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Importing CSV

Senfi allows you to create Assets by importing necessary information from a CSV file. The following section will detail the process to do so, and the specifications of the CSV file.

Prerequisite knowledge:

• Senfi concepts related to Asset
• Senfi concepts related to Lift & Movable Asset
• Building, Block & Level concepts
• Measurement concepts, and corresponding Tag system.

How to Import CSV

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CSV File Specifications

The supported CSV format is RFC 4180, UTF-8. Saving as CSV from Excel should be compatible for most Excel versions. For the purposes of this guide, we will be using Excel as the CSV editor.

The imported CSV is split into 2 parts.

• Header
• Rows

The first row of the CSV file is the header row. The header row identifies the data contained within each column. The value of the header cell tells Senfi what to do with the column's data. For example, a column with header "Name" tells Senfi to assign the value of that column to the Name of each Asset.

The value of each header cell must equal to senfi-defined values, or conform to senfi-defined format, which will be outlined in the Headers section below. Any columns with non-conforming headers will be ignored.

Each subsequent row (2nd row onwards) in the CSV file is an Asset to be imported.

Headers

Required Columns

The following headers must be in every imported CSV file, with valid values provided for each row. They are required to create an Asset.

• Name
• Is Virtual
• Site ID

Optional Columns

The following headers are optional. They provide more information about the Assets to be imported.

• Description
• Location X
• Location Y
• Location Z
• Building ID
• Block ID
• Level ID
• Is Movable
• Is Lift

Lift related Columns

If there are Lift assets, the following headers must exist to provide lift related information.

• Stop
  • a comma separated list of "Level ID"s that the lift stops at, enclosed in square brackets [ ].
  • E.g: [1b0dd17a-2785-4771-88ce-7158e7081d05,68caa9f0-32ed-44d1-94cc-9ddc768314d8]

Attribute Columns

To import Attribute information, add a header for each attribute, using the following format:

• [Attribute] <attribute_name>

If an Asset does not have an attribute, leave the column blank for that row.

Measurement Columns

To import measurement's tag information, add a header for each measurement's tag_field with the following format:

• [Measurement] <measurement_code>.<tag_field>

If an Asset does not have the measurement, leave the column blank for that row.

How to obtain relevant IDs

Site ID

Site ID can be obtained from CMS, Site Page, as shown below.