Procedure DataManagerImport(filename[, overwrite])

DataManagerImport

With the procedure DataManagerImport you can import the entire data management tree that is stored in another data file into your current data management tree. If the imported tree contains cases (or datasets) that already exist in the current tree, then you can choose whether these cases (or datasets) should overwrite the current nodes or should be imported as new nodes.

DataManagerImport(
        filename,       ! (input) a scalar string expression
        [overwrite]     ! (optional) 0, 1 or 2
        )

Arguments

filename

A string containing the name of the data file that must be imported.

overwrite (optional)

This integer indicates whether or not existing cases (or datasets) are overwritten by cases (or datasets) from the imported file. If 0 (the default), then a dialog box is displayed in which the user can decide to overwrite the existing node or to create a new node. If 1, then existing nodes are always overwritten. If 2, then all imported cases and datasets will result in new nodes in the tree.

Return Value

The procedure returns 1 on success. If the user canceled the operation, then the procedure returns 0. If any other error occurs then the procedure returns \(-1\) and CurrentErrorMessage will contain a proper error message.

Note

• This function is only applicable if the project option Data_Management_style is set to Single_Data_Manager_file.

See also

The procedure DataManagerExport.