Import Provider

Import providers enable import of file-based content from a variety of sources such as file systems, mail servers, and content repositories.

Remarks

Import providers can be used in two ways:

To perform user-directed imports from the Batch Manager control.
To perform scheduled imports using the Import Watcher service.

List of Import Provider Types

Name	Description
CMIS Import
Import Descendants	Imports objects from a CMIS Repository which are children or descendants of a base CMIS Folder.
Import Query Results	Imports objects from a CMIS Repository, using a CMISQL Query to select items for import.
Legacy Import
CMIS Legacy Import	Provides import connectivity to CMIS-compliant content management platforms.
File System Import	Provides import connectivity to file systems.
FTP Import	Provides import connectivity to FTP servers.
Mail Import	Provides mail message import capabilites over the IMAP protocol.
SFTP Import	Provides import connectivity to SSH/SFTP servers.
Other Import
Test Batch	Provides import connectivity to an existing Test Batch.

Properties

The following 11 properties are defined.

Property Name	Description
Processing Options
Sparse Import	Type: Boolean, Default: True If true, documents will be imported in sparse mode. Sparse documents avoid duplicating storage in Grooper when the content can be accessed through a link. Sparse imports serve two general purposes: To speed up imports. Afterwards, content can then be loaded in parallel in a Batch Process, using the Execute activity. To avoid duplicating storage in Grooper unnecessarily. All Grooper modules can work with sparse documents in the same way they can work with normal documents.
Skip Count	Type: Int32, Default: 0 Indicates the number of items to skip at the beginning of the sequence. Use this property to restart an import which was previously stopped.
Max Items	Type: Int32, Default: 0 Indicates the maximum number of items to process. This can be used with Skip Count to perform incremental imports.
Batch Creation
Starting Step	Type: Batch Process Step The step within a batch process where batches will be started.
Folder Levels	Type: List of Folder Level Info Defines the number of folder levels which will be translated into subfolders within the Grooper Batch.
Maximum Items per Batch	Type: Int32, Default: 2500 The maximum number of items to be imported into a single batch.
Priority	Type: Int32, Default: 3, Range: 1 - 5 The priority of the batch. The Priority value controls the order in which tasks are processed, with the value 1 representing the highest priority level, and the value 5 representing the lowest priority level. (i.e. Items of priority 1 are processed before items of Priority 2, and so on). The batch must be paused before this property can be edited.
Batch Name Prefix	Type: String An optional prefix to be prepended onto each batch name. Example Given the date is 01-02-2019 and the time is 1:39:00 PM, entering "Tommy Oliver's AP batch_:_" will result in the batch being named: "Tommy Oliver's AP batch_:_ 2019-01-02 01:39:00 PM"
Sequential Number Width	Type: Int32, Default: 0 Specifies the zero-padding width to be used for sequential batch numbering.
Start Paused	Type: Boolean, Default: True If true, created batches will be started in a paused state.
Batch Folder Classification
Content Type	Type: Content Type Optionally assign a content type to created batch folders.