File Menu

File > Menu Command Descriptions

Version 2.5

The File > ... menu groups commands related to importing data from a file, reporting views/table(s) of a relational database, online 'cloud' data sources, folder of images, a folder of files (documents, music, videos), maps from our online library or a preconfigured demo file. The second section provides options for saving Omniscope files with a wide range of options. The third section provides options for exporting new files in Omniscope and other formats,  exporting screen images form Omniscope, and printing Omniscope files in varous document formats.

 

New file - opens a dialog where you can specify how many rows and columns you need to start with. Generally, you should start small, except if you are planning to cut-and-paste data into the new Omniscope file, in which case you must  specify enough rows and columns to receive the paste.

Open file - launches the Open file dialog, which looks like a Windows file browse window, but has some additional features and options on the right side. Navigate your directory structure and find the file you wish to load, e.g. an existing Omniscope IOK file, or a supported delimited data file; Excel XLS, CSV (comma separated value) or other common data file formats such as TSV, TXT etc.

Connect to database - launches the Database Connection Wizard that helps you connect to any ODBC/JDBC compliant relational database and import/refresh the output of any SQL statement that returns a tabular data set.

Open image collection - imports a collection of image files and associated editable tags from a defined folder/location

Open folder of files - imports filenames, attributes, paths and associated editable tags from selected folders containing documents, and/or media files like music or video, with options to display the  selected docments (PDF) or to edit tags and file names on media file libraries and export a playlist.

Open online source -

Open map -

Open demo -