Option Data File

Option data files contain option data, which is imported and exported through File Menu commands. In DEXi, the contents and format of option files are controlled at three points:

  • On Charts Page/Options Sub-page, where you can select options to be actually exported (all options are selected by default).

  • In ‘Import options’ and ‘Export options’ dialogues that are used to specify file names and basic file format, which is either ‘Tab-delimited’ or ‘Comma-separated (CSV)’.

  • In Settings/Import-Export, where you can specify further details of ‘Option data format’.

Examples

1. Tab-delimited option data file containing both options from the Car Evaluation model and exported using the default Settings: using ‘base 1’ values, displaying all attributes using indentation, normal orientation. The TAB character is denoted ‘¬’.

¬Car1¬Car2
CAR¬4¬3
. PRICE¬3¬2
. . BUY.PRICE¬2¬2
. . MAINT.PRICE¬3¬2
. TECH.CHAR.¬4¬3
. . COMFORT¬3¬3
. . . #PERS¬3¬3
. . . #DOORS¬3¬3
. . . LUGGAGE¬3¬3
. . SAFETY¬3¬2

2. The same data as above but using comma-separated format, ‘base 0’ values and including only non-indented basic attributes in normal orientation.

"","Car1","Car2"
"BUY.PRICE","1","1"
"MAINT.PRICE","2","1"
"#PERS","2","2"
"#DOORS","2","2"
"LUGGAGE","2","2"
"SAFETY","2","1"

  1. The same as above, but with text values and transposed orientation.

"","BUY.PRICE","MAINT.PRICE","#PERS","#DOORS","LUGGAGE","SAFETY"
"Car1","medium","low","more","4","big","high"
"Car2","medium","medium","more","4","big","medium"