History: Import Trackers

Source of version: 13 (current)

There are several ways to import database-like structures (Trackers with their Tracker fields) and data (Tracker items) into your website. This page will give you a quick overview of the related capabilities in Tiki. 

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There are several ways to import a tracker, its fields and its data:

!! 1st Way: Import Tracker using its structure (own code)
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!! 2nd way: Import Tracker using Profile/Yaml code
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!! Export and Import of Tracker Fields
In the __Edit Fields__ page (/tiki-admin_tracker_fields.php?trackerId=) you need to select all fields you want to export with the checkboxes, then at the bottom there is a dropdown where you select __Export Selected__.
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This will open a window with the code you need to copy, then paste in to the __Import Tracker Fields__ tab.
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!! Import Tracker data
To import data, you can import data through the other interface:
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In order to get the right syntax for the file, you can export your tracker data first, so that you can see an example of how columns are data are formatted. See ((Export Trackers)).

!! Use from remote sources
You can alternatively use tracker data from remote sources through the __ODBC__ read/write support added in ((Tiki23)).

See ((ODBC))


-= Related =-
* ((Trackers))
* ((MultilingualTracker))
* ((Export Trackers))
* ((Tracker Import Export))
* ((ODBC))

-= Alias names for this page =-
(alias(Tracker Import)) | (alias(TrackerImport)) | (alias(Import Tracker)) | (alias(ImportTracker)) | (alias(ImportTrackers))