WORKING WITH DATA AND FILES

• Data Files: used to save raw numbers, ODBC Queries to databases and DDE links to other files or spreadsheets. Data files may be one of several formats, including ASCII text, .dbf, and the default file type .qdb. You may create and save many charts from a single data file. Data is entered, edited and viewed in the Data Editor Window .

• Chart Files : used to save a specific chart analysis, including its Statistics. Chart files have the extension .qdc, and are created from a single data file. They may be inserted into other applications using Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) .

• Work Sets : are a set of specific chart files and data files. Work Sets are created so that the files in the Work Set are opened as a group. A common use of this is if you want to associate the Work Set to a given process which you are responsible for either analyzing or monitoring. Rather than opening each of the files separately, you simply open the Workset.