There are currently two ways to import Wacs Model XML files into a Wacs site - you can either use the wacsimport command or the web-based Upload A Model XML File option of the model manager. Both systems will do their best to avoid duplication by checking first if any of the identity maps of the model detailed in the XML file are already present in the importing Wacs server. If it is a new model that Wacs installation has not seen before, it will proceed to create the new model's record adding headshot icons and download records as appropriate. To use the wacsimport on our sample Sabrina file, use:

% wacsimport Sabrina-18.xml
Keyless ID map for JAFN
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The error message above indicates that one of the Identity entries we were importing was incomplete and therefore merely a place marker that we can't use for positive identification. Generally such messages are purely informational and can be safely ignored so long as there is at least one other ID map that can serve for identification purposes. The assumption here is that if the model is recorded by one site as being a certain ID on a remote site, any new information about her should be loaded onto the record of a model who has a reference to being the same ID on the same named remote site. So, if the XML file says Sarah is “sar001” on site AMK, “55” on site XYZ and “12789” on site TVW and we have a model who is “sar001” on AMK, that model's records will be updated with extra ID mappings as “55” on site XYZ and “12789” on site TVW.

	Warning
	By default, a brand new model number will be issued on the new system unless wacsimport determines that the same model already exists there, quite possibly under another model number. If you are not sure of your ID maps being comphrensive, it's probably best to check for the model in the alphabetical index beforehand.

Note

At the moment (Wacs 0.8.3 release), both the wacsmodelmgr and wacsimport applications have relatively little ability to add additional information to an existing model's record by importing an XML file from elsewhere. This aspect is being actively worked on and will improve in coming releases. At present the model manager in Identity Management mode can import additional identities (IDmaps) and download records - please see Chapter 14, More About Model Manager for details.