By the end of this chapter you will be able to:

• Collect data from a spreadsheet

A file containing a mapping of Counties to Regions can be found in the input files, at:
…\inputData\AddressCheck\regionsByCounty\regionsByCounty.xlsx
You will use this data to find the Region for each of the customer addresses that you have already loaded. Notice that there is a header line in this file with the column names of the data.
Add You will now add a new file collector to read this file into the new model you created in exercise 1: Introduction to Modelling analysis model:

1. Hover your mouse over 

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   s in the toolbar to show the list of options.
2. Drag 

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    onto the model.
3. In the new file collector form that pops up New FileCollector settings on the right of your screen, enter the Name: Regions by County.
4. Press 

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5. You will now see the new new Regions by County file collector in the model.Save
6. Press

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    in the toolbar to save the model.

Set up File Collector and table

1. Hover over your new Regions by County 

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   , and press 

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2. In the file explorer, go to: …\inputData\AddressCheck\regionsByCounty
3. Select the file regionsByCounty.xlsx and press Open.
4. In the Upload Managed File form box, press Upload File.

You will see a table appear on your model – PhixFlow has automatically configured the file collector and the table to load the file into PhixFlow.

Pause file data

To pause the data loaded from the file:

1. Hover over the table RegionsByCountyyour new table Regions By County.
2. In the hover menu press 

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3. Press 

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    in the table settings.

Further information on pausing files can be found on 2 Reading data from files into PhixFlow.

Run Analysis and view table data

1. Hover over your new table, and press 

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    in the hover menu.
2. Wait for your task to complete.
3. View Then view the data : hover by hovering over the Regions By County table and in the hover menu press pressing 

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4. In the drop down list, select Default View.The data will show like the image below:
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5. In the model window, click 

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