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# Data Controller for SAS: File Uploads
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Files can be uploaded via the Editor interface - first choose the library and table, then click "Upload". Currently only CSV files are supported, although these can be provided with non standard delimiters (such as semicolon).
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<img src="/img/dcu-files1.png" height="350" style="border:3px solid black" >
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The following should be considered when uploading data in this way:
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- A header row (with variable names) is required
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- Variable names must match the target (not case sensitive). An easy way to ensure this is to download the data from Viewer and use this as a template.
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- Duplicate variable names are not permitted
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- Missing columns are not permitted
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- Additional columns are ignored
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- The order of variables does not matter
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- The delimiter is extracted from the header row - so for `var1;var2;var3` the delimeter would be assumed to be a semicolon
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- The above assumes the delimiter is the first special character! So `var,1;var2;var3` would fail
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- The following characters should not be used as delimiters
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- doublequote
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- quote
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- space
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- underscore
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When loading dates, be aware that the data controller makes use of the `ANYDTDTE` and `ANYDTDTTME` informats.
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This means that uploaded date / datetime values should be unambiguous (eg `01FEB1942` vs `01/02/42`) to avoid confusion - as the latter could be interpreted as `02JAN2042` depending on your locale and options `YEARCUTOFF` settings.
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!!! tip
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To get a copy of a file in the right format for upload, use the [file download](/dc-userguide/#usage) feature in the Viewer tab |