## Importing Existing Statistical Data

If you have existing statistical data you want to import into your defined Datapage+ database, you can easily do so by following the steps outlined in the Datapage+ Data Import Wizard. Access this wizard by clicking the Import Data item from the Tools menu.

Click Next. The second screen appears.

This screen provides these options:

Select a data file to import and choose an import option - The box and Browse button allow you to define the pathway to the file to import.

The available options provide the following supported file types to import:

- An ASCII dump file (*.dmp) exported from the legacy DataPage/RT application's database.

- A Comma Separated Values file (*.csv).

- A Dmis Output file (*.dmo).

- An Extensible Markup Language file (*.xml).

- A Rich Text Format file (*.rtf).

- A Mitutoyo Text File

- A Generic Excel Format

- A CTO File (from CoreView)

- A Quindos File (from the Brown & Sharpe Quindos application)

- A Blade Files (from PC-DMIS Blade)

- A Tmp File (from PC-DMIS's XSTATS11.tmp file)

File encoding - This allows you to specify the language character set used for the data file selected to import.

Variable name format - This defines the naming format to use when importing DMP files. If you choose Feature Variable, then feature names and feature variables are imported. If you choose Dimension Variable, then dimension names and dimension variables are imported.

Enable line switch - This enables the Line Switcher box, allowing you to specify what character is used as a line switcher. A line switcher is a special character that exists in some data files where a line of data for a record wraps to more than line. Rather than reading the second line as a second record, the line switcher informs the software that the data line continues on the next line. For example, in the sample code of a DMO file type given below, the $ character is the line switcher (shown in yellow highlight):

OUTPUT/FA(LLOCH_5HX)

FA(LLOCH_5HX)=FEAT/CPARLN,INNER,ROUND,CART,3249.26,-522.994,672.056,$

0.1322933,-0.1684738,0.9767881,0.0329236,-0.984159,-0.1742041,10.68,6.264

DA(PCS_LOKAL)=DATSET/TRMATX,0.,-1.,0.001,1.,0.,0.001,-0.001,0.001,1.,$

3999.244,4808.764,-2431.642

Use saved settings - The wizard may contain Save buttons for the file type you're importing that let you save your current settings as the defaults for future imports of that file type. This check box, when marked, uses those saved settings. If the check box is cleared, the Datapage+ factory defaults are used.

Note: You can only import data if your user account has administrator privileges, otherwise the Import Data menu item will not be available for selection.

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