WorkSite Client Integration > Import and Export Commands

Import and Export Commands

The Import Documents command allows you to import documents from your local machine or a shared network drive into the selected folder.

To import documents:

Right-click on a folder and select Import Documents from the Milan menu.
Configure the fields in the Import Documents dialog.
Click Import.

Import Documents Dialog

Field

Description

Select a Folder

A UNC path to a folder containing documents to import into WorkSite. To browse for a folder, click the ... button.

Note: In order for Milan to be able to successfully import documents, the Provisioning Service must have at least read access to the specified path.

Delete Source Folder After Import

All files and folders will be deleted from the path specified above after the import completes.

Author

The WorkSite user that will be set as the Author of all imported documents. By default, this field is populated with the name of currently logged in user.

Operator

The WorkSite user that will be set as the Operator of all imported documents, By default, this field is populated with the name of currently logged in user.

DocType

The class that will be set as the DocType of all imported documents. If no class is specified, documents will inherit the default class of the target folder in WorkSite.

Retain Create and Edit Date From File

Set the create and edit dates in WorkSite to match those of the original file.

Do not detect duplicate documents

Import all documents to the target folder even if source folder contains documents with the same name.

Comments

Text that will be added to the Comments field of all imported documents. In addition to static text, you can include the following variables, which are replaced with values specific to each document.

Variable	Replaced With
@filepath@	The path to the file.
@date@	The date and time when the document was imported.
@fileowner@	The owner of the physical file that was imported.