howtos:reading_data_into_arrays
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| There's amost always a mapping required; whether it's done in a TOOL script, a view or in the model. | There's amost always a mapping required; whether it's done in a TOOL script, a view or in the model. | ||
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| + | Name data informants appropropriately (to indicate their strong data dependence) as opposed to target informats which tend to be more generic. E.g. use "_data" suffix for name, "_d" for index. | ||
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| + | I usually tackle moderately complete imports in a stand alone TOOL script (not a view) kept alongside the source data, which produces a whatIf-friendly output (TOOL or text), along with informants. | ||
| ===== Case 1 - Data informant used in model diagram ===== | ===== Case 1 - Data informant used in model diagram ===== | ||
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