By means of the transformation type timestamp you can transform imported values into a valid PPM data format of the TIME type.
Example
<event>
<attribute type="VBTYP">C</attribute>
<attribute type="POSNR"></attribute>
<attribute type="VBELN">0090018147</attribute>
<attribute type="ERZET">20121105160956</attribute>
</event>
Used with the data source configuration:
…
<realmvaluetransformations>
<realmvaluetransformation>
<eventattributetype>ERZET</eventattributetype>
<transformation type="timestamp" format="yyyyMMddHHmmss"/>
</realmvaluetransformation>
</realmvaluetransformations>
...
For Data analytics, the value 05.11.2012 16:09:56 is imported into the column ERZET of the analysis realm table.