I am currently using the Kentico Import Toolkit to create documents in the tree.
At this point, I have imported around 100 documents using the toolkit, and they are all located at the correct place in the tree. Now the issue/concern that I had was, as I have imported these documents, my spreadsheet has been updated, so extra fields and data were added, so how do I go about importing this extra data into the currently existing documents? Also just bear in mind I don't want other fields or data to be affected by this, as some of the documents were updated with some other content by the content editors using CMS Desk, which isn't available in the spreadsheet.
Import toolkit is not the right tool to achieve this task. Even if you select "Import new and overwrite existing pages" it'll overwrite most of your columns. Actually it only preserves system and id columns from the existing documents - all other columns get overwritten.
Either you can write a piece of custom code or you can try following:
Open SSMS and navigate to the coupled table of your page type (something like CONTENT_MyDocType). This is where your custom columns are stored.
Right click -> Edit top 200 rows
Click "Show SQL Pane"
Adjust the columns, ORDER BY and WHERE clause to match your excel file, re-run the query
Select desired rows in your excel file and copy them to clipboard
Paste the data in the SSMS
rocky is right, Import Toolkit is meant for importing complete objects, not partial/continuous update.
You could map the fields that you know are not changed in the spreadsheet to a SQL query selecting the value from the target database.
To achieve this, just insert #<target> at the beginning of the SQL select statement you will be mapping the field to.
It will be rather laborious though and it also requires certain knowledge about the nature of the spreadsheet changes.
Related
I have a table and it is for a test plan I am doing for a project, there is a column at the end of the table where the 2 values in it will be Y (passed the criteria) or N (didn't pass the criteria)
Is there a way in Microsoft Word to change the colour of the text on the row with the value of N at the end, this makes it easier to spot the places where it failed the criteria.
I know you can do the find and replace method but I was wondering if there was a way to do this automatically so when the user enters N it changes the whole row to red and when they enter Y it changes it back to normal.
Here is a screenshot of my table:
A point in the right direction to an article I may have missed or a direct answer would be greatly appreciated, thanks.
I see four ways you can go from here:
Either you create a VBA Macro which automatically jumps in once you change something in your document and updates the table. This will force you to save the document with the file extension *.docm.
Or you create two styles (of type character) which automatically format the table Cell and it's content as you like. You would need to guide the users how to use those styles by advising them or you could also provide separate buttons within your document to call a macro which would apply those styles. Also here the macro option would force you to save the document with the file extension *.docm.
Another option would be to use a Word document with an OLE Microsoft Excel object. The drawback is the users would need to know how to use this embedded Excel object.
The third way you could go is to use Microsoft Excel and use the inbuilt Conditional Formatting of Excel. If you need the results to be in a Word document you would still be able to copy the table back to Word.
Note:
I especially mention the document file extension *.docm because this can cause your document to appear dangerous when you send it by email. Perform a google search to read more about Microsoft Office documents containing macros.
With a few solutions Ive worked with I've created temp table's or history tables. Normally I script it to take a handful of fields needed from a main table and copy it over to the other table by
Setting a variable then setting field to the variable for each field in the new table / new record.
I have a situation now, where Im building a history table that needs to copy the current record as is. A snapshot where all fields from that instance of the record are copied to the history table.
Rather then setting a variable then set field to the variable, Id like to get some input on a quicker way to get this done where I can do this on a record level and not type out field by field to get it done. Also if fields are added to both tables then I have to make sure my script gets updated.
Ill keep hunting around.. appreciate any help.
-Rich
Do you have a sample of copying a record from 1 table to another
including all fields and setting some fields?
As I suggested in comments, use the Import Records[] script step, and select the same file as the source. If you choose Arrange by: [ matching names ] in the Import Field Mapping dialog, it will automatically map all source fields to their similarly named counterparts.
Note that you must establish a found set in the source table before importing.
For "setting some fields", you can define auto-enter options and activate them during the import, or run Replace Field Contents[] immediately after the import.
I'm using Filemaker Pro 12 and I was wondering if there is a way of creating a template for tables. There are a number of fields I'm placing in my tables that are identical utility-fields like modification time-stamp, active/inactive flags, etc. I was hoping there was a way that I could define the skeleton of each table somehow instead of having to manually add these identical fields every time.
If you are using the Advanced version, you can copy&paste fields among tables/files.
Using the regular version, you can import records from your "default" table and specify [New Table...] as the target table. This will recreate the source table's structure in the target file. The source table does not have to contain any records for this to work.
To expand a little bit on michael-hor257k's answer, if you're using FileMaker Pro Advanced, a good practice is to create a "Default" table that has your core utility fields. When you want to make a new table in Manage Database, instead:
Highlight the Default table,
Copy & Paste the table, then
Rename the new table.
I have a Crystal template that I am modifying in developer because we are changing the datasource from an Access file to our Oracle DB. I created a database field that accurately connects to Oracle and added a select statement that because pulls a field from a particular table
select s.field from table s;
On the right hand side, under database fields, I see my command and can right click and browse the data, which right now returns two values.
I also made a formula field using an Azalea barcode function that calls the values (I think, this is where stuff is going wrong, I guess)
The formula field is
BarcodeC39ASCII({Command.field})
So this should take the data and format it into the barcode, except when I use print preview or print out the report, no data is merged.
I've tested this by creating a new formula field with just the Command.field, and still no data is merged. I imagine there is something really obvious that I am missing and would appreciate any input.
So unless I misunderstood your question, you are changing your datasource from Access DB to Oracle DB, correct? Assuming that the database structure remains the same then all you should need to do is go into Database -> Set Datasource Location and set the datasource location from the Access DB to the Oracle DB and your existing report should work as it did. You might have to map some fields, but that should be the extend of it. Is that what you are trying to do?
Chris
I have not worked with Mail Merge fields before and everything I find requires you to select a data source prior to be able to insert merge fields. All I want to do is place fields on the word document and not merge it down until its consumed by the code. I essentially am creating document templates. How is this done in word?
As Noah said, it is probably easiest to set up a dummy data source containing the available fields, especially if you haven't worked with Mail Merge before.
However, Word fields can be created completed manually. Press Alt+I and then F (on an English Word) to open the Insert Fields dialog (For Word XP/2003 you will find the same in the Insert menu, for Word 2007 the dialog is available from the Insert tab of the ribbon under Quick Parts). In this dialog you can select the mail merge fields and specify all relevant options, e.g. a field of type MergeField.
If you know the field code (and the relevant options) you can also insert the field directly by pressing Ctrl+F9 followed by the field code (Note that you can toggle the display of field codes using Alt+F9). This is a very convenient - albeit advanced - way when creating templates.
I would follow this Microsoft article. If you don't have the data source available, I would simply create a dummy Excel/Access/data source with the fields that you will have. Word prefers to know what fields are available and you can change the source once your template document is built.