Data Sets: ASCII Text Data

Follow the Basic Steps 1. and 2. The following screen appears:

Enter a Data Set Name.
Enter the Document Delimiter or choose One document per source file. The document delimiter can be any text which serves to separate one record from the next. Set the document delimiter to the text which separates one record from the next in your particular data set.
Choose source files by adding files to the File List. To add a single file, click Add. A Windows file chooser window opens. Browse to the file you want to add. To add all the files in a folder, instead click Add From Folder. A Windows file chooser window opens. Browse to the folder of files you want to add. Make sure that the folder is selected when you click Add Folder.
A common error is to open the folder (which means you're now in the folder you wanted to add, rather than simply highlighting it).

When you have added all of the files you wish to use, to accept the default processing options and start processing, go to step 5. To set your own processing options, click Next > and go to Step 4.
The Format Fields screen appears. Define a field for each field you want to use in your analysis. For more about how to define a field, see Defining Fields. When you're done, click Next> and go to Optional Settings; or to start processing using the default settings, go to Step 4.

Click Finish to start processing. The Processing dialog opens, informing you that the data set is being processed. Click OK. The data set appears in the list of data sets in the Data Set Editor window. You can monitor its status as it is processed by clicking the Refresh button at the top of the Data Set Editor window.