A.6 Re-Importing Workloads

You can re-import workloads multiple times to separately set up the various categories of data. This partial import capability allows you to import a workload's full details from multiple sources, each with its own import spreadsheet. Each re-import adds details for the source workload and for the target workload.

For example, you can import the minimal data to create the workload. Subsequent re-imports can use separate spreadsheets to add workload details, location, NICs, disks, applications, and custom fields. Alternatively, you can continue to work in the same spreadsheet, adding the appropriate columns for each re-import at the end of the spreadsheet.

NOTE:After you edit the target workload by using the Web Interface, the target workload is no longer updated by any subsequent re-imports.

If you attempt to re-import a workload that is in a workflow state of Submitted or a later phase, then the Validation Status returns a message:

Cannot re-import workload after transformation has been submitted.

The import ignores workloads in the Submitted or later state, and continues unless there are invalid rows. Rows that are in the ignored state appear in the Ignored Rows tab of the Validation Results.