#!F-adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--18* #!N #!CNavyBlue #!N #!Rall39 A thumbnail Sketch of the Data Prompter Choices #!N #!EC #!N #!I0 #!N #!N #!I0 #!N #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* Data Explorer File #!EF #!I50 #!N This choice is for when you already have data stored in Data Explorer format, for example if you are using a filter which converts from another format to Data Explorer format. #!N #!I0 #!N #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* CDF Format #!EF #!I50 #!N This is a standard data format which Data Explorer imports directly. An application programming interface can be obtained from the National Space Science Data Center, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. #!N #!I0 #!N #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* netCDF Format #!EF #!I50 #!N This is a standard data format which Data Explorer imports directly. An application programming interface for netCDF can be obtained from the Unidata Program Center in Boulder, Colorado. #!N #!I0 #!N #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* HDF Format #!EF #!I50 #!N This is a standard data format which Data Explorer imports directly. HDF was created at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications. #!N #!I0 #!N #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* Image File #!EF #!I50 #!N Data Explorer directly imports TIFF, MIFF, GIF, and RGB format images. #!N #!I0 #!N #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* Grid or Scattered File #!EF #!I50 #!N This option allows you to specify a general array header which can describe a wide variety of formats of data. Data can be on a regular grid, a warped grid with positions explicitly specified, or scattered. The general array format can skip header lines and embedded descriptive text. Data can be multidimensional, multivariable, and series (see #!Lgai,dxall110 h General Array Importer #!EL ). #!N #!I0 #!N #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* Spreadsheet Format file #!EF #!I50 #!N This option is typically used for non-spatial data, for example the output of a spreadsheet program which might look like: #!CForestGreen #!N #!N #!F-adobe-courier-bold-r-normal--18* #!N Customer Sales Profit #!N company_a 1.2 938 #!N company_b 8.9 1037 #!N . . . #!N . . . #!N . . . #!EF #!N #!N #!EC See #!Limpspsh,dxall872 h ImportSpreadsheet #!EL in IBM Visualization Data Explorer User's Reference. #!I0 #!N #!N #!N #!N #!N #!F-adobe-times-medium-i-normal--18* Next Topic #!EF #!N #!N #!Ltyod,dxall41 h Importing Your Own Data #!EL #!N #!F-adobe-times-medium-i-normal--18* #!N
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