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Convenient Data Options
Gathering
the model's data and getting it in an appropriate format can be a
frustrating and time consuming task, but with LINGO you can manage your
data in a variety of convenient forms. LINGO lets you keep your data:
- in an Excel or Lotus spreadsheet file. For more information, see LINGO's Spreadsheet Capabilities.
- iin a database such as Access, Oracle, DB/2, Paradox, SQL Server etc. For more information, see LINGO's Database Capabilities.
- in a separate text file in list or table form
- stored with the model expression
- entered by the user when the model is run
By
providing a wide variety of data options, LINGO provides you with
maximum flexibility and convenience. By allowing you to separate your
expression of the problem from the data, LINGO models are easier to
read and modify, and there is less chance of errors. It also makes
prototyping problems on a smaller data set easy. Once you are
comfortable with the model, you can easily swap in a larger set of data
or several different data sets to investigate different scenarios.
LINGO's flexibility even
makes creating reports easy. In addition to being able to read data
from spreadsheets and databases, LINGO can also write solution
information to these formats. This means that, rather than forcing you
to learn some built-in report generator, you can simply output the
solution to your application of choice for building reports and
analyzing the output.
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