Import Data

Ellie98

Hello, 
I have difficulties to import the Data from my teacher to work with it. Could someone help me out please? Do I have to import a read file first? 
I have to import and work with the Iris Data but it's not working


Thanks in advance!

kayman

Hi @Ellie98, That's probably normal, as we're 'faking' a csv file here.

Just try as below, but change the path to your dat file : 
It works for my dat files, but that doesn't mean it works for everything of course. But given that a dat file is in essence just a tab separated file it should give at least something.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><process version="9.8.001">
  <context>
    <input/>
    <output/>
    <macros/>
  </context>
  <operator activated="true" class="process" compatibility="9.8.001" expanded="true" name="Process">
    <parameter key="logverbosity" value="init"/>
    <parameter key="random_seed" value="2001"/>
    <parameter key="send_mail" value="never"/>
    <parameter key="notification_email" value=""/>
    <parameter key="process_duration_for_mail" value="30"/>
    <parameter key="encoding" value="SYSTEM"/>
    <process expanded="true">
      <operator activated="true" class="read_csv" compatibility="9.8.001" expanded="true" height="68" name="Read CSV" width="90" x="313" y="34">
        <parameter key="csv_file" value="path_to_your_dat"/>
        <parameter key="column_separators" value="\t"/>
        <parameter key="trim_lines" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="use_quotes" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="quotes_character" value="&quot;"/>
        <parameter key="escape_character" value="\"/>
        <parameter key="skip_comments" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="comment_characters" value="#"/>
        <parameter key="starting_row" value="1"/>
        <parameter key="parse_numbers" value="true"/>
        <parameter key="decimal_character" value="."/>
        <parameter key="grouped_digits" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="grouping_character" value=","/>
        <parameter key="infinity_representation" value=""/>
        <parameter key="date_format" value=""/>
        <parameter key="first_row_as_names" value="false"/>
        <list key="annotations"/>
        <parameter key="time_zone" value="ECT"/>
        <parameter key="locale" value="English (United States)"/>
        <parameter key="encoding" value="UTF-8"/>
        <parameter key="read_all_values_as_polynominal" value="true"/>
        <list key="data_set_meta_data_information"/>
        <parameter key="read_not_matching_values_as_missings" value="true"/>
        <parameter key="datamanagement" value="double_array"/>
        <parameter key="data_management" value="auto"/>
      </operator>
      <portSpacing port="source_input 1" spacing="0"/>
      <portSpacing port="sink_result 1" spacing="0"/>
    </process>
  </operator>
</process>