Importing data for a single Arrival or Event Profile

You can import data from an external application into a single Arrival or Event Profile, as opposed to the multiple profiles you can create with the Data Import Manager. Importing data clears any existing data from the graph you import it into.

The data to be imported must be in one of the following recognised formats:

Comma separated values files ('csv' files)
Tab delimited files (txt files)

Data can be imported with or without time-values, but for such data LEGION Model Builder assumes that the data is to be applied to consecutive one-second intervals starting from the model start time.

To import data for a single Arrival or Event Profile:

Highlight the appropriate profile or create a new Data Profile (see Creating a new Arrival or Event Profile ).
Right-click in the graph and select File > Import.
The ‘Import Data File’ dialog box is displayed.

Warning: Ensure that the file you are importing is not already open in another application as this will create a file-sharing error and you will not be able to import it.
Browse to the data file you want to import and select the correct file type from the drop-down list in the Files of type field.
The ‘Import’ dialog box is displayed.
Select the correct option from the two choices:
- The data is in rows
- The data is in columns
If the data file uses rows or columns for the names of Data Profiles, you need to indicate this here and advise the software to ignore this naming information.
To do so, under the question ‘Are the first columns (or rows) for Data Profile names?’ tick the Yes box and enter the number of columns or rows that contain naming information.

If the data is in rows and the first column contains naming information, the Yes box is ticked and the number of columns is set to 1 as only the first column contains naming information. If there is no header (naming) information in the imported file, leave the Yes box unticked.
Click OK.
If there are no formatting or time errors in the imported file, it is successfully imported into the Data Profile.