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Importing Resources
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The combination of
uniqueID
and
resource_type
must be unique within this section. Duplicate
definitions generate a warning.
For example, assume the following format definition at the beginning of the import file:
Resource_UniqueName Resource_Type Resource_Name Location Department RoomNo
To create a user resource named Judy Jones, with three attributes:
■
Location, whose value is Denver
■
Department, whose value is Sales
■
RoomNo whose value is 3050
Enter a resource definition as follows:
judy user Judy Jones Denver Sales 3050
You cannot use the Import function to create new device or port resources. You can import attributes for
device and port resources, and define relationships for them. The device and port resources must
already exist in the EPICenter database, and the names you specify must match their names in the
database.
See “ Resource Details ,” on page 226 for more information on the components of a resource.
Group and Relationship Definitions. The second part of the file defines the relationships between the
resources—both group membership and relationships between the resources themselves (see “ Adding
Relationships to a Resource ,” on page 233 for more information about relationships).
The
#GROUPS#
specification is required, even if you do not define any groups.
#GROUPS#
Each line in this section has the following form:
<resource_type>:<resource_uniqueID> <tab> <resource_type>:<resource_uniqueID>
<resource_type>:<resource_uniqueID> <tab> <resource_type>:<resource_uniqueID>
●
resource_type
can be
user
,
host
,
group
,
device
, or
port
. A group that exists in the EPICenter
database (and is not defined in the import file) can be specified as a child of an imported group, but
the reverse is not supported.
●
resource_uniqueID
is the unique ID defined in the first part of the file (or known to exist already in
the EPICenter database).
For creating group membership relationships, the first type:ID pair defines the parent, the second one
defines the child. Thus, the first pair must always be a group. The second pair can be a group or an
individual resource.
For defining peer-to-peer relationships, (user-host, user-port, and host-port relationships) either member
of the relationship can be specified first.