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On the Link Properties dialog, select the Tag/Loop tab.
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Select Define the naming conventions in the link to enable the Import Utility to define the naming conventions structure automatically by extracting the naming conventions structure from the current link.
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Clear Define the naming conventions in the link to define the naming convention structure manually by entering a naming convention string in the Define Tag Name Structure dialog and/or the Define Loop Name Structure dialog.
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If you cleared the check box in the previous step, do one of the following:
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Select Redefine the naming convention to redefine links for the tag/loop naming conventions parts of the source table.
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Clear Redefine the naming convention to use the current naming conventions without redefining their links.
Instrument conventions are defined in the Administration module. If you select to
redefine the naming conventions, you need to assign new values to the instrument tag
segments.
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Select Validate tag and loop segments to verify the following during the import process:
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Whether the instrument type values of the imported tags in the COMPONENT table exist in the Instrument Type table (COMPONENT_FUNCTION_TYPE).
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Whether the loop function values of the imported loops in the LOOP table exist in the Loop Function table (LOOP_FUNCTION).
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Whether the measured variables of the imported loops in the LOOP table exist in the Loop Process Variable table (LOOP_PROC). Note that selecting this option slows down the import process.
Validate tag and loop segments is selected by default, thus enabling the validation check of the imported tags and
loops before transferring data. It is recommended you do not clear this box to avoid
import failure due to missing data.
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Select Use the loop reference data to also import loop reference data into the COMPONENT table during the import process.
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Clear Use the loop reference data to disregard any loop reference data during the import process.
To prevent import failure, clear Use Loop reference data if the imported COMPONENT table contains empty loop reference columns.
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If you selected in the beginning of the current import session to import into the Instrument Index module, the Use Tag data check box appears in the Tag/Loop tab folder. In this case, do one of the following:
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Select the check box to include source tag number data from supporting tables in the current import. You will need to redefine the naming conventions for all target <units> in the Administration module before you start the import process.
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Clear the check box to exclude tag supporting table data from the current import session.
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