The Import page brings files from outside into GeoHazardWatch: documents that become pages, files for the site's file store, or records an add-on keeps, such as health records.
The page lists only what your account may add to. If you may create pages, you see Pages. If you may upload files, you see Files. Add-ons can add their own, such as Health records. Each one decides for itself whether you may use it, with the same rules that apply anywhere else on the site.
If the page says there is nothing you can import into, your account cannot add any of these. Ask an administrator if you think it should.
A link from another page can open the Import page with one choice already picked, for example from your health records.
.DS_Store, are skipped.The import runs in the background. You can leave the page; each file's result shows under Your imports when you come back.
| Result | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Imported | Everything in the file was added |
| Partly imported | Some of it was added; the message says what was left out |
| Already imported, unchanged | You imported this same file here before, so it was skipped |
| Already here | What the file holds is already on the site, for example a page with the same title |
| Skipped (not content) | A system file, such as one a computer adds to a zip |
| Could not be read | The file is not in a format this choice can read |
| Not allowed | Your account may not add this |
| Failed | Something went wrong; the message says what |