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Several windows in IMSMA allow allows you to import and export selected rows various types of data, including map files, auxiliary data files, geospatial points, translations, and data entry forms. The sections below describe how and from the window to either XML or to a comma-separated values (CSV) file (Figure 107)where you can import/export data in IMSMA. Figure 107. Export to File Icon==Field Reports==

==XLS <ol><li>In the '''File''' menu &rarr; '''Import==''' &rarr; '''Map'''.</li> {{Reference guide header|To <li>Navigate to the location of the .mxd file that you would like to import auxiliary data or field report data in an XLS-.</li> <li>Select the .mxd file format, you must have .</li><li>Click the ''XLS 'Import'' permission' button.</li>:A message stating that the map import was successful displays.</ol>

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[[Image:MapManagerExport.png|400px|center|''Map Manager Export window'']]<pdiv align="center">To import auxiliary data or field report data using an XLS file:''Map Manager Export window''</pdiv>

<li>From In the '''File ''' menu&rarr; '''Export''' &rarr; '''Map'''. </li><li>Enter the file name in the '''Name''' field.</li> <li>Select the '''.apm, select ESRI Arc Pad Map''' option from the '''Format''' menu.</li><li>Click the '''ImportBrowse'''button.</li><li>From Navigate to the folder where you would like to save a copy of the map.</li> <li>Click the '''Open''' button.</li><li>Click the '''Export menu, select XLS File''' button.</li>:The XLS Import window displaysmap is saved in .apm format. <li>Click the '''OK''' button.</li>XLS Import :The Map Export windowcloses.</ol>

{{note| 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).}} <li>Click the '''Browse''' button next to the Import Ordering File field.</li>:The Open window displays.<li>From the Open window:</li><ol type="a"><li>Navigate to the directory folder where the file that you would like to import is located.</li><li>Select save a copy of the file namemap.</li>

<li>Click the '''Export''' button.</li>:In the XLS Import window, the location of the XLS file The map is displayed saved in the Processing Directory section of .pdf format. <li>Click the window'''OK''' button. </li>:The location of the import mapping files is displayed in the Import Data Directory sectionMap Export window closes.

XLS/CSV ==Geospatial Data==__NOEDITSECTION__{{note| Find information on how to import geospatial data from [[Import Results windowGeospatial Data from Excel|Excel]] and [[Import Geospatial Data from Shapefile|shapefile]] to Task, Auxiliary data or to a Data Entry Form.}}

The XLS Import feature allows you ==Data Entry Forms (xml)==__NOEDITSECTION__Data Entry Forms may be export in four different ways to import field report data or auxiliary data xml file(organisations, explosive ordnance, places, and country structure levelss) into IMSMA using :# from the [[Search for Exporting Data Entry Form | Advanced search functionality]]# from the [[Export Data Entry Form from Workbench | Workbench ]]# from the [[Export a Microsoft Excel file. This allows mine action personnel without IMSMA access to collect data in a format that can be entered into Data Entry Form from the Summary Window | Summary Window]]# from the [[Use the system. The XLS Import feature also aids in data migration activities.Data Entry Form Editor Window | Data Entry Form Editor Window]]

The following windows allow you to export selected row(s) to a file by clicking the button: * Explosive Ordnance List* Explosive Ordnance Selection* Field Report Templates* Handheld Template List* Organisation List* Organisation Selection* Place List* Place Selection* Reports* Report Templates* Search Manager* User List* Import of Data Entry Forms is started from Workbench{{HowTo's|[[HowTo:Export Approved Field Reports|HowTo:Export Approved Field Reports]]|, see [[HowTo:Import Field Reports|HowTo:Import Field Reports]]|[[HowTo:Export a Field Report to Data Entry Form from a MaXML xml File|Export Import a Field Report to Data Entry Form from a MaXML xml File]]}}To export data from the selected row(s) to a file:1. Select the row(s) that you would like to export to a file. 2. Click the button. The Export Options window displays. By default the XML Export option is selected (Figure 108). Figure 108. Export Options Window