Import and export options with BlueDolphin

BlueDolphin offers various ways to transfer your data from your local environment to your BlueDolphin environment and each way uses a specific help program. 

The below table lists the features of each help program.

Function	DataCollection Frontend and Service	StandAlone DataCollector	Commandline tool
Import data in BlueDolphin
Export data from BlueDolphin
Automatically via interval
Centrally stored sources
External template support
Target audience	Client	Implementer	Implementer

We recommend using the Data Collection Frontend and Service for most environments. It contains the functionality to keep the BlueDolphin environment up-to-date automatically. 

Please be advised that to import files like Access databases, Excel files and CSV files, you'll need to install a version of the Microsoft Access Database Engine.
Refer to this link to download the 2010 version of the engine. Choose the 32-bit or 64-bit platform version, corresponding with your server architecture. Install this on the machine where you plan to install the DataCollector.