Uploading files to the File Share

About uploading files

Poetic supports several flat files for importing data into the Poetic database.

These files may be created manually, generated from an external system, or exported from another Poetic instance.

For the files to be loaded, they must be posted to a directory on the File Share. There is a different directory for each type of file.

The file upload function allows you to post the files from the Poetic UI.

Uploading files

About the upload process

The upload process allows you to upload one or more files of the same type.

When you complete the upload request, Poetic posts the files to the appropriate File Share directory.

If the file upload is processed by an event, then Poetic generates the event and also appends "poetc_upld_" to the front of the file name to indicate that the file was uploaded from the UI. This ensures that the file is not processed a second time.

Starting the upload process

To start the upload process:

1. On the Tools menu, click Manage files.
2. On the Search File Share page, click Upload files.

Selecting the files to upload

On the Select page, from the Directory type combo box, select the type of file you are uploading.

For each file to upload:

1. Click Browse to search for and select the file.
2. Click Load. The field is cleared, and the file name is added to the list of files to upload.

Note that once you have loaded files, you cannot change the selected directory.

To clear a file from the list, click its Clear link.

Confirming and completing the upload

After selecting the files to upload, click Next.

On the Confirm page, click Finish.

From the Complete page, you can:

• Start another upload process
• Return to the File Share search