IBM TRIRIGA Application Platform Version 3.5.0

Preparing associative uploads

Importing data records with associations requires more work than hierarchical uploading. With the Associative Upload feature of Data Integrator, you can associate records to each other, such as linking people with organizations, assets with spaces, and assets with people. You can define this link between any two data records by specifying the association string.

  • Association strings
    Before you can create an upload with associations, confirm the existence of association strings that are to be used in an Associative Upload with Data Integrator. Two methods of confirming association strings are by reviewing Associations tabs on records and through the Association Manager.
  • Identifying associations
    Most IBM TRIRIGA records have an Associations tab on their respective forms. You can use this Associations tab to identify the record-level associations and their corresponding association strings for a specific record.
  • Verifying association rules
    You can use the Association Manager to confirm the business object-level association rules and their corresponding association strings.
  • Adding associations to header files
    You can create associations between records that exist in the IBM TRIRIGA Application Platform environment and the records that are uploaded by Data Integrator. To arrange this process, you can add specific information to define each association to the tab-delimited Header File.
  • Preparing workflow tasks for associative uploads
    Workflow tasks are not required for associative uploads, since an associative upload can exist on its own to create an association. However, when a record in the Associate column also needs to be appended to a smart section, Data Integrator can also process an associative upload with a workflow.
Parent topic: Integrating data with the TRIRIGA Data Integrator

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