Import / Export

Built into WebDirector at it's core is the ability to import and export large amounts of textual and binary content. The requirement is often present for a client to bulk load legacy data from existing systems, spreadsheets or in fact from multiple places in multiple formats.

Using these libraries and the associated modules, we can help get pretty much any format of data into the system. Even binary format content can be processed through some special handlers, which not only deals with binary content but can also perform text extraction from all common file formats (microsoft office files, PDF, XML, CSV etc.)

The import / export mechanism is also very configurable, allowing you to import only the data required and in the format you define. To do this we use intelligent data mappers which allows you to align your content with the application structure. Also, we allow you to identify key (unique or primary key) data which allows the import mechanism to identify existing content and update it or recognise that we're dealing with new content and insert it as required.

In addition, the content can be sent to multiple folders/ categories during the import as defined by key data within the import content. Any existing folders/ categories will be used or created as required on content load.