Timport is an important method of getting data into Texis. It is available both as a standalone program, and as a function built-in to Vortex. The timport program is useful when you are trying to import data directly into a table, whereas the function in Texis allows data to be modified before and after the timport, as well as taking other actions than a plain insert.

The timport program uses command line arguments and an option schema file to parse the data, and insert it into a table. It has builtin support for many common formats, and with the ability to define REX expressions to match fields can handle most other formats.