SharkBait Import Instructions - Updated 12/13/2006

Use the following instructions for importing Lists from foreclosureS.com:

  1. Right-Click and Save this file to your desktop. (This step only needs to be done once.)
  2. UnZip The file and extract Fcom.dbf.
  3. Open SHARKBAIT.
  4. Click on the ‘Import’ button. (See further import instructions below)
  5. Click on the button with the blue lettering, labeled ‘Preset Specs’
  6. A small window will pop up.
  7. Click the Continue button.
  8. Locate the file (Fcom.dbf) that you UnZipped in Step 2 and click Open.
  9. You should get a message saying preset specs have been imported, click OK.
  10. In the ‘Step 1’ Box, click the arrow for the drop down menu and select your data source from the list.
  11. In the ‘Step 2’ Box, click the button on the right side with the three little dots.
  12. Locate your data file (this is the file you Exported, or received by Email, from foreclosures.com).
    • If you Exported it, it was named FClosure.DBF unless you told your browser to give it a different name.
    • If you received it by Email, it was named the same as the Saved Search that you created, plus two-digit month and two-digit day, such as Sact0301.DBF. Note that SharkBait generally accepts only 8-character names, so you should name your Saved Searches with 4 characters or less, to avoid having to rename your files.
  13. Select that data file and click Open.
  14. You should be back at the import screen with a line of text in the ‘Step 2’ box.
  15. Step 3, click the ‘Click here to run import’ button.
  16. You should get a message that says: Would you like to remove the ‘New Record’ Flags... This is a personal choice based on if the records in your database are new to you or not.  For your first import, select No. If you do not get this message with your first import, ignore this step, you will get it on your second import.
  17. You should get a message that says: 'Checking for duplicates...' Click OK.
  18. You should get a message that says: 'Data import successfully completed'.
  19. Then you can close the box and go into the Control Room to view your files.
     

Use the following instructions for importing Lists from foreclosureS.com as Market Value data: 

  1. Right-Click and Save this file to your desktop. (This step only needs to be done once.)
  2. UnZip The file and extract FcomSC.dbf.
  3. Open SHARKBAIT.
  4. Click on the ‘Import’ button. (See further import instructions below)
  5. Click on the button with the blue lettering, labeled ‘Preset Specs’.
  6. A small window will pop up.
  7. Click the Continue button.
  8. Locate the file (FcomSC.dbf) that you UnZipped in Step 2 and click Open.
  9. You should get a message saying preset specs have been imported, click OK.
  10. In the ‘Step 1’ Box, click the arrow for the drop down menu and select your data source from the list.
  11. In the ‘Step 2’ Box, click the button on the right side with the three little dots.
  12. Locate your data file (the same file used for your foreclosure Lists import above).
  13. Select that data file and click Open.
  14. You should be back at the import screen with a line of text in the ‘Step 2’ box.

Further Import Instructions:
  1. In step three of either above procedure, after clicking 'Import' button,
    another pop up will appear giving you three options.
    1. Option 1: Replace existing data

      1. This option will replace all of your previously imported sales comp information.
      2. (Note, if you are importing sale comps in several batches (separate files), or for different counties, select Replace Existing Data for the first file import, then select Append New Data for each subsequent file import.  This will retain the former comps import data and append this new data to that list.  Do not Append new data to old data that was imported before, as this will create duplicate comps data, or historic comps older than 12 months in the database.)
    2. Option 2: Append new data
      1. This option will add this data to the previously imported sales comp information.
    3. Option 3: Cancel import
      1. This option will cancel this import.
  2. Click on the desired option. Option 1 or 2 will give you another pop up and say 'Data import successfully completed'. Then click OK (Option three will take you back to the import screen.)
  3. You might get a few pop ups saying you are about to delete an amount of empty rows, just click Yes. You may get this message a few times.  It is only deleting empty rows of information in your file.
  4. Now you will be back at the import screen, click Close.
  5. Go to the Control Room to view the valuations that are now in your database.