1. If importing passes, the first step is to set up the pass_translation.dbf table. Open the pass_translation.dbf table and enter a description for each type of pass to be imported within the typeofpass field, and then enter a corresponding Salesware Department, Category and Item nickname to be used for each type of imported pass.

2. If the imported pass types are also used as In-House Cards items in Salesware, enter a valid In-House Cards account nickname in the dw_account field and optionally a dollar amount to load onto the cards in the dw_load field. When pass records are created, Guest Import utility also creates new invoices in the specified accounts and optionally loads money onto the cards. If the dw_account field is empty on any of the pass translation records, Guest Import utility does not create any In-House Cards information for these pass types and instead just creates passes using the specified DCI nicknames.

3. Next, open the import_passes.dbf table and populate it with passes to import. Similar to importing guests, the fields in this table equate to fields of the same name in the accesso Siriusware gst_pass table. Double-check the values entered in these fields (especially the start_date and expires fields), because during the import, these fields are used to create new gst_pass records.

4. Instead of department, category and item fields, there is a special field called typeofpass. Populate this field with the exact description entered in the typeofpass field within the pass_translation.dbf table configured in step one. Make sure it matches case and spelling. The value entered in this field is used to match the passes to be imported with the appropriate pass DCIs in the pass_translation.dbf table.

5. Do not enter any values in the newguestno, newpassno, imported or imp_error fields. The Guest Import utility populates these fields during the import in the same manner as the guest record import.

6. During the import, if a pass record cannot be imported, this is logged in the log file.