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Configuring data source settings

The data source settings of the Document Import Tool determine:

To configure the data source settings:

  1. Click DataSource in the left pane. The DataSource property page opens in the right pane.
  2. Select options and type text using the descriptions in the following table.
DataSource options
Option Description

Configuration

To create a new configuration file, click Browse, select a destination folder for the import configuration file, type a name in File Name, and click Open.

To load an existing configuration file, see Loading a configuration file.

Unattended Operation

Processes the entire import database without interruptions from errors. Any errors will be listed in the Errors tab of Import Details.

Database

Click Browse, select the appropriate file type in Files of type, and select an existing file containing the path and property data for the documents you want to import. See Creating an import data source file for guidelines on creating a suitable file.

Select the table to import from

If the import data source file contains multiple tables or worksheets, select the one containing the data you want to import from.

File Path Field

If the data source includes a field that contains the fully qualified file names of the source files to import, select The field contains the full path. If the data source field contains a relative path or only file names, select The field contains relative path and type either the base path (that is common to all relative paths) or the parent folder (of all the file names) in Base path.

Select the field that contains the path of the document

Select from the list the field within the data source file that contains the path to the documents to be imported.

Related concepts

About importing documents

About the Document Import Tool

Importing assemblies

Importing hybrid documents

Related tasks

Importing files using drag and drop

Creating an import data source file

Loading a configuration file

Controlling the Document Import Tool

Monitoring an import

Configuring the Miscellaneous settings

Configuring the Initialize Properties settings

Configuring the Revisions settings


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