Data imports

Data imports lists the jobs that have imported data into the database, e.g. Transformer jobs, Manual data entry, or a form distributed via Forms. By clicking each entry in the list you can see information about it.

Data imports can be found in the View menu, under Structure in the Window menu (Node data imports) and in the Toolbar.

To see the content of a specific a data import in the Data import view, highlight the data import of interest in the Import panel, choose the desired Time period in the Data records panel using Start and End, and click the Refresh button () or check the Auto refresh box. The Data records panel will now contain the data that was imported with that ID.

The Imports table can be sorted by any column by clicking on that column's heading.

If the import contains a large number of rows, you can limit the number of records displayed by entering a number in the Row limit field.

Click the Clear filter icon to the left of Filter: to empty the search filter before doing a new search.

You can manually add a new, empty Node data import by right clicking and selecting Add -> Node data import. This makes it possible to connect BMP data record targets in Transformer jobs to specific (new) imports.

Double click on a Data import in the Imports panel to see the following information:

Properties

General

Name - the name gives some information about how the data was entered, e.g. "Manual data entry" or the name of the target object in an import via Transformer. You can change the name here if you want to make it easier to locate a specific Data import later.
Description - more information about the entry for certain types of entries, e.g. "These values were entered via Manual data entry" or the target description of a Transformer run. You can change the text if you like.

Information

Start time - when the import started (information only)
End time - when the import was finished (information only)
Source - the object that generated this node data import
User - the user who is responsible for the import or who entered the data

Audit

Modified by - the name of the last user to make changes to the object.
Last modified - the date and time when the object was last changed.
Created by - the name of the user who created the object.
Created - the date and time when the object was created.

Advanced

ID - Each import has a unique ID. Imports via Transformer can be given specific IDs, others are numbered consecutively.