Save Data/Set Auto Reload

When a project is closed or saved, you are asked to confirm what happens to your data. This is important to ensure your data is safeguarded from accidental loss. You are also given the chance to automatically reload data on exit.

If new data has been added to the project, you are also asked how to store it (either as a separate file or within the current project file).

The general process of saving a project involves the following:

  1. Close or swap projects after making changes to the current one.

  2. Click Yes to save the project and display the Save Project and File Data screen.

    • Or, click No to close the project without saving.

    • Click Cancel to abort the project closedown.

  3. A Save Project File screen displays. Use this to save the modifications made to the current project file.

  4. If you choose to save data, the Save Data / Set Auto Reload screen displays. Select files to save (for each file, if changes have been made, saving is automatically selected).

    This screen is also used to specify which data, if any, is reloaded automatically when the project is reopened.

Three options exist for each data object that can be saved:

Save

Check to save latest changes for a data object or uncheck to skip saving (with no further prompts shown). If unchecked, No Prompts is disabled (see below).

Note: Loaded data objects are saved to external files. It is also possible to save loaded object data to the project file, using the Data Object Manager. You can also embed loaded data in the project when archiving the project.

No Prompts

Checked by default, meaning if data object is saved to a file for the first time, it is automatically saved to disk with a default file name. If the data object is already associated with a file on disk (because it has already been saved previously), you can uncheck No Prompts to force a new file browser to appear, allowing you to save the file under a different name to the original.

This option is now available if Save has not been checked for the same object (see above).

Auto Reload

All data objects can be saved. You can also elect whether an object is loaded automatically the next time the project is opened, using the Save Data / Set Auto Reload screen.

The Save Changes screen allows you to configure, on a file-by-file basis, both of the above before saving the project file. The resulting, saved project file will be appended with the information supplied so that when it is reloaded, only those objects previously specified will be reloaded, and if standalone Datamine files are associated with the project.

Tip: use the top-level check boxes to select or deselect all items in the column beneath.

Note: All options have a header cell check box that can be used to select or deselect all items in a column.

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