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What | How |
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Character encoding | UTF-8 |
Field / column separator | Tabulator “\t” |
End of record marker | New line “\n” |
Header | The header must consist of a column named “datetime” and 1-n columns having a static name describing your raw parameter.
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Header - Units | Units may be given in square brackets [], following each column name, separated by a space “ “:
Units are optional but really make sense in this very first step because the INGEST-to-DASHBOARD workflow would automatically If you desire to store texts such as sample numbers or comments in your file, you have to append a unit [text]! Example:
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Date time format | Expected time zone: UTC Allowed date formats:
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Decimal symbol | Dot "." |
Data values | Allowed are decimal values (scientific format 1E-2 is supported), integer numbers or characters/texts/strings (just no tabulators!)
For use of Data-WS only: The Data-WS only accepts numbers as input for each column (including number formats such as About texts (or non-numeric characters): If you want to store texts, the column's unit must be [text]! |
Error values | Empty field (simply give a null string, but do not forget to add a tab as data field separator) |
Missing values | Missing values do not need to be masked in a special way. The table cell just needs to be blank (no NA , null , etc.) |