Push Button Import

Status: Design Needed

User Story

As a researcher with my own data, I want to easily get my data into DataShop, so that I can take advantage of the tools provided.

User Story written 11/3/2008
For Non-PLSC researchers
Many requests [Ken, Oct 10, 2007] [Andre Mayers, John Stamper, 2008]
"Push Button Import" [Ken, ET Mtg 10/10/2007]
Need to do some scalability work first (start using stored procedures).
Need to set goal on how long a 5 million transaction dataset should take.
Some design questions:
- Maybe limit size of dataset, cannot be 16 quadrillion lines long.
- Check first 200 lines for validity.
- Schedule the import, not necessarily happening immediately.