Creating Data Files

Data File

A file that contains the borrower records you import into your Horizon database.

The data file must match the format of your header; contain the same tables columns, delimiters, fixed field widths, and so forth.

To create a data file, you can:

Write a program to create borrower records. (For example, write a program that converts student records from an admissions database into the format you have chosen, using your header as a template.)
Use a text editor to create borrower records. (Do this if you want to test run Borrower Import.)

As with header records, create data files as ASCII text files in the text editor on your operating system.

Borrower Import removes leading and trailing spaces in your datafile.

 

 


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