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From: (Mac McDonald)
Subject: Re: [TMG] Source Elements
Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 07:37 +0100 (BST)
In-Reply-To: <memo.20010702074617.31055A@macmcd.compulink.co.uk>


Replying to my own message I know but I received a solution from Lee
Hoffman and thought it should be shared so have included it below. Many
thanks to Lee however, I would have expected to be able to generate this
information as a report given the importance of sources. Maybe in the
future?

Regards,
Mac.

> Source Element information is maintained in the *U.DBF file of the
> dataset. The easiest way to find out is to export the dataset in text
> form (File=>Export To...=>[choosing a text option] from the top menu.
> Then use a text editor or your word processor to view the *U.TXT file.
> You will note that each line entry is numbered at the beginning of each
> entry. Ignore that value (TMG may use it, but it has no meaning for
> you). The remaining entries that you will recognize are the actual
> Source Element names followed on that line by a number. The number at
> the end of each entry indicates the Source Group. You will need to do
> a littler detective work to determine which number indicates which
> Source Group, but that isn't very hard.
>
> If you export the dataset to a Comma Delimited text format, you could
> then import the *U.TXT file into your spreadsheet program and then sort
> the file by the Source Group Number which would place all Source
> Elements of a Source Group together.

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