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Originally Posted by tical
awesome work brotha
SCAT for life!
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Just wait until you all see this import process in action. It's coming together quite nicely and it will literally cut MONTHS off of the process for existing sites.
Basically the steps to complete the process go like this:
1. Add your model information (including scanning the photo id or the affidavit as necessary) When you add a model to the system, several of the AKA records are created automatically based upon the models' legal name (and maiden name if it's not the same as her last name)
2. run the Server Cataloging Analysis Tool on your web server to generate the list of directories and files. Bill will help you with this because the SCAT script will need to be modified slightly for each server so you don't catalog folders that do not have content or exclude file types that are not applicable.
3. Run the Web Spider Import within MAVIS. Unless you purchase the SCAT module, the Web Spider Import option is not available. To run the import process (see the screen shots above) you enter the domain name you wish to catalog, and the location of the SCAT script. Next, you FTP the files created by the script down to your local machine for the next step.
4. You provide the default name of the producer company to be applied to all of the folder entries and a default production creation date and published date. Then you import the directory list file that was created by the SCAT script.
5. Once the directory list is imported, you have the option to enter the default set name for each directory to use. This set name will be applied later to each file in the directory. You can also make any changes necessary to production dates, publish dates, producers and domains.
6. Next, you make the Model to Set assignments. This process is DIRT EASY! All you have to do to assign the model is select the model in the left hand list and click on the appropriate checkbox in the right hand list. Once checked, an assignment record is created that will be assigned to all files in the directory for that model. This way you don't have to assign each production individually.
7. Next you import the file listing that was created by SCAT and all of the settings that you selected in steps 4 through 6 are automatically applied to each of the file entries for the set. You then have the opportunity to 'fine tune' the settings for each file.
8. Once you've applied the appropriate changes to the file listing, you can then make the necessary changes to the model assignments. Since all of the model assignments are already created, all you have to concentrate on is deleting the model assignments that are not appropriate. Deleting the assignment is easy. Highlight the record you want to delete and clck on the delete button.
9. Once you click on the next button, you will see the list of 'candidate' productions that will be imported into the MAVIS database and you will have one last opportunity to make any changes. Then you click the "Go" button and your 2257 compliant database is automatically created with all of the productions, history URLs and Model Assignments.
Yes, it's really that easy.