Updating control data

You can update control data using data from CSV filesComma Separated Variable file format is a standard file format that can be imported and exported by many software packages. Many types of data can be imported and exported using csv format by InfoWorks.. The files have to be in an appropriate format, and may need specific filenames.

1. Right click a checked out Control Set and choose Update from CSV Files from the context menu. This will display the Import CSV Data dialog.
2. The dialog allows you to choose a flag to attach to all the updated data. If you select a flag, every piece of data which is allowed to have a flag will be given this flag. Click OK to continue. This displays a standard Windows File dialog
3. Choose one or more CSV files with which to update the control set and click Open when ready. The next thing that happen is the same standard Windows File dialog is displayed to give you an opportunity to add more files to the update. This means you can choose files from different directories. Continue choosing files and clicking Open until you have selected all your files. To complete the update, you should click Cancel on the file dialog.
4. Finally, a report is displayed, listing the results of the update.