====Auto-Linking Options====

This page allows you to upload the files used by ARDIs [[auto-linking]] and [[ardiadminguide:validate_links|validation]] systems to ensure that your points are [[data_linking|linked]] to the correct values in your information systems.

The file you need to upload is simply a one-address-per-line text file. This is normally created by exporting a list of valid points from your information management system.

ARDIs auto-linking system and validation reports will then use that list as a reference when confirming if the links between ARDI and your data source are valid.

===Example===

   * Export the points from your information management system (in this example, Citect).

   * Open the export in a spreadsheet tool such as Microsoft Excel

   * Copy the column containing the Citect ID of each point into the first row of a blank spreadsheet.

   * Save the spreadsheet as a TXT (tab delimited) file.

   * Go to **Administration | Auto Linking Options**

   * Under the Citect source, click on 'Choose File' and select the TXT file you saved.

   * Click on the green 'Upload' button to upload the file to ARDI.