Loading Data From Within RStat

How to:

If you have entered RStat without data loaded, or if you would like to load new data from within RStat, you can directly access the following data types for modeling:

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Procedure: How to Load Data From a FEX
  1. In the Type options, click FEX, and then click the Filename button.

    Type options in RStat window

    The Select FOCEXEC dialog box opens, as shown in the following image.

    FOCXEXC dialog box

  2. Select the Reporting Server and application path containing your FEX. The available FEXs are displayed in the right pane. An example of the Select FOCEXEC dialog box is shown in the following image.

    FOCXEXC dialog box

  3. Select the FEX you want to load and click OK.

    The file name of the FEX selected appears in the filename control, as shown in the following image.

    FEX options in RStat window

  4. To run the selected FEX and load the data, click Execute on the toolbar.

    The following image shows the results of running the selected FEX.

    The FEX load process generates a hold file from the last TABLE FILE (Report Painter object) within the selected FEX. This hold file is named FEXNAME.CSV. In our example, we selected AB_TRAINDATA.FEX and Developer Studio generated and loaded AB_TRAINDATA.CSV.

    With FEX selected as the Type option, you can see the path of the FEX that generated the CSV. If you select the CSV option, RStat shows that the generated CSV has been loaded, as shown in the following image.

    CSV option in RStat window

    This offers the added benefit of allowing you to access the current data extract in the CSV hold file or to refresh the hold file from the data source by re-executing the FEX.

    Note: Each time you execute the FEX extract, the existing hold file will be overwritten with the new data extract. If you want to retain versions of the extract, rename it or save the file under a new name. You can use the Export function from RStat to create a copy of the extract under a new name.


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