#### Importing a Blade File

Blade generates files in the BSF (Blade Statistic File) file format from the PC-DMIS Blade application.

1. Once you have the Blade file selected, on the Choose a data file screen of the wizard, choose the Blade option.

2. Click Browse, and select the .bsf file.

3. On the Customize the data 1 screen, choose whether or not the first row contains field names. If you marked that check box then the import wizard will treat the first row as header data. Click Next.

4. On the Customize the data 2 screen, use the available tools to match columns in the BSF file with required column names understood by the database or with trace fields. See "Importing a CSV File" where this mapping is already discussed in the context of CSV files. Mapping BSF files would occur in much the same way.

5. Once you have the columns mapped, if desired, click the Save button to save BSF settings for future BSF imports. If you later mark the Use saved settings check box on the first screen of the wizard, the BSF import will use those settings.

6. Click Finish to import the data.

7. The Performing Operation... screen shows details of the import process. Click Cancel to close the wizard. Once the dialog box closes, the imported data will be available for selection from within DataPage+.

Once a blade file is imported, you can apply the data to a Text tab to generate a Blade Text Report.