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Conditionally Required
Datatype is Hierarchical String.
Either a Service ID or a Location must be provided. If both are provided, the Import uses both.
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If the lookup fails, it causes an error.
Location Type
Conditionally Required if the provided Location Name exists with multiple Types.
Datatype is String.
Permitted values are from the LOCATION_TYPE List Values.
This field is used for the Location lookup if provided.
Conditionally Required if the provided Location Name exists with multiple Types.
Child Records
Path Leg
Individual Legs of the Path can be Imported onto the Cable Path.
Cable Name
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This must be a valid preexisting Cable.
Path Status
Datatype is String.
Default Value is blank.
Permitted values are LEFT_IN, blank, or any value-added in List Values by your organization.organization.
Cable Name
Datatype is String.
This must be a valid preexisting Cable.
Pair/Strand Number
Datatype is String.
If a Cable Name value is provided, then the Pair/Strand Number is required.
If a Cable Name value is not provided, then the Pair/Strand Number
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Datatype value is Stringignored.
This must be a valid, existing Pair/Strand Number. If the User needs to INSERT a Pair/Strand, use the Pair/Strand Import or manually create the record.
If the Cable and Pair/Strand are provided and the From or To Equipment and Port are not provided, the From or To Equipment and Port will be copied from the From or To Equipment and Port from the Pair/Strand.
From Equipment ID
Datatype is String.
This must be a valid, existing Equipment ID.
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If the lookup fails, it causes an error and the Path does not INSERT.
From Equipment Location
Datatype is Hierarchical String.
The From Equipment Location is only used to find the correct From Equipment. It is only needed if there is more than one From Equipment with the same Equipment ID in different Locations.
From Equipment Location Type
Datatype is String.
Permitted values are from List Values of type LOCATION_TYPE: Site, Building, Floor, Room, Cube, Truck, Closet, Rack, Elevation, or Manhole.
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User entered values to the LOCATION_TYPE list may also be used.
From Ports Pins Len
Datatype is String.
The Cable Path Import will NOT INSERT Port/Pin/Lens records. This must be done with the Ports/Pins/Lens (PPL), API, or manually create the PPL record.
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If the lookup fails, it causes a warning. The Path is created with blank Port/Pin/Len values.
From Port Pin Len Side
Datatype is String.
This optional value is used to help identify a Port, in case an Equipment has multiple ports with the same port number, on different sides.
To Equipment ID
Datatype is String.
This must be a valid preexisting Equipment ID.
The Cable Path Import will NOT INSERT Equipment IDs. This must be done with the Equipment Import, API, or manually create the Equipment record.
To Equipment Location
Datatype is Hierarchical String.
The To Equipment Location is only used to find the correct To Equipment. It is only needed if there is more than one To Equipment with the same Equipment ID in different Locations.
To Equipment Location Type
Datatype is String.
Permitted values are from List Values of type LOCATION_TYPE: Site, Building, Floor, Room, Cube, Truck, Closet, Rack, Elevation, or Manhole.
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User entered values to the LOCATION_TYPE list may also be used.
To Ports Pins Len
Datatype is String.
The Cable Path Import will NOT INSERT Port/Pin/Lens records. This must be done with the Ports/Pins/Lens (PPL), API, or manually create the PPL record.
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If the lookup fails, it causes a warning, but the Path is created with blank Port/Pin/Len values.
To Port Pin Len Side
Datatype is String.
This optional value is used to help identify a Port, in case an Equipment has multiple ports with the same port number, on different sides.
Backbone Service ID
Datatype is String.
If provided, the value is used to lookup an existing Service record. The Import will not INSERT this Service record. See the Services Import to INSERT Services.
If the lookup fails, it causes an error.
Services Import to INSERT Services.
If the lookup fails, it causes an error.
Backbone Service RECID
Datatype Number
This field can be used as an alternative to the Backbone Service ID field. This is especially useful to find a Backbone Service that has a blank Service ID.
Leg Location
Datatype is Hierarchical String.
This is optional and used to assign the location of the Path Leg. Usually, this is not needed, and the location of the leg will match the location of the Path or the Path's Service. This is usually used to differentiate Path Legs for Services that have multiple Locations.
Leg Location Type
Conditionally Required if the provided Leg Location Name exists with multiple Types.
Datatype is String.
Permitted values are from the LOCATION_TYPE List Values.
This field is used for the Leg Location lookup if provided.
Conditionally Required if the provided Leg Location Name exists with multiple Types.
Flags / Conditional Logic
IMPORT FLAGS
RECREATE_EXISTING_PATH
Datatype is boolean.
Default is false.
If the Location or Service you are creating the Path for already has a Path, the existing Path is compared to the new Path information. If the Path Legs are the same, nothing changes. If they are different, the default behavior produces an error. If this flag is set to true, then the existing Path will be removed, and a new Path will be created. If this flag is set to true and no new path leg values are provided, then the existing Paths can be removed from the Location or Service.
APPEND_PATH_LEGS
Datatype is boolean.
Default is false.
The first time a Path (as defined by the Service and Location) is encountered in an Import File and a Path Leg is provided, if the Path already exists and if the RECREATE_EXISTING_PATH flag is set, the Path is deleted and rebuilt. After the first successfully saved occurrence, the Path Legs are appended. If you want to append to the existing Path without clearing it, the APPEND_PATH_LEGS flag can be set to True. If the APPEND_PATH_LEGS flag is set to False, then the Path will be rebuilt (if the RECREATE_EXISTING_PATH flag is set) even if it is not the first occurrence in the file.
CHECK_SERVICE_STATUS
Datatype is boolean.
Default is false.
When adding or modifying a Path on a Service, this import does not check the Status of the Service. If you set this flag to True, the import will error if the Service Status is not Active and you try to add or modify a Path (Path removal will still happen, regardless of Service Status).
SERVICE_ALIAS_SEARCH
Datatype is string
Default First
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'First' The alias value will be used first. 'Last' The alias value will be used last. 'None' The alias value will not be used at all.
Legs Array
To use the above fields to provide Path Leg data, Users can only create a Path with one Path Leg. To use this optional Legs Array field, Users can create Paths with any number of legs.
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"pathLegPairStrand"
"backboneServiceId"
"backboneServiceRecid"
"FROM_EqpId"
"FROM_EqpLocation"
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The Legs Array must be assigned in the Conditional Logic and not mapped.
Example
Here is an example of how this is done with a two-leg Path, from a switch to a panel then a panel to a jack. The strings that are in double-quotes are associative array indexes, and they must be written exactly as they appear in this example. The values after the '=>' operators can be literal strings. They can come from the input CSV file using the index syntax or come from Conditional Logic variables that were previously assigned. We recommend using the variables to make the logic slightly more readable and easier to maintain.
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