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Angus Beare
Posts:18
06/23/2009 16:39:18 Alert 

I need to import a large number of documents in DMX.  I think this process shouldn't be too difficult.

However, these documents come with a database of attributes such as dates, owners, types, descriptions etc etc.

I am really worried about how difficult it will be to get this information into the system. My guess is that I will  need to import the data into a table and then run updates against the DMX_entries and or attributes tables. One of my concerns is that the file names will certainly not be unique. In that case I will have to find some other way of uniquely identifying the files.

Has anyone got any tips/suggestions to make the process easier?  Would I be better off employing a trainee to enter all the data by hand after the upload?!

Gus
Peter Donker

Posts:2617
06/30/2009 22:52:13 Alert 
Hi Gus,

There are 2 general approaches to this IMO:

1. You do a regular import first which puts files in place and sets basic metadata. Then you run a process which maches the data in your foreign database to the DMX database and adjusts metadata accordingly. Or
2. You write a program that does both the adding of content and the setting of metadata in one swoop into DMX.

I guess 1 is preferable, but it all depends on how difficult it is to match the data in the foreign db to the DMX database. If you want I'll take a look and try to make an estimate of how much time it would take me to do.

Peter
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