1 Topic by charliebarnes

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Topic: Import Wizard - Location name/Samples bug

There seems to be a bug with the import wizard where multiple samples are not being created, when I would expect them to be.

If you have three records with the import location as:
- Site A, Compartment 1
- Site A, Compartment 2
- Site A, Compartment 3

And match these to "Site A" I would expect three event/samples to be created with the location set as "Site A" and the location names "Site A, Compartment 1", "Site A, Compartment 2", "Site A, Compartment 3".

However it seems that only one event/sample is created with the location set as "Site A" and the location name of "Site A, Compartment 1", and all 3 records placed in this sample.

Charlie Barnes
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Re: Import Wizard - Location name/Samples bug

Just flagging this up, as it's caught me out again.

Charlie Barnes
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Re: Import Wizard - Location name/Samples bug

Did you get a resolution to this problem Charlie??

Bob Marsh
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Re: Import Wizard - Location name/Samples bug

No - but I think you can work around it (if you remember!) by putting location and location name in separate columns. However this falls down if you don't know at the time of creating the spreadsheet that the locations are the same.

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Re: Import Wizard - Location name/Samples bug

Thanks Charlie - just as I thought....

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