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Import Type Parameter

This single, mandatory parameter specifies the type of import operation. That is, it determines whether to import from an archive file or directly from mailboxes on a Microsoft Exchange server. This parameter is required in all import operations.

Import.Type

Important! This parameter is mandatory. Each import job must include one instance only of this parameter, either in the command line or in a configuration file.

This parameter specifies which type of message or file to import. The syntax is:

Import.Type=<file type>

Where <file type> can be:

• BBMAIL to import XML dump files containing emails sent using Bloomberg terminals.
• EML to import .EML Microsoft Internet Mail files.
• EVF to import .EVF CA DataMinder event files.
• EXCH to import from a Microsoft Exchange mailbox.
• FILE to import any type of files (typically text-based documents).
• MSG to import .MSG message files.
• NSF to import .NSF Lotus Notes archive files.
• PST to import .PST Outlook archive files.
• SQL to import CA DataMinder events (emails and files) from a remote CMS.

Note: If you include import.type in a command line, it overrides any instance of import.type in the configuration file. For example, this command specifies an EVF import operation, regardless of how Import.Type is assigned in the params.ini configuration file:

wgnimp -f params.ini -p import.type=EVF Import.Type