# Running a Profile

You create an profile using the Import or Export Wizard. Once a setup has been created, you have the option of saving the setup as a file with an extension of ".ipp"

Once an profile has been created and saved using the Wizard, there are a number of ways that it can be run.

### Using Inaport

From within Inaport, you can run a saved an profile by

- selecting File - Run from the main menu
- browsing to the saved file and clicking it.

### From Windows Explorer

Files of type ".ipi/ipp" are registered as Inaport files when you install. This means that when in Windows Explorer, you can browse to the file and double click it. This will silently load Inaport and run the import.

NOTE: You will not get any visual feedback that the import is running. This is by design - when Inaport is run using without invoking the main program, it does not provide visual feed back as this can cause hangs in batch files and the task scheduler.

### From the Command Line or a Batch File

Inaport can be run from the DOS prompt, or included in a batch file. See From the Command Line, or From a Batch File for more details.

### Using Windows Task Scheduler

Using the Windows Task Scheduler is a very powerful option, because it enables you to schedule imports for running at convenient times (e.g. overnight), on a regular basis (daily, weekly, week days, every second day, ...) and to set conditions on when the job will run (computer idle).

For more information, see Using Windows Task Scheduler.

Inaport can run .ipi files from the command line or through the execution of batch files. An .ipi file is set up and saved in Inaport and is the procedure used by Inaport to import records into GoldMine. Below is a description of how to use these procedures.

Inaport .ipis can be run using two arguments at the command line. The two arguments specify the path of Inaport and the .ipi to be executed. Only one ipi at a time can be run from the command line.

Batch processing is a method used to overcome the restrictions of command line operations. Batch processing can be used to run either a single .ipi or a list of .ipis from a batch file created by the user.

See Command Line Operations, Batch Processes