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The Semantic Engine has a new upgrade for importing existing entry codes!

If you don’t know what entry codes are, you can check out our blog post about how to use entry codes. We also walk through an example of entry codes in our video tutorial.

While you can type your entry codes and labels in directly when writing your schema, if you have a lot of entry codes it might be easier to import them. We already discussed how to import entry codes from a .csv file, or copy them from another attribute, but you can also import them from another OCA schema. You use the same process for uploading the schema bundle as you would for the .csv file.

The advantage of using entry codes from an existing schema is that you can reuse work that someone has already done. If you like their choice of entry codes now your schema can also include them. After importing a list of entry codes you can extend the list by adding more codes as needed.

You can watch an example of entry codes in action in our tutorial video.

Entry codes are very valuable and can really help with your data standardization. The Semantic Engine can help you add them to your data schemas.

Written by Carly Huitema

The Semantic Engine has gotten a recent upgrade for importing entry codes.

If you don’t remember what entry codes are, they help with data standardization and quality by limiting what people can enter in a field for a specific attribute. You can read more about entry codes in our entry code blog post.

Now, the Semantic Engine lets you upload a .csv file that contains your entry codes rather than typing them in individually. You can include the code and multiple languages in your entry code .csv file. Don’t worry if the languages don’t appear in your schema, you will have a chance to pick which ones you want to use.

After you have created your .csv file it is time to add them to your schema.

After you have ensured to click ‘list’ for your attribute, it will appear on the screen for adding entry codes. There is an up arrow to select that will let you upload your .csv file containing the entry codes and their labels.

The Semantic Engine will try to auto-match the columns and will give you a screen to check the matching and fill in the correct fields if you need to.

After you have matched columns (and discarded what you don’t need) you now have imported entry codes into your schema. Now you can save the .csv files to reuse when it comes to adding more entry code overlays. It is best practice to include labels for all your languages in your schema, even if they are a repeat of the Code column itself. You can always change it later.

Entry codes are an excellent way to support data quality entry as well as internationalization in your schemas. The Semantic Engine has made it easier to add them using .csv files.

Written by Carly Huitema