User Manual

Chapter 5
Data Entry
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Generating a Text File
Note: The text file must be comma delimited.
To generate your text file, follow these steps:
1. Create the header line by entering the fields, in the correct order as
shown in
Table 1 for the first text line; this will serve as a header line.
2. Separate each field with a comma.
TABLE 1. Recipient Import File Requirements
Order Field Description
1 Recipient Identifier Abbreviated identification tag for the
recipient, used within the program as a
means of identifying this person.
Note: This could be an employee badge
number, or an employee ID number.
2 First Name Recipient’s first name
3 Last Name Recipient’s last name
4 Room Number Recipient’s daytime location
5 Address 1 Recipient’s delivery street address, first
line
6 Address 2 Recipient’s street address, second line (if
applicable)
7 City City of recipient’s address
8 State State of recipient’s address
9 Postal Code Zip code or postal code for recipient’s
address
10 Country Country of recipient’s address
11 Phone Number Recipient’s telephone number
12 Fax Number Recipient’s fax number
13 EMail Recipient’s email address
14 Notify by Email Enter 1 to enable email notification for
this recipient
Enter 0 to disable email notification for
this recipient