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Index The Data Import Wizard
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 1.9        MS Project Connector
appnav
Project
 2      Getting Started with Gemini 5
usage
projects
templates
 2.5.1          The Grid
usage
Excel
 2.5.2          The Planner
usage
 2.5.3          Activity Page
usage
time
 2.5.4          Timeline Page
usage
time
 2.5.5          Roadmaps and Changelogs
usage
time
 2.5.8          The Calendar
usage
projects
add-ons
time
plugins
ms-outlook
 2.5.9          Burndown and Burnup Charts
usage
time
reporting
 2.5.11           The Data Import Wizard
admin
database
templates
Excel
migration
 3      Creating and Managing Tasks
usage
 3.1        Creating Tasks
projects
templates
 3.2        Rapid Planning (Creating Multiple Tasks)
usage
projects
templates
 3.3        The View Item Page
usage
projects
sentry
 6.1        Introduction to Sentry
usage
testing
sentry
 6.2        Test Cases
usage
testing
sentry
 6.3        Test Plans
usage
testing
sentry
 6.4        Test Runner (Executing Tests)
usage
testing
sentry
 6.5        Test Run History
usage
testing
sentry
 10.5         Item Management
 10.5.1           Overview
 10.5.2           Creating
 10.5.3           Editing
 10.5.4           Viewing
 10.5.5           Visibility
 10.5.6           Custom Fields
custom-fields
 10.5.7           Comments
 10.5.8           Hierarchy
 10.5.9           Links
 10.5.10            Recurrence
 10.5.11            Estimates & Time Logs
time
 10.5.12            Source Control Links
 10.5.13            Audit Trails
 10.5.14            Workflow
 10.5.15            Filter Items
find-filter
 10.5.15.1              Using the Filter
find-filter
 10.5.15.2              Saving and Reusing Filters
find-filter
 10.5.15.3              Cross Project Roll-ups
find-filter
 10.5.16            Patterns
usage
projects
 10.7         Time Management
time
 10.7.1           Time Reports
time
 10.7.2           Recording Time
usage
 10.10.1.5              Item Management
admin
 10.12.9            Custom Fields API
custom-fields
api
 10.12.11             Items API
api
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The Data Import Wizard

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Bringing data into Gemini, for whatever reason, is a simple straightforward process. To do so you must have the “Bulk Operations” permission, which will give you access to the Import control on the Grid.

Grid Control anotated

fig 1.0 the “Import” option in the Grid Control.

 

Steps to import your data

1. Navigate to the Gemini Grid and the project that you wish to import data into.

2. Click on the Import icon (see above) and you will be prompted with the Gemini Import wizard, as shown below:

import wizard

fig 2.0 the import wizard screen. Click “choose file" to browse for the file to import

3. Browse for the Excel or delimited (pipe/comma/tab) file that contains your data. This first row in this file must contain column headings for the data therein.

4. Once you have located your file, map the columns in your file to the fields that match the Project Template that your project is based on.

Gemini will read the column headings in your file and try to map them to column headings that match your data template. You need to check that this mapping is accurate and if the wizard has not (or more likely cannot) map from you inbound column to a column in your Project Template then you need to make the column assignment manually.

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fig 3.0 Column mapping. You will be shown (from left to right) the column heading from the file, a row of data in the file, the field in Gemini to map the data to, a flag to allow you to ignore any individual field.

The data wizard import simply prompts at each step for the user to click on “Next” once they have finished a particular step.

5. Determine whether the lookup data values you have in the file should take on different values based on what is already in Gemini, should stay as they are, or if they are new – be added to Gemini. Gemini will go through every one of the lookup fields and give this prompt.

import wizard anotated mapping

 

When all the field value mapping has been completed, Gemini will present the “Upload” button. Click on this to have your data uploaded and at the end Gemini will give a summary of all records processed and the number of records successfully uploaded.


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