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===== Creating Empty Import Templates ===== | ===== Creating Empty Import Templates ===== | ||
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With this method, the template will contain zeros for all data in the variable. | With this method, the template will contain zeros for all data in the variable. | ||
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- Open Excel template and enter data for variable | - Open Excel template and enter data for variable | ||
- Save Excel spreadsheet as tab-delimited text file with the variable name | - Save Excel spreadsheet as tab-delimited text file with the variable name | ||
- | - Create an import view that uses that text file (see [[howtos:toolcoding:general_view_writing | General View Writing]] for information on how to create views) | + | - Close the spreadsheet |
+ | - Create an import view that uses that text file (see [[howtos:toolcoding:general_view_writing | General View Writing]] for information on how to create and run views) | ||
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