Importing external data from flat files - Security Center 5.12

You can import the records contained in a flat file into Security Center through a record type.

1. Open the System task and click the Roles view.
2. Select the Record Caching Service role that manages the record type you want to import data from, and click the Properties tab.
3. Select the record type that matches the format of the data file you want to import and click Import data.
   
   A file browser opens.
4. Select the file you want to import and click Open.
   A progress bar is shown. Depending on the size of your data file, this might take a while.

   
5. Click Logs to view the status of the current import operation.
   After the import is complete, the total number of records in your record type is updated.

   
6. Click Last import logs to view your last import operation logs.
   The logs are replaced at every new import operation.
7. If your record type is configured to raise events on ingestion, open Security Desk and do one of the following:
   • Open the Monitoring task to view the events corresponding to the ingested data items.

     If your record type is georeferenced, switch to map view to view the events on a map.

   • Open the Maps task to view the events that fall within the areas (geofences) defined on the map.
   • Open the Unified report task to query the ingested data using specific criteria.
   For more information, see Investigating record types.