Source

Location: The path to the feed file from data/feeds directory of the site. This field is required.

Trigger filename: If provided, a file with the supplied name must exist in the same directory as the feed or the parser will not process the feed.

Source options

Don't inherit sections: Disables applying a parent asset's section tags on child assets.

Ignore IPTC captions: If caption is empty IPTC captions will be used, this option disables that functionality.

Prepend dateline: If location data is found, prefix the story content with an AP-style dateline including em-dash

Use IPTC title: Overrides the media title with IPTC title. If you are setting up a new importer you cannot save yet.

Settings

Importer name: This is the name by which you identify the importer. This is not visible on the front end.

Section map: Select the section map that applies to the importer.

Update mode: Determines whether a new version of this asset will replace an existing version, or will create a new version of the asset.

Start time: This sets the start time that the system assigns to the article. The default is to set the date and time that the asset is ingested into BLOX CMS. Other options include 15 days from today and 30 days from today.

Archive time: If you set archive dates for your assets then choose now (the date and time the asset is ingested into BLOX CMS, 15 days from today or 30 days from today.

Delete time: If you set delete dates for your assets then choose now (the date and time the asset is ingested into BLOX CMS, 15 days from today or 30 days from today.

Disabled: This checkbox allows you to set up the importer but disable it so that it is not used.

Run automatically: Job will run automatically at the most appropriate times for the content it is processing. Jobs not set to run automatically may still be run manually.

Sections

Sections and subsections can be assigned to all assets that are imported by selecting +Add and then selecting the appropriate section(s) within the Select sections window. Select Add selections to finalize the selection.

Keywords

Keywords can be assigned to all assets that are imported by selecting +Add and then entering the appropriate keyword(s).

Flags

Flags can be assigned by selecting the corresponding checkbox(es).

Notifications

Log Email: Specify up to three email addresses (separated by commas) that should receive a log when the importer has ran. 

Log Level: Use the drop-down menu to select the type of notification email that should be sent when a job is ran. Options include:

Info: This log displays basic log info. 

Fatal: This log displays Fatal errors only. 

Error: This log displays general and fatal errors only. 

Warning: This log displays general warnings. 

Select Save to finalize the importer.