Setting up the Time Series Importer

Import results manual or automatically when the spreadsheets are updated

Set up the Time Series Importer

Set up a Time Series 'Instrument' that uses the TimeSeries Importer interface. Instrument Configuration

Auto Ingestion

Bika can also be configured to auto import Spreadsheets when they have been updated with new results

On the Time Series Instrument's edit page, at the bottom, set up the folder the system must scan for fresh data. The Interface code should default to senaite.timeseries.importer.timeseries.timeseries_import

Extend your system's cron configuration to invoke the ingester say every 5 minutes:

Login to the server as zope

crontab -e

Add the following line and save:

*/5 * * * * curl -sS "http://localhost:8081/lims /auto_import_timeseries_results" > /dev/null 2>&1

Auto Importer logs

To see how auto imports went, look it up  on the Time Series instrument's import log