Category

Cross-Sectional Functions

Description

#DataValueFile is a special Data Section tag that looks like a cross-sectional function name but is not one.

This tag allocates a Data array to receive its values from a CSV file rather than calculating them with a formula.

Use a DataValueFile (with no #) statement in the same Data section to specify the path to the CSV file that contains the data for this item.

Add #DVFAlign, #DVFFill and/or #DVFPad to a #DataValueFile item if desired.

Do not provide any type of constant or formula value directly.

Example

MyCustomInd: #DataValueFile
MySparseData: #DataValueFile #DVFPad 

Your CSV file would need to include columns called MyCustomInd and MySparseData to populate the specified items.

Notes

See DataValueFile Items for a more complete description of this feature.

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