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Importing a New Data Source

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'''This section will show you how to import a new data source.'''
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See also:
* [[Importing a New Data Source Tutorial|Video Tutorial]]
First select the ''New datasource'' option in the [[Main Page Overview#Menu (Sidebar)|Menu (Sidebar)]] in the [[Main Page Overview|Main Page]];
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'''On the next screen.'''
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* '''File''': Choose the file to be imported. Click on the ''Browser'' button to search your computer for files. See [[Supported File Formats]] for more information;
* '''Name''': Data source name. This is the name that will be displayed in the '''[[Main Page Overview|main page]]''';
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If you have doubts click on the links "''Tutorial Video''", "''A sample spreasheet''" and other "''Importing Tips''".
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Click '''Send File''' button to continue.
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'''On the next screen you must inform the file specifications.'''
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Notes:
* Is very important set the right type for each column. When the type isn't right normally NULL will be show in the cells.
'''On the next screen you can generate automatically a set of dashboards with your imported data.'''
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The process will try to find compatible dashboards with the information you provided. New generated dashboards will have the [[File:db_genenerated.png]] icon.
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Select the main [[Date]], [[Text]] and [[Value]] columns that TaticView will use to automatic generate dashboards.
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Click the '''Next''' button. To skip the automatic dashboards generation, click '''Skip step'''. You can do this later. See [[Generate dashboards]].