To save engineering time, this procedure creates a single
file import descriptor, which you can duplicate to create additional
descriptors.
You are working in Workbench connected to a Supervisor station. You have one or more Excel or other delimited
files to import. You added a FileNetwork component to your station.- Expand and double-click Histories.
- To create a file import descriptor, click New.
The New window with the Type to Add property opens and click OK.
- Select the ExcelCsvFileImport type over
the DelimitedFileImport type whenever the source
file is a CSV type that was created using Microsoft Excel.
This provides more support for importing complex CSV-formatted
data for example, including data that incorporates comma usage(s)
within data fields.
The second New window opens.
- Configure the properties for this descriptor referencing
a File that is patterned like the other delimited files you wish to
import and click OK.
- To import the file, right-click the descriptor and click .
- Adjust configuration properties of that descriptor until
it executes (imports a history) properly without a fault status.
Note: The Timestamp Format property may
take some tweaking.
- Duplicate your working import descriptor.
- Before executing the duplicate, change its File reference, History Id, and whatever other properties
you wish to keep unique.