Input File Specification Checklist
In order to be processed correctly, input files:
- Must be in a plain text format (i.e. .csv or .txt format)
- Must only use comma or tab delimiters, if any are required.
- Must only use double quote (") text qualifier characters, if any are required.
- May contain a single header row describing column contents.
- Must be less than 20 Mb in size.
- May contain a maximum of 400 columns of information.
- Must contain geography zone codes in their first column.
- Must contain the same number of columns in every row.
- Must only contain numeric values, apart from the geography zone codes, when using the conversion function.
Example Input File
An example of an input file containing information on age distributions within wards in Manchester from the 2001 Census Key Statistics is provided below. This file meets all of the criteria described above.
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