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#!CNavyBlue #!N  #!Rall39 A thumbnail Sketch of the Data 
Prompter Choices #!N #!EC #!N #!I0 #!N #!N #!I0 #!N  #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18*   
Data Explorer File #!EF #!I50 #!N This choice is for when 
you already have data stored in Data Explorer format, for example 
if you are using a filter which converts from another format 
to Data Explorer format. #!N #!I0 #!N  #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18*   CDF Format #!EF 
#!I50 #!N This is a standard data format which Data Explorer 
imports directly. An application programming interface can be obtained from the 
National Space Science Data Center, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. #!N 
#!I0 #!N  #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18*   netCDF Format #!EF #!I50 #!N This is a 
standard data format which Data Explorer imports directly. An application programming 
interface for netCDF can be obtained from the Unidata Program Center 
in Boulder, Colorado. #!N #!I0 #!N  #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18*   HDF Format #!EF #!I50 
#!N This is a standard data format which Data Explorer imports 
directly. HDF was created at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications. 
#!N #!I0 #!N  #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18*   Image File #!EF #!I50 #!N Data Explorer 
directly imports TIFF, MIFF, GIF, and RGB format images. #!N #!I0 
#!N  #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18*   Grid or Scattered File #!EF #!I50 #!N This option 
allows you to specify a general array header which can describe 
a wide variety of formats of data. Data can be on 
a regular grid, a warped grid with positions explicitly specified, or 
scattered. The general array format can skip header lines and embedded 
descriptive text. Data can be multidimensional, multivariable, and series (see  #!Lgai,dxall110 h General Array Importer  #!EL  
). #!N #!I0 #!N  #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18*   Spreadsheet Format file #!EF #!I50 #!N 
This option is typically used for non-spatial data, for example the 
output of a spreadsheet program which might look like: #!CForestGreen #!N 
#!N  #!F-adobe-courier-bold-r-normal--18*   #!N Customer Sales Profit #!N company_a 1.2 938 #!N 
company_b 8.9 1037 #!N . . . #!N . . . 
#!N . . . #!EF #!N #!N #!EC See  #!Limpspsh,dxall872 h ImportSpreadsheet  #!EL  in 
IBM Visualization Data Explorer User's Reference. #!I0 #!N #!N #!N #!N 
#!N  #!F-adobe-times-medium-i-normal--18*   Next Topic #!EF #!N #!N  #!Ltyod,dxall41 h Importing Your Own Data  #!EL  #!N  #!F-adobe-times-medium-i-normal--18*   #!N 

