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Thanks to everyone who responded. I'll look into autoshuffle, but
in writing this response I think I came up with a work-around solution,
which I have underlined in my response below.<br>
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Following are some questions that were posted.<br>
1. What is the format(s) of the file(s) you are importing. <br>
Excel files in csv format. I
use Jhimport, which works well for the initial import but then I still
have to add the required fields. I thought at one time that a
simple way to do it would be to create an Excel csv file with every
possible date field needed and use Jhimport's append function to
append these fields to the map of the file that I initially imported, but
I have not been able to get that to work. <u>It suddenly
occurs to me that maybe the simple solution is to create the fields in a
master Excel file. I can then use the master Excel file over
and over to copy the fields in the master Excel file to the end of
the Excel data file prior to importing it.?...Not filepro, but it sure
would beat the annoyance of typing the fields into each new map
file!<br>
</u><font color="#0000FF">2. How many different organizations are you
getting files from<br>
</font> 20 to 50 at any one
time but they are constantly changing as we always prospect.
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<font color="#0000FF">3. How long do you need to hold this data<br>
</font> Two weeks
typically, but I hold it indefinitely because I always import the data
into the "mortgage" file (which no other
person <br>
uses) where I do the initial processing. Afterwards I simply copy the
"mortgage" file to a new file appropriately named so that I can
find it later if needed.<br>
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My thanks again for everyone's suggestions. <br>
Sorry I could not reply sooner.<br>
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