Importing some real data

The data import interface is the interface that allows us to import data into the data referential service. This kind of interface, though we left it aside until now, is important because it helps with the batch creation of data; it also enables data migration by making it possible to start working with a new referential service before the old one is completely abandoned.

The first step of migration

This interface is the one for legacy data imports. DemoEditor currently uses an Excel worksheet to manage the books, and although it is very limited (hence the new and modern information system we are creating), it still contains all the important data from the company. Since it is strongly advised not to use a Big Bang approach, the very first small step would be to still enter data in the legacy shared Excel file but have the new data referential service available to start some modern operations and interop.

To do so, it has been decided that, in this...