Delimited File Import Manager
This view is the default view on the Histories extension (FileHistoryDeviceExt) of a FileDevice under a FileNetwork. This is the most-used view within a FileNetwork (outside of property sheets for created history file import descriptors)
This manager view is similar to other driver’s history import managers. However, there is no Discover feature to add history file import descriptors (types ExcelCsvFileImport and DelimitedFileImport). Instead, you use the History Import New button to add history file import descriptors. Each is a reference a local delimited-type text file (such as a CSV type).
Figure 90. Delimited File Import Manager view
To open this view, expand and double-click the Histories node.
Columns
| Column | Description |
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| Name | Reports the name of the file. |
| History Id | Reports the full path to the file in the station. |
| Execution Time | Reports when the file import of this file occurred. |
| Enabled | Indicates if file import is enabled or disabled. |
| State | Indicates the current state of the data transmission. |
| Last Attempt | Displays the date and time when the driver last attempted to import this file. |
| Last Success | Displays the date and time when the driver last successfully imported this file. |
| Last Failure | Displays the date and time when the driver last failed to import this file. |
| Fault Cause | Indicates why the file failed to import. |
| Capacity | Displays the maximum number of history records allowed in the database. |
| Full Policy | Indicates what happens if the history runs out of room to store additional history records. |
| Interval | Reports a period of time. |
| Value Facets | Displays the configured facets. |
| Time Zone | Displays the time zone. |
| File | Displays information about the file. |
| Full Import on Execute | Displays how much of history to refresh on each import. Enabled imports the entire history on each import. Disabled appends only new data to the history on each import.
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| Row Start | Displays the row (record) in the file from which to begin importing data |
| Row End | Displays on which row (record) in the file to stop importing data. |
| Delimiter | Displays the text character the file uses to separate columns. |
| Timestamp Column Index | Displays a left-to-right index (zero-based ) to identify the column in the file from which to import the timestamp. |
| Timestamp Format | Displays the format for timestamp. |
| Value Format | Displays the data type of history record. |
| Status Column Index | Displays the left-to-right index (zero-based) to identify the column in the file used to import the status, if available. |
| Identifier Column Index | Displays 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).
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| Identifier Pattern | Displays the text string that the import search, where the import job imports any row with the matching text string. |
Buttons
- New Folder creates a new folder for devices. Each such folder provides its own set of manager views.
- New creates a new device record in the database.
- Edit opens the device’s database record for updating.
- TagIt associates metadata, such as location or unique configuration with the object.