DelimitedFileImport is a history file import descriptor used to create a Niagara history based upon data in a (local) delimited text file, such as comma-separated-values (CSV) or tab-delimited values (delimiter to use is configurable). These import descriptors reside under the HistoryNetworkExt (Histories extension) of a FileDevice in a FileNetwork. You use the Delimited File Import Manager view of the Histories extension to add history file import descriptors.

This import descriptor is similar to the ExcelCsvFileImport descriptor, but uses a “dumb” string tokenizer to parse each line of the specified file, and separates table columns based solely on the specified delimiter. Only “non-complex” CSV files should be imported using it, or any “non-CSV” delimited file (such as tab-delimited, for example). For any CSV file created by Microsoft Excel, use the ExcelCsvFileImport descriptor instead.

This import descriptor has properties “common” among all history import descriptors, such as Name, History Id, and so on. See History Import Manager. For other configuration properties, see Properties of history file import descriptors.