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====== Importing and Tabulating Record Based Datasets ====== | ====== Importing and Tabulating Record Based Datasets ====== | ||
- | The record dataFormat option for the create tool allows you to read in a source data file into a two dimensional variable consisting of a numerical record id and a user defiend set of fields. This technique requires the format of the source data to have unique column descriptions with fields are usually related in some way. This technique is useful for: | + | The record dataFormat option for the create tool allows you to read in a source data file into a two dimensional variable consisting of a numerical record id and a user defined set of fields. This technique requires the format of the source data to have unique column descriptions with fields that are usually related in some way. This technique is useful for: |
[[importing_and_tabulating_record-based_datasets#creating sets from source data|creating sets from source data]]; \\ | [[importing_and_tabulating_record-based_datasets#creating sets from source data|creating sets from source data]]; \\ |