Data Table Format

A data table can also be imported with the Excel spreadsheet. There are two very important things you must understand about importing data tables:

PlantWise will not import a data table that does not already exist in the project. See Creating Data Tables for instructions on defining data tables.
Imported data tables OVERWRITE all data already existing in the table.

The data class identifier for data tables is PW Data: and is followed by the file name of the table. If the table is unit dependent, the name is prefaced with either english\ or metric\. After the table name, the content of the table is each column name with its specific data. As an example, following is the format used if you were to import the standard insulation properties table:

PW Data Starts
PW Data:	english\insulation-properties.lsp
code	type	density
"IA"	acoustic	0.1
"IC"	cold	0.1
"IH"	hot	0.1
"PP"	personal_protection	0.1
		PW Data Ends