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Revision as of 09:41, 12 February 2021
, 09:41, 12 February 2021→Correcting individual fields in multiple lines of Daily summary Log in Cumulus 1
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In the '''Edit''' menu, select '''Dayfile.txt''' screen, for a text editor where you can overwrite entries, delete entire lines, and insert new lines (and then manually type in values for every field). You can scroll left and right between fields, with a header row identifying which field is which, and you can scroll up and down through all the lines. If you know what you want to change (such as replacing a rogue figure), this is a very easy to use editor. | In the '''Edit''' menu, select '''Dayfile.txt''' screen, for a text editor where you can overwrite entries, delete entire lines, and insert new lines (and then manually type in values for every field). You can scroll left and right between fields, with a header row identifying which field is which, and you can scroll up and down through all the lines. If you know what you want to change (such as replacing a rogue figure), this is a very easy to use editor. | ||
For the daily summary log, the original Cumulus software includes functionality to '''Create Missing''' in its daily summary log editor, which | For the daily summary log, the original Cumulus software includes functionality to '''Create Missing''' in its daily summary log editor, which was described earlier. This functionality creates an entire missing log line and will insert highs and lows whether they are extremes of source values, or extremes of derived values. | ||
This functionality is not designed to work out individual missing extreme figures, only to insert complete missing lines. However, we can workaround that constraint: | |||
'''WORKAROUND FOR DAYFILE.TXT if required dates are present in both the standard log and dayfile.txt, but not all fields for that date exist in dayfile.txt''' | '''WORKAROUND FOR DAYFILE.TXT if required dates are present in both the standard log and dayfile.txt, but not all fields for that date exist in dayfile.txt''' | ||
There are two common reasons for needing to use this, Cumulus 1 only, workaround: | There are two common reasons for needing to use this, Cumulus 1 only, workaround: | ||
# To add extra fields to | # To add extra derived fields now calculated by Cumulus, to past lines created by an earlier version of Cumulus that did not calculate those derived fields at the time | ||
# If you are importing into Cumulus records from other software, and that other software does not provide derived extremes (apparent temperature, heat index, rain rate, wind run) | # If you are importing into Cumulus records from other software, and that other software does not provide derived extremes (e.g. dew point, apparent temperature, heat index, rain rate, wind run) so your insert in the daily summary log file has only populated a sub-set of the fields. | ||
The steps you need to take, to implement this Cumulus 1 only workaround: | The steps you need to take, to implement this Cumulus 1 only workaround: | ||