Job Management Partner 1/Asset Information Manager Administrator's Guide

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4.10.2 Creating import conditions

To change asset information in a CSV file in a batch operation, create import conditions to specify the type of information and the items to be changed.

To create import conditions:

  1. Click the Pattern button.
    The Select Category dialog box is displayed.
  2. Use Category to select the type of information you wish to import.
    For details about the types of information that can be selected, see (1) Selecting the asset type below.
  3. Click the OK button.
    The Import window switches to a window for creating conditions.
  4. Specify the CSV file to import.
    For details about the CSV file format, see 4.10.1(1) CSV file format.
  5. Select the processing mode.
    Select Add, Update, Add/update, or Delete. For details about the processing in each of these modes, see (2) Selecting the processing mode below.
  6. Specify the assigned items.
    Specify the assigned item for each managed item. Items identified by a star ([Figure]) are mandatory. For details about how to set assigned items, see (3) Setting assigned items below.
    If an asset type with a customized relationship is selected, assigned items cannot be set; in such a case, skip this step and go to step 7.
    To cancel, click the Close button.
  7. Click the Add button.
    The Save Condition dialog box is displayed.
  8. Specify any name, and then click the OK button.
    The import conditions are saved under the specified name.

The following figure shows the window for creating import conditions when Device information is selected for Category.

Figure 4-30 Import window (for creating conditions)

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Organization of this subsection
(1) Selecting the asset type
(2) Selecting the processing mode
(3) Setting assigned items

(1) Selecting the asset type

Asset types that can be selected in Category are listed below. For details about the items to be imported in each asset type, see 14.4 Items to be imported or exported using a job menu in the Planning and Setup Guide.

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Condition details cannot be specified for the customization information. Asset information exported to a CSV file from the Export window for backup purposes is used principally for restoring.
The version of customized information that has been exported can be determined from the first line of the CSV file.

Note
If you rename managed items using the Customize Managed Items job menu, the conditions provided in the sample become unusable. Therefore, create new import conditions.

(2) Selecting the processing mode

Select Add, Update, Add/update, or Delete as the processing mode. These processing modes are discussed as follows:

(3) Setting assigned items

The items that are subject to import are displayed in the Managed items column. By clicking the Browse button and displaying the Setting Assignment dialog box, you can set the changes for the managed items that you wish to change.

If you click the Default button, information in the CSV file with the same name as the managed items is assigned automatically. If a previously exported CSV file is to be imported without change, this is convenient because the assigned items do not need to be set. The provided sample conditions are the same as those set by the Default button.

To cancel all settings of assigned items, click the Clear button.

The following figure shows how to set the items in the Setting Assignment dialog box.

Figure 4-31 Setting Assignment dialog box

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The following explains how to set the assigned item for each asset type.

Notes
The following are the notes about setting assigned items:
  • When the Add or Add/update processing mode is selected, an automatically generated number is added for any ID that is part of the key other than User ID or Group ID, regardless of the value set for the assigned item.
  • Managed items displays the items that are set to be displayed in the Customize Managed Items job menu. An exception is that some of the items in Managed items are not displayed in Customize Managed Items. They are UpperLinkID (upper group ID) in GroupInfo (group information), UpperLinkID (upper location ID) in LocationInfo (location information), and CatalogID (catalog ID) in MachineCatalog (device catalog).