Details on Missing File – From Library


This dialog is shown when you open or reload a linked analysis file in which the path to one or more of the source files in the library is no longer correct. The dialog may look different depending on which options are available for a particular source.

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Option

Description

The following data file could not be found

Shows the name and path to the file that the linked analysis file is trying to open.

Copy GUID

Copies the GUID of the data source in the library to the clipboard. The GUID is a unique identifier for the data source that remains the same if the name of the data source is changed. This can be useful for support or an administrator if the source cannot be found.

What do you want to do?

 

   Browse for the missing data file

Select this option to manually browse for the missing file. Use this option if the source file used by the linked analysis file has been renamed.

   Do not load any data for this source

Opens the analysis, but the data source based on the missing data file will contain no data; all column information for this source is lost.

If the data table is built by more than one data source, the resulting data table may still contain data from the other sources. The complete data table history is available in the Data Table Properties, Source Information tab.

The empty source will still be visible in the Source view and can be replaced, if desired.

   Leave the resulting data table empty

[Only available if the source was configured to use Always new data.]

Opens the analysis, but the data tables based on the missing data file will become empty.

However, the information about which columns were included in the data table is kept, which may help fixing the analysis if the data table is replaced at a later stage. The complete data table history is available in the Data Table Properties, Source Information tab.

See Embedded or Linked Data? for more information about different data loading options.

   Use stored data

[Only available if the source was configured to use New data when possible.]

Select this option to open the analysis even though the connection to a linked source file is broken. Stored data will be used instead of new data from the missing source.

Note that the data from this source may be older than intended, if the analysis was originally designed to load linked data from the original source each time the analysis was opened.

See Embedded or Linked Data? for more information about different data loading options.

   Apply to all missing sources of this type in this analysis

Select this check box to apply the selected solution to all missing data files from the library (in this analysis).