The import/export uses the following data type convention in order to correctly return and consume the import file.
| Data Type |
Description |
Valid Values |
| Boolean |
A logical boolean. |
"True" or "False" (without the quotes) |
| Byte |
A Base64 encoded string of the byte array data. |
YTM0NZomIzI2OTsmIzM0NTueYQ== |
| DateTime |
A valid date with time component. |
2001-01-01T12:00:00 |
| Decimal |
A numeric value that can contain a decimal point (x.xx). The decimal separator must be a dot point separator regardless of culture. |
12.49 |
| Double |
A numeric value that can contain decimal point (x.xx). The decimal separator must be a dot point separator regardless of culture. |
3289.3243 |
| GUID |
Globally unique identifier. |
4F43B5CD-6817-4a64-9B32-640076F2A3A6 |
| Integer |
A 32-bit numeric value without decimals. |
12345 |
| Long |
A 64-bit numeric value without decimals. |
432432483244 |
| String |
Any text value. |
"Hello world" (without the quotes) |
| TimeSpan |
A valid time component. |
22:00:00 |
| XML |
XML data. |
Any valid XML data. |
| XML Code |
XML data containing a "code" element with a "version" and "type" attribute. The enclosed value is the actual formula. |
<code version="1.0" type="aspnetmarkup">...</code> |
| XML Locale |
XML element named "locale" with any number of culture codes as attributes to hold the localized string. |
<locale en-US="Hello" fr-FR="Bonjour" /> |
| XML Rule |
XML data containing a "rule" element with a "version" and "type" attribute. The enclosed value is the actual formula. |
<rule version="1.0" type="xslt">...</rule> |