## 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:

Choose a data file you want to import - The box and Browse button allow you to define the pathway to the file to import.

Choose the data file type - This lets you select the following supported file types:

- 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

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

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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