Difference between revisions of "Importing and Exporting Data with IMSMANG"

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IMSMA allows you to import and export various types of data, including map files, auxiliary data files, geospatial points, translations, and data entry forms. The sections below describe how and from where you can import/export data in IMSMA.

Map Data

Importing Map Data

The .mxd of the map file and corresponding shapefiles should be located on a local drive on your computer. The .mxd should have an unique name and has never been imported into IMSMANG before. Recommended size of the file should not exceed 2 GB.

To import an IMSMA map:

1. From the File menu, select Import.
2. From the Import menu, select Map.

The Map Manager window displays.

3. Navigate to the location of the .mxd file that you would like to import.
4. Select the .mxd file.
5. Click the Import button.

A message stating that the map import was successful displays.

Exporting Map Data

Before you export the map, you should zoom in as close as possible to the area on the map that you would like to export. The further out you are zoomed from your map, the longer it will take to export the map.

The export map feature allows you to save a copy of the map extent either to an .apm format so that it can be imported into ArcPad for more advanced geoprocessing, or to a .pdf file as an un-editable visual snapshot.

Exporting Map Data For Use in ArcPad

To export the IMSMA map extent for use in ArcPad for more advanced geoprocessing:

1. From the File menu, select Export.
2. From the Export menu, select Map.

The Map Manager: Export window displays.

3. Enter the file name in the Name field.
4. Select the .apm, ESRI Arc Pad Map option from the Format menu.
5. Click the Browse button.
6. Navigate to the directory where you would like to save a copy of the map.
7. Click the Open button.
8. Click the Export button.

The map is saved in .apm format. The Map Export Complete window displays.

9. Click the OK button.

The Map Export window closes.

Exporting Map Data as a PDF File

To export the map in a .pdf format:

1. From the File menu, select Export.
2. From the Export menu, select Map.

The Map Manager: Export window displays.

3. Enter the file name in the Name field.
4. Select the .pdf, Adobe PDF option from the Format menu.

Selecting the .pdf option creates a visual snapshot of the map as it displays in the Map pane, and this image cannot be manipulated further. Before exporting, you should display the map exactly as you want it to look (show or hide icons, shapes, and pins, recentre the map, zoom in or out, and so on).

5. Click the Browse button.
6. Navigate to the directory where you would like to save a copy of the map.
7. Click the Open button.
8. Click the Export button.

The map is saved in the .pdf format. The Map Export Complete window displays.

9. Click the OK button.

The Map Export window closes.

Geospatial Data

Find information on how to import geospatial data from excel and shapefile.

Auxiliary Data

The XLS Import feature allows you to import field report data or auxiliary data (organisations, explosive ordnance, places, and country structure levels) into IMSMA using a Microsoft Excel file. This allows mine action personnel without IMSMA access to collect data in a format that can be entered into the system. The XLS Import feature also aids in data migration activities.

Before you can import data in XLS format, system administrators must set up mapping files that specify how the data fields contained in the XLS files are be mapped to the data fields in IMSMA, the import order, import logic, and business rules, and any data normalization required for import. To import auxiliary data or field report data in an XLS-file format, you must have the XLS Import permission.

To import auxiliary data or field report data using an XLS file:

1. From the File menu, select Import.
2. From the Export menu, select XLS File.

The XLS Import window displays.



XLS Import window

3. Click the Browse button next to the Import Ordering File field.

The Open window displays.

4. From the Open window:
1. Navigate to the directory where the file that you would like to import is located.
2. Select the file name.
3. Click the Open button.

In the XLS Import window, the location of the XLS file is displayed in the Processing Directory section of the window. The location of the import mapping files is displayed in the Import Data Directory section.

5. Click the Import button.

The Import Results window displays with the contents of the migration.log, migration_errors.log, and migration_dataissues.log. In addition, log files are generated and can be found in the IMSMA_HOME\migration directory.

6. Verify that the import was successful, and click the Done button.


XLS/CSV Import Results window

Translations

See Considerations for Language and Translations.

Data Entry Forms