Compix AutoCast 3.1 User Manual

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Chapter 3 Importing Data

Crawls

Crawl pages can be created using
the Watch function. To use this func-
tionality, follow these steps.

Select a crawl template by

clicking on the thumbnail in the

Template List or selecting it with

the Template dropdown in the Play

Item Edit Window.

Once selected, the table in the

Play Item Edit Window populates

with a list of all alias objects avail-

able.

Check the [Watch] box.

In the new window that opens,

choose [URL] from the Data Type

dropdown menu and check the

[Crawl Sequence] box.

Open the Web query file cre-

ated in the previous section with a

text editor such as Notepad. Copy

the Web address and paste it into

the URL field in AutoCast.

Check the [Web Data] box.

Within the Web query file is the

selection number, found below the

Web address. Copy this number

into the Table No. field and click

[Apply].

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Data from the Web site displays in the table below. Check the [by Field] box.

And select [Crawl] from the dropdown menu.

To assign data, click the cell next to the alias object then click the column

number with the desired data.

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Tip

To assign multiple columns to one alias,
hold down the button and select
all desired columns.

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Document No: 2.3.003 Revision: 2.2 Updated: 9/12/2012

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