Automatic Importing of Clockings

Summary :
The Batch Capture module contains a feature in the Import menu called Clockings From Data.Txt.  The following document describes the Data.Txt format.

 Details :
The Data.Txt file is an ASCII text file, with each line representing 1 clocking.  The record can be up to ?? Characters long.  The fields are in >fixed positions=, in other words each field has a set number of characters. There is a comma between each item.  

 Layout :  

  Description                                                                          Start Character        Length          
  Clock Number   3   2
  Site Number    6   2
  Card Number   10    4
  Date (yy/mm/dd)   17   8 
  Time (hh:mm)   26   5
  Direction ( O / I )   32   1

Notes :

  • Notice the gap between the Site Number and the Card Number field. This gap is currently not used.  

  • If the clocking already exists then the imported record is ignored.