Bulk Importing Assets
Pre-requisites:
To bulk import assets through the CentraSite Command Line Interface, you must have the CentraSite Administrator role.
Note:
Ensure that all of the necessary JAR files are located on <CentraSiteInstall_Directory>/redist.
Required JAR files for a CSV (.csv) file:
Required JAR files for an Excel (.xlsx) file:
Download Apache POI 3.13 from the URL
https://poi.apache.org/download.html and place the following Jar files on
<CentraSiteInstall_Directory>/redist.
poi*.jar
poi-ooxml*.jar
poi-ooxml-schemas*.jar
Supported data types and their format:
String
Boolean
Number
URI/URL
Multiline String
Classification
IP Address
Email
Date/Time
Duration
Format for data type Duration:
Example: P1Y2M3DT4H5M
Format for data type Date:
yyyy-MM-dd
Example: 2015-12-10
Format for data type Date and Time:
yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss
Example: 2015-12-10 12:04:10
yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm
Example: 2015-12-10 12:04
Format for data type Time:
hh:mm:ss
Example: 12:04:10
hh:mm
Example: 12.10
CentraSite provides a Java tool named CentraSiteAssetImporter.jar for this purpose. The tool imports multiple assets from a CSV file or an Excel file (in the .xlsx format).
To import multiple assets
Run the Java tool CentraSiteAssetImporter.jar. The syntax is of the format: C:\SoftwareAG\CentraSite\utilities>CentraSiteToolbox.cmd CentraSiteAssetImporter.jar [-url <CENTRASITE-URL>] -username <USERNAME> -password <PASSWORD> [-ownername] <OWNER-NAME>) -qname <FULLY-QUALIFIED-NAME> -inputfile <FULL-PATH-TO-FILE> [-excelworksheet <EXCEL-WORKSHEET-NAME>] -namecolumn <ASSET-COLUMN-NAME> [-desccolumn <ASSET-DESC-COLUMN-NAME>]
The input parameters are:
Parameter | Description |
CENTRASITE-URL | The URL of the CentraSite registry. For example, http://localhost:53307/CentraSite/CentraSite. |
USERNAME | The user ID of a registered CentraSite user who has the CentraSite Administrator role. For example, Administrator. |
PASSWORD | The password for the CentraSite user identified by the parameter USERNAME. |
OWNER-NAME | (Optional). The domain in which the user wants to include the imported asset. If this parameter is not specified, the user identified by the parameter USERNAME will be the owner. |
FULLY-QUALIFIED-NAME | The namespace of an asset type along with its schema name. For example: {http://namespaces.DefaultOrganization.com/Schema} |
FULL-PATH-TO-FILE | The absolute or relative path to the CSV or Excel file. If relative, the path should be relative to the location from where the command is executed. |
EXCEL-WORKSHEET-NAME | (Applicable only to Excel). The name of the Excel worksheet which contains the details of assets to be imported into CentraSite. |
ASSET-COLUMN-NAME | The name of the column or header in Excel sheet or CSV file from which a display name would be assigned to the imported asset. |
ASSET-DESC-COLUMN-NAME | The name of the column or header in Excel sheet or CSV file from which a brief description would be assigned to the imported asset. |
Example (all in one line):
C:\SoftwareAG\CentraSite\utilities>CentraSiteToolbox.cmd CentraSiteAssetImporter.jar -url http://localhost:53307/CentraSite/CentraSite -username Administrator -password manage -ownername sag\inosec1 -qname {http://namespaces.DefaultOrganization.com/Schema} MyAssetType -filelocation c:\repository\assetdata.xlsx -namecolumn "Interface Name" -excelworksheet Lowes.com -desccolumn "desc"