Importing animals from ZIMS
From ZDN User Guide
It is not necessary to import animals from ZIMS. You do not actually need to enter animals at all to use the software. Adding animals to diets has two purposes, neither of which are critical:
* Enables you to search for diets using animal numbers and names * Adds the animal identifiers to the bottom of diet cards so others can see what animals are included.
If you are not a ZIMS user, you can manually add animal data in Settings > Edit Animals
Importing from ZIMS
There are two stages: 1. In ZIMS 1. In ZIMS, search for all of your local animals (see Fig 1) 2. Ensure your columns exactly match the columns listed below (Fig 2). 3. In ZIMS, click the Excel icon at the bottom of the screen to export the animal data (see Fig 3)
When you import, the following happens:
● Species NOT currently in database will be added. ● Enclosures NOT currently in database will be added. ● Animals NOT currently in database will be added.
● For animals already in database, their data will be updated. ● Any animals missing from this import (that are already in the database) will be marked as inactive.
