Importing Global Variables

You can import global variables from a CSV file. To do this, perform the following steps:

1. Click the Import button.
The Import Global Variable window is displayed.

On the Import Global Variable window, you have two toggle switches:

•Clear all records and insert?
•Ignore header line from CSV file

By default, both the toggle switches are enabled.

The following table describes the behavior of toggle switches when you import the CSV file.

Toggle Switches Behavior

Toggle Switch

When enabled...

 When disabled...

Clear all records and insert?

Deletes the existing global variables and imports new global variables from the GlobalVariable.csv file.

  • Updates the global variable value if the global variable name in the import file matches with the existing global variable name

  • Adds a new row if the global variable names do not match

  • Does not delete the global variable that is present in the system

Ignore header line from CSV file

Ignores importing the header record from CSV file.

 Imports the header record from the CSV file.
2. After enabling or disabling the appropriate toggle switches, click YES.
3. Browse for the CSV file that contains the global variable details on your machine and click Open.

On successful import, a message "Import has been done successfully" is displayed.