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Import excel problems
Joseph Greenberg
2017-10-22 16:13:04 UTC
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I'm using GNU pspp 1.0.1-g818227 on Windows 10 64-bit.



When I try to import Excel data, the import screens do not preview the data
so I can't select which lines to import, which is the first line, which are
the separators, etc. The large panel is entirely blank. Any ideas?
Alan Mead
2017-10-22 20:29:27 UTC
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AFAIK, no Excel format is a supported format (but PSPP is open-source,
so feel free to write that missing functionality and contribute it to
our community).

I suggest that you save the excel file as a Tab-delimited, CSV or ODS
file and try importing that.  ODS would be the closest to the Excel formats.

Maybe you also found a bug: I just tried saving a small Excel file using
Office 2010 as "OpenDocument Spreadsheet format" and importing into GNU
pspp 0.10.4-g50f7b7 and I do see that there is a mostly blank screen at
the end of the import wizard. But I clicked "apply" and it imported OK.

If you think you might be seeing a bug (e.g., if by "import Excel data"
you do mean something like tab-delimited or CSV) then please be more
specific about the steps required to replicate the bug. Also include a
short dataset (or information that is OK to make public) that triggers
the bug, ideally as a plan ASCII (tab-delimited or CSV).

-Alan
I’m using GNU pspp 1.0.1-g818227 on Windows 10 64-bit.
 
When I try to import Excel data, the import screens do not preview the
data so I can’t select which lines to import, which is the first line,
which are the separators, etc. The large panel is entirely blank. Any
ideas?
 
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