Removing blank records

Sometimes the data you want to import is incomplete, resulting in the creation of records that contain no properties. On the Import Details page, you can choose whether or not to remove blank entity and link records.

Your incoming data might not have values for some of the assigned properties in your import specification. To prevent the unnecessary creation of these chart items, the default setting for new import specifications is to remove blank entity records. You can set the options in your import details to also remove blank link records. You can also decide to only remove blank link records, or you can deselect both options.

  1. On the Import Details page, look at the blank records options in the central column.
    The check box next to Remove blank entity records is already selected. The option to Remove blank link records is not selected.
  2. Set the options to suit the requirements for your import specification, or leave them unchanged to remove only blank entity records.
  3. When the Import Details page is complete, click Import to run the import specification.