Data Loader Options

Several Options are available when using the data loader. These are found at the bottom of the data loader screen.

• Allow Features Without IDs to be Imported: This special option for importing data allows data to be imported without IDs.  This has been offered so that data can be brought into the geodatabase without an ID and the IDs entered directly into the geodatabase itself.  An example of this would be if a series of meters were GPS in the field, but not numbered, they could be imported into the geodatabase and numbered within the geodatabase.  If you choose to import data without IDs it is critical that the data is only imported once, otherwise the data will continually append itself to the geodatabase.

  Sewer pipes and storm pipes have the Upstream and Downstream Structures defined as green fields for the import.  If you do not have the Upstream and Downstream Structures available in your feature class, you can import these features without IDs (must check the box), and then use a special tool called Update Spatial Relationships provided with the Lucity GIS Edit Tools  to populate these values.  Select all of the imported pipes with this tool and the Upstream and Downstream structures will be populated.  When the update is finished, save your edits and end your edit session; the features will be synchronized with Lucity.

• Do Not Import Null Data: This option will prevent any null data in the import file from overwriting valid data in the geodatabase feature class.
• Do Not Import Empty String Data: This option will prevent empty string data in the import file from overwriting valid data in the geodatabase feature class.

  Please Note: If you are importing a shapefile you should ALSO check the "Treat single empty space as empty string" option or the "Do Not Import Empty String Data" will not work for you.

• Check the desktop application for Attributes for Newly Inserted Features: If this option is marked and a new feature is inserted in the geodatabase, the importer will query the desktop application to see if that feature is in the desktop. If it is, the importer will fill in any fields that it can. This option WILL make the import slower, but it will prevent data from being overwritten in the desktop. Use this option anytime you are importing new features into the geodatabase and some or all of those features already exist in the desktop.