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Create an analysis model

1. In the repository, right-click Analysis Model and

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    to create a new model.
2. Set Basic Settings > Name to Businesses and click 

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   .
3. PhixFlow opens a new empty model on the left.

Load the Excel file

1. Drag a 

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    from the model toolbar into the analysis model.
2. Set Basic Settings > Name: BusinessData,  and click 

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   .
3. In the model, hover your mouse pointer over the file collector. PhixFlow displays a pop-up toolbar. Click 

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   and browse to the Excel file: BusinessData.xlsx.

4. In the upload window, click the  

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    button. PhixFlow creates a new stream and opens its properties.

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   title Explore the possibilities
   When you upload an Excel file, PhixFlow automatically sets many of the file collector and stream properties. There are many options that you can use to load different types of data from file. To connect PhixFlow to databases you can use a Insert excerpt _database_collector _database_collector .

   
   

Your model now looks like this.