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Import User Tops

If you have a file of formation tops (for example, formation tops you exported from another program, or your company's formation database), you can import them into your GeoVista tops database.

• If you have not set up where GeoVista should look for the database, you will see the message You must set up the user tops database first, and GeoVista will automatically open the Data Link Properties dialog box. Contact your systems administrator to set up the database.

Follow these steps to import user tops:

1. From the Main Menu bar, select File | Import User Tops to open the Identify User dialog box.
2. Select a user name from the list, and click <OK> to proceed to the Enter Password dialog box.

• Only users set up as Super Users appear in this list.

3. Enter the user password (as set up by the administrator), and click <OK> to proceed to the Open dialog box.
4. Search for your database file (*.csvComma delimited database record file. For example, a user tops database file. The CSV stands for Comma Separated Values.), and click <Open> to proceed to the Select Unit and Data Type dialog box. Read how to set up *.csv files.

• You will get an error when you try to import from a *.csvComma delimited database record file. For example, a user tops database file. The CSV stands for Comma Separated Values. file that is not properly set up.

5. Set your import options and click <OK> to import the files into your user tops database.

What do you want to do?

• Set up a user tops database
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