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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 field reportsdata entry forms. The sections below describe how and from where you can import/export data in IMSMA.

==Geospatial Map Data==__NOEDITSECTION__===Importing Map Data===__NOEDITSECTION__

*[[Geospatial Data#How To Import Geospatial Data{{note| Importing Geospatial 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.}}

===Exporting Map Data===__NOEDITSECTION__

{| style="border:2px solid lightgray; float:center; margin:10px;"|align="left" style="padding: 5px 10px 5px 10px"|[[Image:bulb2.png|25px|Represents a tip or {note for using IMSMA.]]|align="left" style="padding: 5px 10px 5px 10px"| 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. |}}

[[Image:MapManagerExport.png|400px|center|''Map Manager Export window'']]

====Exporting Map Data For Use in ArcPad==== <p>To export the IMSMA map extent for use in ArcPad for more advanced geoprocessing:</p>__NOEDITSECTION__

<li>From In the '''File''' menu, select &rarr; '''Export'''.</li><li>From the '''Export''' menu, select &rarr; '''Map'''. </li>:The Map Manager: Export window displays.

<li>Navigate to the directory folder where you would like to save a copy of the map.</li>

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

====Exporting Map Data as a PDF File==== <p>To export the map in a .pdf format:</p>__NOEDITSECTION__

<li>From In the '''File''' menu, select &rarr; '''Export'''.</li><li>From the '''Export''' menu, select &rarr; '''Map'''.</li>:The Map Manager: Export window displays.

{| style="border:2px solid lightgray; float:center; margin:10px;"|align="left" style="padding: 5px 10px 5px 10px"|[[Image:bulb2.png|25px|Represents a tip or {note for using IMSMA.]]|align="left" style="padding: 5px 10px 5px 10px"| 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>Navigate to the directory folder where you would like to save a copy of the map.</li>

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

==Auxiliary Geospatial Data==__NOEDITSECTION__ The XLS Import feature allows you {{note| Find information on how to import field report geospatial data or auxiliary data (organisations, explosive ordnance, places, from [[Import Geospatial Data from Excel|Excel]] and country structure levels) into IMSMA using a Microsoft Excel file. This allows mine action personnel without IMSMA access [[Import Geospatial Data from Shapefile|shapefile]] to collect Task, Auxiliary data in or to a format that can be entered into the system. The XLS Import feature also aids in data migration activitiesData Entry Form.}}

{| style="border:2px solid lightgray; float:center; margin:10px;"|align="left" styleXLS Import=="padding: 5px 10px 5px 10px"|[[Image:bulb2.png|25px|Represents a tip or note for using IMSMA.]]__NOEDITSECTION__|align="left" style="padding: 5px 10px 5px 10px"| Before The XLS Import feature allows you can to import data into {{IMSMANG}} using an Excel file. This allows large amount of data being imported in XLS another 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 importthan xml.

To {{Note| In order to import auxiliary data or field report in XLS format, scripts files that specify how the data fields contained in an the XLS-file format(s) should be processed e.g. the import order, import logic, you reconciliation rules and any error handling must have the ''XLS Import'' permissionbe developed.Contact your [[Information Management Team |GICHD IM advisor]] for help.}}

<ol>==Data Entry Forms (xml)==__NOEDITSECTION__<li>From Data Entry Forms may be export in four different ways to xml file(s):# from the File menu, select '''Import'''.</li>[[Search for Exporting Data Entry Form | Advanced search functionality]]<li>From # from the [[Export menu, select XLS File.</li>Data Entry Form from Workbench | Workbench ]]:The XLS Import window displays (# from the [[:Image:XLSImport.pngExport a Data Entry Form from the Summary Window |XLS Import windowSummary Window]]). # from the [[Image:XLSImport.pngUse the Data Entry Form Editor Window |center|''XLS Import window''Data Entry Form Editor Window]]<div align="center">''XLS Import window''</div>

<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 where the file that you would like to import is located.</li><li>Select the file name.</li><li>Click the '''Open''' button.</li>:In the XLS Import window, the location of the XLS file Data Entry Forms 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.</ol><li>Click the '''Import''' button.</li>:The Import Results window displays with the contents of the migration.logstarted from Workbench, migration_errors.log, and migration_dataissues.log (see [[:Image:XLSImportResults.pngImport a Data Entry Form from a xml File|XLS/CSV Import Results windowa Data Entry Form from a xml File]]). In addition, log files are generated and can be found in the IMSMA_HOME\migration directory.<li>Verify that the import was successful, and click the '''Done''' button.</li> [[Image:XLSImportResults.png|center|''XLS/CSV Import Results window'']]<div align="center">''XLS/CSV Import Results window''</div>

==Translations==See [[Considerations for Language and TranslationsCategory:NAA]].