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<Session ID="/baanerp/da/xch/daxch0224m000" xml:lang="en">
	<Header>
		<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Import Data (on a Regular Basis) (daxch0224m000)</Title>
	</Header>
	<HelpTopic xml:lang="en"><AimSection><Paragraph class="Default">
                                 Use this session to run the import program to transfer data on a <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000004" role="glossary">regular</Link> basis from sequential <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000001" role="glossary">ASCII files</Link> to ERP LN tables.</Paragraph>
		</AimSection>
		<GeneralSection><Paragraph class="Default">An import on a <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000004" role="glossary">regular</Link> basis is especially useful in a multisite environment. In these situations it is important that no run is lost, imported twice or imported in the incorrect order.</Paragraph>
			<ProcedureList><ListIntro>To run the export program, do as follows:</ListIntro>
				<ListItem>Select a range of <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000003" role="glossary">exchange schemes</Link>.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Select the processing type.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/da/xch/daxch0224m000#comp.yn" role="manual">Overrule Batch Company</GUIRef> check box if the data is imported from a company other than the batch company.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Enter another company if the current company is overruled.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Define the details of the <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000015" role="glossary">import procedure</Link> in the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Processing Details</GUIRef> group box.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Click Import Data to start the <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000015" role="glossary">import procedure</Link>.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Click Log Table to view the contents of the log table. A log table gives an overview of the results of the <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000015" role="glossary">import procedure</Link>.</ListItem>
			</ProcedureList>
			<Note><SectionTitle>
                                    Note
                                 </SectionTitle>
				<Paragraph class="Default">The import can also run as part of a batch job.</Paragraph>
			</Note>
			<Paragraph class="Default">Click <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Add to Job</GUIRef> to start the Job Manager.</Paragraph>
		</GeneralSection>
		<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>
                                 Related topics
                              </SectionTitle>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/basictasks/000005" role="manual">To use a details session</Link>
			</RelTopic>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/da/onlinemanual/000002" role="manual">Introduction to the master data business object</Link>
			</RelTopic>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/da/onlinemanual/000003" role="manual">Introduction to the import module</Link>
			</RelTopic>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/da/onlinemanual/000015" role="manual">Differences and resemblances between regular and non-regular exchanges</Link>
			</RelTopic>
		</RelatedTopics>
	</HelpTopic>
	<Fields><FieldHelp ID="cxch.f"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Exchange Scheme</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000003" role="glossary">exchange scheme</Link> code.</FuncDesc>
			<Note><SectionTitle>
                                    Note
                                 </SectionTitle>
				<Paragraph class="Default">The exchange scheme is created in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/da/xch/daxch0501m000" role="session">Exchange Schemes (daxch0501m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
			</Note>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="cxch.t"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Exchange Scheme</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>A blueprint that defines the general parameters that are used during a data-exchange process, such as the location of files, the use of an audit trail, and other default settings. The exchange scheme contains all definitions of the data that must be exported and/or imported. The ASCII files, conditions, batches, table and field relations, ranges, and conversions that belong together are grouped in an exchange scheme.</FuncDesc>
			<Note><SectionTitle>
                                    Note
                                 </SectionTitle>
				<Paragraph class="Default">The exchange scheme is created in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/da/xch/daxch0501m000" role="session">Exchange Schemes (daxch0501m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
			</Note>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="redo.type"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Processing Type</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The processing type of the <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000015" role="glossary">import procedure</Link>.</FuncDesc>
			<AllowedValues><SectionTitle>
                                    Allowed values
                                 </SectionTitle>
				<Paragraph class="Default">See <Link href="/baanerp/da/domains/xch.redo" role="domain">Possible values</Link>
				</Paragraph>
			</AllowedValues>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="error.rej.yn"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Reprocess Rejected due to Errors</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>
                                 If this check box is selected, records that are rejected due to errors in the previous import run are processed again.</FuncDesc>
			<SimpleSection><Paragraph class="Default">This check box can only be selected if the processing type is reprocess rejected records.</Paragraph>
			</SimpleSection>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="cond.rej.yn"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Reprocess Rejected due to Conditions</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>
                                 If this check box is selected, records that are rejected due to conditions in the previous import run are processed again.</FuncDesc>
			<SimpleSection><Paragraph class="Default">This check box can only be selected if the processing type is reprocess rejected records.</Paragraph>
			</SimpleSection>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="comp.yn"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Overrule Batch Company</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>
                                 If this check box is selected, the batch companies that are defined in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/da/xch/daxch0104m000" role="session">Batches (daxch0104m000)</GUIRef> session are overruled.</FuncDesc>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="scr.comp"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Overrule Batch Company</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The ERP LN company that is used instead of the batch company.</FuncDesc>
			<SimpleSection><Paragraph class="Default">This field can only be defined if the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/da/xch/daxch0224m000#comp.yn" role="manual">Overrule Batch Company</GUIRef> check box is selected.</Paragraph>
			</SimpleSection>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="stop.yn"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Really Quit on Stop Condition</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>
                                 If this check box is selected, an import program cannot continue if it is stopped. This is because the return value of a stop condition is true.</FuncDesc>
			<SimpleSection><Paragraph class="Default">
                                    If this check box is cleared, the exchange process will not stop if a stop condition returns true. Instead, a log message will be written to the log file.</Paragraph>
				<Paragraph class="Default">The stop condition is defined in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/da/xch/daxch0121s000" role="session">Table Relations (Import) (daxch0121s000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
			</SimpleSection>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="wait.yn"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Wait for &lt;CR&gt; with Messages</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>
                                 If this check box is selected, the import program waits for a &lt;CR&gt; at the end of the messages.</FuncDesc>
			<SimpleSection><Paragraph class="Default">
                                    If this check box is cleared, the import program continues without any interaction from you. This option can be used during an import that runs throughout the night.</Paragraph>
			</SimpleSection>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="suppress.yn"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Ignore Batches to Import</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>
                                 If this check box is selected, the <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000002" role="glossary">batches</Link> in the <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000003" role="glossary">exchange scheme</Link> are ignored during the <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000015" role="glossary">import procedure</Link>.</FuncDesc>
			<SimpleSection><Paragraph class="Default">This option can be used to test or run the import without using data that is waiting to be imported at the export site.</Paragraph>
				<Paragraph class="Default">
                                    If this check box is cleared, and an active exchange link exists for a <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000002" role="glossary">batch</Link>, that batch will only run if there is data waiting to be imported. For example, if there is no batch to import.</Paragraph>
			</SimpleSection>
			<Note><SectionTitle>
                                    Note
                                 </SectionTitle>
				<Paragraph class="Default">This check box is only relevant if multisite control is used, and the <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000002" role="glossary">batch</Link> is used in one or more exchange links.</Paragraph>
			</Note>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="uncompress.yn"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Uncompress ASCII Files</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>
                                 If this check box is selected, compressed <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000001" role="glossary">ASCII files</Link> are restored to their original format before the <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000015" role="glossary">import procedure</Link>.</FuncDesc>
			<Note><SectionTitle>
                                    Note
                                 </SectionTitle>
				<Paragraph class="Default">Only use this option if the ASCII files that will be imported are compressed using the ERP LN compression program.</Paragraph>
			</Note>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="run.num"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Runnumber to be Imported/Redone</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000019" role="glossary">run number</Link> of the <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000003" role="glossary">exchange scheme</Link> that is imported or redone.</FuncDesc>
			<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>
                                    Related topics
                                 </SectionTitle>
				<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/da/onlinemanual/000015" role="manual">Differences and resemblances between regular and non-regular exchanges</Link>
				</RelTopic>
			</RelatedTopics>
		</FieldHelp>
	</Fields>
</Session>
