GGU-TIME-GRAPH: "Import ASCII file" menu item

If the coordinates of the data points and the corresponding data are available as an ASCII file, this data can be read into the program. You can either read the data as "new" values (the current data will be deleted) or append it to the current data. Decimal fractions must have a point and not a comma.

After selecting the ASCII file, you will see the following dialog box:

The current line of the ASCII file is shown at the top. You can move through the file using the arrow buttons on the right. In the "Name column:", "Date column" and "Value column:" you enter the column number in which the respective data is located. Using the "Import coordinates" check box it is possible to enable import of eastings and northings. If all the information is correct, the results for the current row are shown in the corresponding dialog boxes. Otherwise, "Error" appears.

You may need to change the column delimiter.

If the file contains invalid as well as valid rows of data, these will simply be skipped during import. After the "Import data" button has been pressed and the data successfully imported, you will see a message box with the number of imported values and character strings. You can now process the data further or move on to evaluation.

The program decides on the allocation of data based on the name of the data point. For example, if data has already been entered before the ASCII data were imported and valid rows with existing data point names occur in the ASCII data, the data are allocated to this data point, i.e. appended to the existing record.

If you import eastings and northings and inadvertently have different ASCII data in a number of rows but for the same data point, the last valid value will be imported.

In the ASCII file the data for a given data point need not be in sequential rows. The time for all imported values is set to "0:00".

If you want to import ASCII data for a single point only, please read Section "Import ASCII file" button.