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This import tool is used to import

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competencies from an external source. 


Preparation

Access

To access the utility, the user needs to have Write access to the routine 890 Import Competencies in Adonis Control Centre.

File format

Imported

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files must be of format .csv or a usual

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text file. 

Warning

If the file is a

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text file the extension has to be .apm

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Field no

Field name



Comment

1

PIN

Mandatory


This field links the competence to a crew member.

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The imported value must exist in pw001p01 table

2

CREATEDBY



Field to identify who added the competence to a pin (max 6 chars)

3

CREATETIME


YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS

Field to identify when the competence was added to a pin


4

CHANGEDBY



Field to identify who modified the competence record (max 6 chars)

5

HISTORICAL



Not displayed in APM. Can be used as internal flag

6

GROUPNO



Not displayed in APM. Can be used as internal grouping number.

7

CLIENTNO



Not displayed in APM. Can be used as internal grouping number.

8

SEQUENCENO



Not displayed in APM. Can be used as internal counter.

9

NOT IN USE



Not in use

10

UPDATEFLAGS



Not displayed in APM. Can be used as internal flag.

11

DATEFROM


YYYY-MM-DD

The date the competence was issued

12

DATETO


YYYY-MM-DD

Free date input, e.g. to store the date when the certificate was emitted 

13

CODE

Mandatory

Max 10 chars

The code of the competence as in General Codes | Competence Codes.


14

ISSUEDBY


Max 10 chars

Free input to define the name of the issuer

15

ISSUEDPLACE


Max 50 chars

Free input to define the place of issuer 

16

CNUMBER


Max 50 chars

Free input to define the number of document 

17

EXPIRYDATE


YYYY-MM-DD

The date the competence will expire

18

COMMENTS


Max 250 chars

Free input for comments

19

PLANNED


Y or N

Defines whether the competence state is planned or historical

20

VALIDINCOUNTRY


ISO 2 Char

Country code if the competence has limited value

21

RANK


Max 10 chars

Rank code of a crew member to link a competence to.

The Rank code used must be defined in General codes - Personal Details | Ranks

22

SCANNEDDOCNO



Sequence number of scanned document in the database.

23

SCANVALIDITY


Y or N

Defines if there exists a valid scan attached to the record or not

4

EXPIRYNOTIFICATIONDATE



Not displayed in APM. Can be used as internal date.

25

NUMORGID



Define ID of the company or vessel. The imported number must correspond to the "Internal numorgid" found on company or vessel in the organization structure

26

ROUTE


Max 10 chars

Vessel location. The imported value must exist in General Codes - Replication Routes | Replication Route


Step-by-Step import

When the file is prepared you are ready to import the file as follows: 

  1. Go to Tools | Import | Competences

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  1. In the dialogue window chose the following

    • Filename - Fetch the file from where you have saved it

    • Chose the separator used in the file. This can vary depending on the regional settings on the user's computer. 

    • Chose if you want to skip importing a record if the system finds that the person has an existing competence with same code. Note that this only checks the code and not the date from and expiry date of the record. 

    • Chose if the file should be Archived after the import. 

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    • Image Added
  1. Click OK

  2. In the LogFile in the Dialogue window you can see if the import succeeded or if there were any errors.