$Input = name  (input data file)

The name of the input flat file. This file has your original data.

E.g., $Input=KCT.RAW

 

$Output = name  (Facets-format data)

The name of the output Facets data file. This file has your data transformed into Facets format. E.g., $Output=KCTDAT.txt

 

$Spoutput = name  (Facets specifications)

The name of the output Facets keyword file. This has most of the specifications Facets needs to analyze the data,, but it is incomplete, and will need further editing.

 E.g., $Spoutput=KCT.SP

 

$Spinput = name  (previous Facets specifications)

The name of an input specification file in Facets format. Facform uses this to assign numbers to elements. The input specifications will be copied into the output specification file. E.g, $Spinput=KCTBANK

Use this to insure that elements are always assigned the same numbers, and to carry across anchor values, model specifications etc.

 

$Given = Yes  (all labels given in $Spinput file)

This keyword instructs Facform that all elements of every facet have been specified in the $Spinput= file so there is no need to analyze the data file for new ones.

This keyword can speed up subsequent runs of Facform when specifying the Facets specifications produced by an earlier Facform run as a $Spinput file. E.g.,

$Spinput=MEASURES   specifications from earlier run

 $Given=Yes       those specifications include all elements

 

$Separator = "value" (separator character in a variable length or CSV file)

This keyword defines the character that separates fields in the raw data file. Use it with the $C() expression. For Tab separators, use the $T() expression or $Sep=Tab.

$Sep =";" ; separators are semicolons

$Sep =" "   ; separators are one or more spaces.