Global identifiers upload screen

This topic provides an overview of the Global identifiers upload screen and all the settings and buttons on it. However if you require step-by-step procedures on using Global identifiers refer to Using global identifiers.

This feature is only available to administrators, or users who have the Global identifiers manager permission selected on the Edit user screen.

The Global identifiers upload screen allows you to upload files containing lists of identifiers and their details that you want added to the Global identifiers white list. This provides a quick method of adding large lists of identifiers rather than manually entering them individually on the Global identifiers screen, for example phone numbers from a hotel chain.

White list identifiers are common identifiers that may provide you with useful case leads, for example, phone numbers of banks, airlines, or stores. The identifier's associated data is then included in OSS-ESPA and in OSS-SRN Express Portal's X-Case queries. This can provide you with useful leads to follow up on, for example a hotel phone number could indicate where a person is currently sleeping, or an airline number could provide the details of a booked flight. The names on the white list are used to identify the phone numbers throughout OSS-ESPA, such as on the ESPA analysis center screen, Sentinel screen, Case Management and IQ packets. CLEAR and Whooster public record requests do not request data for white list numbers.

The screen lists all the files that you have uploaded and allows you to delete or download them if required. Although you can only view your own files, administrators can view the files for all users. If you delete a file then all the identifiers from the file are removed from the white list.

The screen provides a template for you to download with the required column headers. For an identifier to be included it must contain an identifier number.

This table lists all the white list files that have been uploaded.

To delete existing files select the check-box next to the file names you want to delete then click Delete selected.

This indicates the status of uploaded file that you have added to the case. The import process may not have been completed or successful. Alongside each file is an icon that displays the import status.

  • indicates that the import process is queued to start processing or has already started processing and the file cannot yet be used.
  • indicates that the import process has completed successfully and the file can be used.
  • indicates that the import process has completed but with a warning, however the file can be used.
  • indicates that the import process was not completing and the process timed out. The error may be due to the file containing invalid data. Please contact Gladiator Forensics if you require support in resolving this issue.

This displays an OSS-ESPA generated identifier for the file. This file id is displayed for each identifier on the White list tab of the Global identifiers screen so that you can easily identify which file the data came from.

Click to download a copy of the original file.

Click to download the log created by OSS-ESPA when the file was uploaded. This can provide useful information if your file did not upload correctly.

Click if you want to delete the files you have the check-box selected for in the table above.

Click to upload your files. Windows Explorer opens. Navigate to the folder containing your files, select the required files then click Open. You can upload multiple files at one time, and you can also click Select on multiple occasions if your files are located in different folders.