Electronic Registration Import Control Maintenance

Use Electronic Registration Import Control Maintenance to maintain the physical attributes of the import work file containing electronic registration information.  This information is used during the Electronic Registration Import routines.  The control information includes the file type, the file name, and the definition file name.

Notes:  

• NDS Technical Support will assist you with setting up this information.  Once this information is set, it generally does not change under normal operating conditions.

• For more information about working with data in fields, see the Data Entry Guidelines.

Directions:

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• Opening Electronic Registration Import Control Maintenance, click More.

   

  1.  Click Tools from the Menu Bar.

  2.  Click Import.

  3.  Click Electronic Registration.

  4.  Click Import Control Maintenance.
  
  Or, use the keyboard shortcut:  [ALT] [t] [i] [e] [i] [i].

   

  Electronic Registration Import Control Maintenance Window Example:

  

   

• Creating a New Electronic Registration Import Control Record, click More.

   

  To create a new record, enter the new Import Control ID and click Retrieve , or press [ENTER].
  Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + t]
  Tip:  To indicate that you are building a new Import Control record, New  displays near the Import Control ID.  Default entries display and the first field is highlighted to let you know you can begin entering information.

   

  Electronic Registration Import Control Maintenance Prompts Tip:  To see more information about a field, click the hyperlink for the field name.
  Import Control ID	Enter the unique identifier that is used to store and recall the import control information. (up to 6 characters)
  	To update the new or changed information, click Save or press [ENTER]. Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + s]
  	CAUTION To avoid losing data, you must save new or changed records.
  	To view all of the existing Import Control Records, click Search.  From the Search list you can select the record to change or delete. Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + r]
  	To display an existing Import Control record, enter the Import Control ID and click Retrieve, or press [ENTER]. Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + t]
  Source
  File Type	To select a file type, click a choice in the drop-down list. File Types: No Delimiter Quote Comma Comma Only Pipe Tab
  File Name	Enter the file name and location address for the import source file. (up to 80 characters)
  Category	Enter the category ID for the import source. (up to 30 characters)
  Definition File	Enter the definition file name for the import source file. (up to 30 characters)
  Electronic Registration
  Import Type	To specify the type of import, click a choice in the drop-down list.

   

• Editing an Existing Electronic Registration Import Control Record, click More.

   

  CAUTION:  To avoid losing data, you must save new or changed records.

  1.  To display the record to be changed, enter the Import Control ID and click Retrieve , or press [ENTER].
  Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + t]
  
  Tip:  If you do not know the Import Control ID, you can click Search  to see a list of electronic registration import control records.

  2.  To position the pointer to the information that you want to change, press [TAB] or click the field using the mouse.

  3.  Enter the data changes.

  4.  To complete the edit process, click Save , or press [ENTER].
  Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + s]

   

• Deleting an Existing Electronic Registration Import Control Record, click More.

   

  1.  To display the record to be deleted, enter the Import Control ID and click Retrieve , or press [ENTER].
  Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + t]
  Tip:  If you do not know the Import Control ID, you can click Search  to see a list of electronic registration import control records.

  2.  Click File from the Menu Bar, and next click Delete.
  Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT] [f] [d]

  3.  At the Delete Records prompt, click Proceed to delete the record, or click Cancel to escape from the delete routine.

  Example:

  

   

  Note:  After you click Proceed, you will see the following message on the Status Bar.