Creating an export specification

About this task

You need an export specification in order to export records to iBase. Export specifications contain all the necessary information for creating iBase records from the records that you find with external searches.

You can arrange for the specification to use different configurations for specific connectors. Any connector without its own configuration then gets the default configuration, which is also used for records that you create from the palette, and for any i2 Analyze records that TextChart creates.

Procedure

1. Select Export from the Export to iBase menu. The Export to iBase window opens and your connected database shows as the Active iBase Database. You can select a different database from the drop-down menu.

2. Click the New button. The i2 Analyze to iBase Export Specification window opens.

3. Type a name for your specification into the Name field. If you do not choose a name, your specification is assigned the default name of "New specification".

4. Use the Description field to add details about your export specification. You should include a general description, and information to help analysts decide if this specification meets their requirements.

5. Select the Details tab to choose the options for your new specification.

6. Use the descriptions of the options in Export specifications to configure the new specification for your needs.

7. To improve the alignment between records from external searches and iBase records, or to override iBase's discriminator settings for exported records, populate the Mappings window.

   For more information, see Export mappings.

To save your changes, click Close from the Mapping Specification tab, or Save from the Details tab. Your specification is saved to the iBase database. Saved specifications are available for other analysts to use.