NovaStar Program Reference / Data Import / nsdataimport

Overview

The nsdataimport program imports important data into NovaStar. The program calls other programs.

The command line syntax is:

nsdataimport [options...] [ImportFile] [-G #]

Command line parameters are:

Parameter	Description	Default
`Import File`	Import filename Read from standard input	Read from standard input
`-G #`	Data import group number
`-a` or `-alarm` or `--alarm`	Disable alarm checking
`-d #`	Debug display level
`-f` pr `-force` or `--force`	Force replacing reports already in database
`-F fields,...`	Specify input field order: StationId SensorId RawData ScaledData DateTime Date Time Year Month Day Hour Minute Second Source	SensorId,RawData,Date,Time
`-F inline`	Fields are prefixed by type: StationId=## SensorId=## RawData=#.## DateTime=MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM:SS
`-help` or `--help`	Display this help
`-i #`	File data for this sensor ID only
`-q` or `-quiet` or `--quiet`	Do not display activity messages
`-r` or `-raw` or `--raw`	Force calibration of raw data
`-s #[smhd]`	Add time offset to report time	`0`
`+#[smhd]`	Time offset added to current time
`-#[smhd]`	Time offset subtracted from current time
`-S #`	Source number for report flag
`-T ImportType`	Data import type: shown in table below
`-te D-T`	Stopping time for data filing	Current date and time
`-ts D-T`	Starting time for data filing	`01/01/1980`
`D-T`	`MM/DD/YYYY-HH:MM:SS` `YYYY/MM/DD-HH:MM:SS` where `/` can be `[/+-., ]` - or `:` are any non digit
`-version` or `--version`	Display program version
`-xsl XslFilename`	XSL translation filename

Data Import Types:

nsdataimport -r -ts 2015/01/01-00:00:00 -te 2015/01/02-00:00:00  /path/to/importFile -G 1

This will import data, for January 1st 2015, from the import file contained at /path/to/importFile for the data import group with number 1.

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