGeneric template becomes a generic pass with the poster layout, and its background image becomes the artwork. A posterEventTicket becomes a poster event ticket.

What Passcreator does not take over

• The relevant date and the expiration date. Set them in the editor, see Validity, welcome push, locations and relevant date.
• NFC. NFC passes need approval by Apple. Use Request NFC pass in the same window.
• stripColor, upcomingPassInformation and eventLogoText.
• Translations from .lproj folders. Add the languages again in the editor, see Pass languages and localization.
• Semantic tags with an invalid value, for example a wrong IATA code or time zone.

Passcreator needs at least one back field. If the file has none, as with the sample templates from Apple, Passcreator adds a back field with the organization name.