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Manual
Data Processing in MS Access and Final Storage into the NBD
6.5 Transfer of Raw Input and Report Output Data Files to Backup Folder
Once the meteorological data series are successfully processed in MS Access, the raw data files of the type “dataXXX.
dat” and the respective extracted output ASCII text files, processed by using the Report utility (see chapter 5.3 of the
manual), have for all purposes become obsolete. The processed files with file extensions “dat” and “txt” are no more
needed to be stored in the sub-folders C:\Campbell\Files\Input and C:\Campbell\Files\Output, respectively, as the
user can only confuse the processed files with new files which are yet to be processed in MS Access.
For this reason, all the processed files should be removed from the above folders immediately upon completion of
their final processing in MS Access. For security reasons, however, these files are recommended not to be deleted
but rather temporarily stored in the sub folder C:\Campbell\Files\Backup; once the user is sure that these files
are no longer needed, they may eventually be deleted from hard disk or stored on other computer media if felt of
interest.