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SAINT setting to treat empty cells as empty

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Level 10

12/9/12

Would be good to have a setting for SAINT import to treat empty cells as empty and not as "keep old value". Currently you have to overwrite empty strings with "~empty~" to delete values.

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Level 5

12/10/12

I do like it the way it is, although I see benefits in the motion.

 

This should definitely be an option instead of a default setting. I see all sort of legacy processes tied to the current behaviour with lots of SC clients.

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Employee

12/12/12

My concern with this is simply that things might get overwritten a LOT. But it's a good idea and something I'll pass along to the SAINT development team. Keep the comments coming!

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Level 5

12/12/12

Yeah I like this one, but maybe have it be a setting that the user can turn on (not something that has to be done by Client Care).

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Level 1

3/18/13

At least there is a workaround with the ~empty~ value. The bigger problem is if you are submitting a value of "0". This will be regarded as "NULL" instead of "0".