Keri Systems BioPointe - Manual (Page 60)

Biopointe Central User’s Manual
Advance Features 56
Comma separator separates the field with a comma (,). Eg field1, field2, field3, field4, field5
Fixed separator separates the field using fixed field length. Eg field1 field2field3 field4 field5
You need to pre-define the field size of each field in the text field by selecting the set field size button.
Below shows the set field size screen:
WARNING:
Limit to 20 fields only.
Make sure that the field size is not set to 0.
Other separator separates the field with a user-defined character. Eg. Selected Other: &. The txt file:
field1&field2& field3&field4&field5
B) Import Text File
Import Text File option allows you to select another text file for importing to the user database. For usage,
click on the Change button and select another text file to import.
C) Import Linkage
Import Linkage option allows you to link User ID, User Name, Department and Link ID fields to the
import text fields. Beside these, you can auto generate the user id by selecting the Auto ID checkbox. Once
checked, you must key in a starting number. The system will import the file’s data with the auto-generated
User ID with the file’s data in sequence.
NOTE:
The pull down list of each database field is automatically updated when the correct separator is
selected.
To Use,
1) Key in all the field size of each
different field of the import text
file.
2) Click save buttons to save the
settings.
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