Once you have a database created the next task is to get some data into the database. While there may be data that is input interactively by users from a web-form, there is often a lot of data that is imported from existing data sources. Timport, in both its standalone and Vortex form can help greatly.

• 2.1 TIMPORT - the program
• 2.2 The TIMPORT function in Texis
• 2.3 Timport Schemas
• 2.4 Other Import Methods
• 2.5 Processing batches
• 2.6 Handling continuous streams
• 2.7 Performance impact