CSV Import Agent: short description

Steps

1. Create a table in your spreadsheet with all the assets and their values following the format of the table below
2. Export your spreadsheet to a CSV file (.csv)
3. Import the CSV file in OpenRemote using the: CSV Import Agent

Table format for spreadsheet:

	EXCLUDE
ATTRIBUTE_NAME		string1	boolean1	integer1	integer2	integer3	double1	double2	double3	LATITUDE	LONGITUDE
VALUE_TYPE		TEXT	BOOLEAN	INTEGER	POSITIVE_INTEGER	NEGATIVE_INTEGER	NUMBER	POSITIVE_NUMBER	NEGATIVE_NUMBER	GEO_JSON_POINT	GEO_JSON_POINT
		light1	true	5	4	-3	1.0	2.3	-4.1	51.445977	5.454178
		light2	false	10	2	-15	1.2	20.1	-1.2	51.445981	5.454182
EXCLUDE	This is a template for the CSV Import Agent
EXCLUDE	All currently available keywords are in capital letters

Keywords

Keyword	Description
ATTRIBUTE_NAME	Attribute name can only contain letters and numbers without spaces. Example: assetId
VALUE_TYPE	Default value type is TEXT (String)
EXCLUDE	Use EXCLUDE in the first column/row if you don't want to import the column/row
LATITUDE	Indicates to the CSV Import Agent that you want to use this column as latitude coordinate on the map. Must be specified in the ATTRIBUTE_NAME row
LONGITUDE	Indicates to the CSV Import Agent that you want to use this column as longitude coordinate on the map. Must be specified in the ATTRIBUTE_NAME row

Value type	Example
TEXT	name
BOOLEAN	true
INTEGER	2
POSITIVE_INTEGER	3
NEGATIVE_INTEGER	-1
NUMBER	1.0
POSITIVE_NUMBER	3.4
NEGATIVE_NUMBER	-2.5
GEO_JSON_POINT	51.4301

Using the CSV Import Agent

1. Select your Asset Type. Default: Thing asset
2. Enter column number that contains your asset names. Default: 0, means no column is selected, the CSV Import Agent will generate unique asset names
3. Enter the delimiter used in your CSV file. Default: ","
4. Browse for your CSV file. (On Mac, you must click Options and select "All Files" under "Format" to select the CSV file)
5. Upload the CSV file. Check the Info field or the logs for more information about your import. (Ignore the popup messages, these are incorrect and need to be updated in the future)