positivek9 0 Report post Posted July 21, 2007 Hi! I've imported Data from Legacy into an existing dataset. Is there any way to merge different tag types? When I imported I didn't see a way to select custom tags? For example... Legacy has Birth, TMG has Born. My reports are set up to show data shown as Born, it is not picking up data shown as Birth. Do I maybe need to change the Birth tag somehow? Legacy has Desc, TMG has a custom tag named Color. Legacy has Misc, TMG has a custom tag named Breeder. I've been changing the tags as I come across them but it would take me forever! I just imported 60,000 dogs and have another 150,000 to import. Please help! Julie Ruther Glen, VA USA Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
John Cardinal 0 Report post Posted July 21, 2007 There are way to change tags from one type to another. My TMG Utility program will do so. (It's a free companion program for TMG.) But... it is possible to designate a TMG tag type during the Import process. If re-importing is still an option, you might want to do that. It's an advanced feature of the Import. It's been so long since I've imported I don't remember the exact steps. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
positivek9 0 Report post Posted July 21, 2007 Hi John, I did use the Advanced Import but the only tags were the Standard Tags in TMG. None of my custom tags show in the list upon Import. You would think it would have! LOL! But the good news I have relabeled the non-conforming tags to appear to be the same and re-did my data options in my reports. So they are now pulling the info and even though I have different tags for the same info, at least I don't have to re-assign. Thanks goodness TMG lets you choose up to 9 fields on the reports. Yayayayaya! Julie Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Terry Reigel 0 Report post Posted July 21, 2007 I did use the Advanced Import but the only tags were the Standard Tags in TMG. None of my custom tags show in the list upon Import. You would think it would have! Your custom tags don't show up because they don't exist! You always import into a new data set. New data sets don't have any custom tags. But you should be able to create them during the import (actually, just name them; you have to add sentences etc. after the import). I've not tried Legacy import, but you can in a FTM import. To do it, first "Unassign" the standard Tag Type that is assigned. Then click on Properties and you get a screen that lets you enter a name and choose the tag type grroup. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
positivek9 0 Report post Posted July 21, 2007 Hi Terry! Well, duh! You are so right. Of course there are no "custom tags". LOL! Sometimes my mind can't keep up... Anyways, I did try reassigning during Import but it made them a seperate tag. I changed Desc to Color and ended up with (2) Color tags. May be due to Legacy, not sure. No big deal since I figured out how to incorporate the new tags into the reports. Yayayayayaya!! Thanks for the help! Julie Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Terry Reigel 0 Report post Posted July 22, 2007 You're welcome, Julie. Terry Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
