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The '''Create missing''' button will insert missing rows (complete days) by reading and calculating from [[Monthly_log_files]] (a technique that is useful for importing, and processing, pre-Cumulus observations). Click the ''Help'' button for detailed instructions. Cumulus Help is comprehensive and explains how a list of inserted records is produced. The procedure is explained in the [[Monthly_log_files | Wiki topic]] in greater context detail than is possible in the Cumulus ''Help''. | The '''Create missing''' button will insert missing rows (complete days) by reading and calculating from [[Monthly_log_files]] (a technique that is useful for importing, and processing, pre-Cumulus observations). Click the ''Help'' button for detailed instructions. Cumulus Help is comprehensive and explains how a list of inserted records is produced. The procedure is explained in the [[Monthly_log_files | Wiki topic]] in greater context detail than is possible in the Cumulus ''Help''. | ||
If just some fields are | If just some fields are wrong in a particular row (meteorological day) on day file, then there is a [[Monthly_log_files#Using_Monthly_logs_to_deal_with_shorter_.28or_incomplete.29_dayfile.txt_records_for_particular_dates | workaround]] as at all current versions (up to 1.9.4) you can only use 'Create missing' to read from the [[Monthly_log_files]] if the whole day (a row starting with a date) is missing in ''dayfile.txt''. | ||
'''Note for version 1.9.3 only:''' Create missing might in some cases be affected by a bug in 1.9.3 that can cause incorrect date order for records (dayfile.txt uses dd/mm/yy or dd-mm-yy and all records should be in ascending chronological order) | '''Note for version 1.9.3 only:''' Create missing might in some cases be affected by a bug in 1.9.3 that can cause incorrect date order for records (dayfile.txt uses dd/mm/yy or dd-mm-yy and all records should be in ascending chronological order) | ||
'''Note for versions 1.9.2 or version 1.9.3''' There is a bug in these versions in that 'Create missing' inserts 'heating and cooling degree day' values the wrong way round. | |||
Any bugs are believed fixed in version 1.9.4. | |||
==Manipulation outside Cumulus== | ==Manipulation outside Cumulus== | ||