This step of creating a rule set helps you exclude unwanted lines of data from the import.
The Rules for parsing lines provided in this step determines which lines of your ASCII file will included for importing into your measurement routine. This appears when you click Create... from the Importing dialog box. Use the following options to exclude data from import:
Skip file header - When this option is selected, the specified Number of lines from the top of the ASCII file will be skipped. Therefore they will not be evaluated or imported into your measurement routine.
Skip file footer - When this option is selected, the specified Number of lines from the bottom of the ASCII file will be skipped. Therefore they will not be evaluated or imported into your measurement routine.
For lines containing - Lines containing the text specified to the right will be evaluated on the following criteria:
Qualifying search text is CASE specific
Skip the entire line - Entire line is excluded from being evaluated if qualifying text is present.
Truncate the strings after - Anything after the qualifying text will be excluded from being evaluated.
Truncate the strings before - Anything before the qualifying text will be excluded from being evaluated.
Truncate the strings until - Anything after the first qualifying text and prior to the text specified to the right of this option will be excluded from being evaluated.
Use the Add>> and <<Remove buttons to update the criteria to the table on the right side of this dialog box. Multiple criteria can be used to evaluate your ASCII file.
Preview and Refresh - See the "Rule Set Wizard - Previewing the ASCII File" topic.
Next - Continue with Step 2.
Cancel - Returns to the Importing dialog box.