Importing Asset / Survey Images

InfoAsset Manager allows you to import Asset or Survey images and apply them to your network using a simple mapping file. The Image Summary (.IFM) file contains a series of asset or survey IDs and image filenames. The file takes the form:

****cams_manhole,location_image,internal_image
	HK41194950,loc.jpg,internal1.tif
	HK41204015,loc2.jpg,pipe1.tif
	HK41205001,loc3.jpg,pipe2.tif 
	****cams_pipe,ds_image,us_image
	HK41204015.HK41204007.X,pipe3.tif,pipe4.tif

The header rows provide information about the object type and data fields to which the images apply. The header rows take the form of four stars, followed by the internal database table name, followed by the internal database field names of the fields to which the images are to be imported.

Each subsequent row is a comma separated list of asset / survey ID followed by image filenames. The images must be in the same directory as the IFM file.

All common image file formats are supported.

To import Asset and Survey Images:

1. Open the network to be updated
2. Select Import | Import asset / survey images from the Network menu. This displays a standard Windows File Open dialog.
3. Browse to find the Image Summary (.IFM) file
4. Click Open to complete the import process. If an image file cannot be found, or some other error occurs, an import error log is displayed in the General Text File View.
5. The images are copied into a special Extras directory within the relevant database. See File Locations.

The imported images can be viewed from the Property Sheet of the network object.