Josh Schulman Posted January 21, 2004 Share Posted January 21, 2004 I'm having trouble moving my data from LW4 to VW 10.5. I am creating the data file to export from LW and when I open VW and browse to find the file, I am unable to select the drop down menu that allows me to tell VW to look for the external ID to match the incoming data, any thoughts? Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee klinzey Posted January 21, 2004 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted January 21, 2004 Check your export options in LW4 and make sure that you are exporting field albels as first record and replacing blank fields with -. LW4 doesn't see your saved settings from LW3, so it reverts to the defaults. What values are listed in the Unique ID Field list. Quote Link to comment
Josh Schulman Posted January 26, 2004 Author Share Posted January 26, 2004 The Unique ID Field is greyed out, I can't click on it. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee klinzey Posted January 26, 2004 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted January 26, 2004 You have to select the file first. Hit the Browse.. button and select the file that you exported from LW. This will enable the UID selection. Since you are importing from LW the UID field will be named External ID. If you have any problems, review the LW section in the manual. You need to make the proper settings LW otherwise the import/export procedure will not work. Quote Link to comment
Jim_Allen Posted January 26, 2004 Share Posted January 26, 2004 If you want email me I will send you the import mapping file that will automatically match everything for importing into VW from LW4. Then all you have to do is browse to the export file from LW , hit the Load button in the import window of VW, find the import mapping file, and you are set. I keep all these back and forth files from VW to LW and LW to VW in one folder so they are easy to find. Jim Allen wcprod@msu.edu Quote Link to comment
Josh Schulman Posted January 30, 2004 Author Share Posted January 30, 2004 I figured out the mapping issue. I was trying to import too much data from LW to VW. Thanks for the help. Quote Link to comment
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