This is the first time I've had to actually post a question on here, because this amazing community has already answered every question I've had so far. But this is an odd one that I've not been able to find an answer to. I think from what I have been able to find that I should be able to do what I need, but it is a bit beyond me.
Background:
We have an enquiry system (created by an external development company) that runs on sharepoint. I have been able to extract information from it using the sharepoint input tool, but I would now like to upload some further data in bulk. Sounded straightforward to me - I can see and work out how the sharepoint output tool works. However, I have been told by the developers of the enquiry system that uploading in bulk would (paraphrasing) break it because each update causes an event flag and a bulk upload would basically cause it to fall over. (My understanding, apologies for lack of technical details - I have no experience of developing sharepoint systems)
The question:
Is there a way that I can force the sharepoint output tool to only upload x number of records per minute?
(I can see that there is a throttle tool, but I'm not sure if I can combine that with the sharepoint output tool to somehow achieve my aim)
Details:
I have 2 fields, the key field for each record on the sharepoint list and the field I need updating.
The list of updates could be several hundred long. (At the moment the updates are being done manually, which is madness)
I don't have scheduler.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Even if it's just to tell me 'in theory this is possible' in the first case.
Thanks
Puffin (not panicking at the moment)
