Importing Data
The Import Wizard enables you to easily import data into your System file by asking you a series of questions about the data you want to copy in to it. You can save the settings for performing an import in an Import/Export Template file so that you can quickly perform this same import later.
For this example, you import data into a new System file.
1. Under Navigator Tasks in the Project Navigator, click Create new file. The Create File window opens. The Project field is automatically filled in with the current Project.
2. For File type, select System. For Name, enter My Imported Data. Make sure the Run Create File Wizard checkbox is cleared. Click OK to create and open the new System file.
3. Select > . The Import Wizard starts and displays the Load Template page.
4. Select Perform a custom import and click Next. The Select Source File page appears.
5. For Source file name, click the browse button 
. The Open window opens.
. The Open window opens.6. For Files of type, select Microsoft Excel.
7. Navigate to the My Tablet PC folder in your My Windchill Risk and Reliability Files directory.
 | If you are using the Enterprise Edition, you must navigate to the Samples directory on the application server and then open the folder for your installed language. You then open the Tablet PC Sample folder, where the file referenced in the next step resides. |
8. Select ReliabilityPredictionImport and click Open.
You are returned to the Select Source File page, where the path to the selected file is shown.
9. Click Next. The Specify Worksheet Format page appears.
10. Leave First row of cells has column names selected and click Next. The Select Data Type page appears.
11. Select Parts only and click Next. The Select Import Type page appears.
12. Select I want to add records and click Next. The Select Field Assignments page appears.
On this page, you map the data to import into Windchill Risk and Reliability fields. The first column is selected by default.
13. Map the columns for the data to import:
a. For Data field, which appears near the bottom of the page, select Part Number.
The column heading of the first column changes to Part Number.
To map a column to a field, you can either select from the Data field list or type letters for the field name until the correct match is located.
b. Click the second column and, for Data field, select Quantity.
c. Click the third column and, for Data field, select Reference Designator.
d. Click the fourth column and, for Data field, select Name.
14. Now that all four columns are mapped, click Next. The Save Template page appears.
For this example, you do not need to save your import settings to an Import/Export Template file.
15. Click Next. The Wizard Complete page appears.
16. Click Finish. Importing begins and the Parent Assembly Selection window opens.
17. Select System as the parent assembly and select Do not ask me this again. Use the current selections as the default.
This lets the Import Wizard know the parent assembly with which to associate imported parts.
18. Click OK to continue the import. When the import is complete, the Import/Export window shows “Import completed.”
If errors or warnings occur during your imports, you can click View Log to see them. In this case, there are no errors or warnings, and all parts are imported successfully.
19. Click Close to dismiss the Import/Export window. You can see the newly imported parts in the Parts Table and System Tree Items table.
20. When you are finished reviewing your new data, select > .
For this example, you are going to delete the newly created System file.
21. In the Project Navigator, right-click the System file named My Imported Data and select Delete.
22. When the confirmation window opens, click Yes to delete the file.