New/Edit Delimited File Import

This window defines the contents of a comma-delimited or tab-delimited external file to import into a Supervisor station’s FileNetwork, a component in the driver palette.

This window requires a FileNetwork component in the Drivers container, with a FileDevice, which includes A file history device extension.

Figure 126. Delimited File Import properties

To open this window, expand Config > Drivers > FileNetwork > FileDevice, double-click Histories, click New, select Delimited File Import from the drop-down list and click OK.

In addition to the standard property, Enabled, these properties are available in this window.

Property	Value	Description
Name	text	Provides a name for the object. Editing this property is equivalent to the right-clicking Rename command on the component. In this case, the object is a delimited file import descriptor.
History Id	text in two parts: station name/history name	Together the two names identify the CSV file to import from the local Supervisor PC.
Execution Time	drop-down list (defaults to `Daily`)	Selects when to import or export descriptors that a join creates automatically on demand. `Daily` opens additional properties to configure time of day and day of the week. `Manual` configures execution to take place on demand. `Interval` configures execution to take place on a regular basis.
Capacity	drop-down list (defaults to `Unlimited`)	Defines the maximum number of history records allowed in the associated table. `Unlimited` enforces no limitation on the number of records. `Record Count` opens an additional property for defining the table limit.
Full Policy	drop-down list (defaults to `Roll`)	Defines what should happen if `Capacity` is set to `Record Count` and the specified record count is reached. `Roll` overwrites the oldest records with the newest ones. This ensures that the latest data are recorded. `Stop` terminates recording when the number of stored records reaches the specified capacity. Full policy has no effect if `Capacity` is `Unlimited`.
Interval	drop-down list (defaults to `irregular`)	Sets up an automatic function, such as the import or export of data, by specifying how often to execute the function.
Value Facets	drop-down list (defaults to `Numeric Type`)	Identifies the type of data contained in the file.
Time Zone	drop-down list (defaults to `America/New_York (-5/-4`)	Selects the suitable time zone from the drop-down list.
File	file path	Selects the path to the CSV file.
Full Import On Execute	drop-down list	Configures how much data to import. `Enabled` transfers the entire history on each import. `Disabled` appends only new data to the history on each import.
Row Start	number	Specifies the line number in the file from which to begin importing data.
Row End	number	Specifies the line number in the file at which to stop importing data.
Delimiter	n/a	Unavailable for edit.
Timestamp Column Index	number	Specifies a left-to-right index (zero-based ) to identify the column in the file from which to import the timestamp.
Timestamp Format	drop-down list (defaults to `d-MMM-yy h:mm a z`)	Selects the timestamp format from the drop-down list.
Value Column Index	number (defaults to zero (0) )	Identifies the column in the record that contains the value.
Value Format	drop-down list (defaults to `Numeric Type`)	Selects the value format from the drop-down list.
Status Column Index	number	Specifies the number for the left-to-right index (zero-based) to identify the column in the file used to import the status, if available.
Identifier Column Index	number	Specifies the number for the left-to-right index (zero-based) to identify the column in the file used to filter rows for inclusion in combination with the `Identifier Pattern` property value).
Identifier Pattern	text (defaults to asterisk (*) )	Specifies the text string that import searches for in all rows, where the import job imports any row with the matching text string.

New/Edit Delimited File Import

Figure 126. Delimited File Import properties

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