Dips > Data Input > Grid Data

# Grid Data Overview

It is assumed that the user is familiar with standard spreadsheet operations, and these will not be described here. However, a few noteworthy features of the Dips Grid are described below:

Grid View

The Dips data entry grid or spreadsheet is referred to as the Grid View. Only one Grid View may be displayed per document. If the Grid View has been closed (and other views of the document are still open), you can generate a new Grid View with the New Grid View option in the Window menu.

Last Row Marker

The last valid row of the file is indicated by an ASTERISK ( * ) in the ROW ID buttons at the left of the spreadsheet.

A valid row is a row which contains a valid orientation data pair in the two Orientation Columns. If non-numeric, or blank data is encountered in the Orientation Columns, Dips will ignore ALL rows in the spreadsheet including and AFTER the first such row, for the purposes of plotting, etc. Therefore you MAY NOT leave blanks or write comments in the Orientation Columns, all rows must contain valid numeric orientation data pairs, in order for data to be plotted. In this way, Dips makes no assumptions about the data plotted (i.e. a blank is NOT interpreted as equal to zero, etc).

Data Columns

The Dips data columns are described in detail in the following topics:

Overview of Data Columns

Orientation Columns

Quantity Column

Traverse Column

Set Column

Extra Columns

Column Titles

- The titles of the Orientation, Quantity, Traverse and Set Columns are displayed in Title Case.

- The titles of Extra Columns are displayed in UPPERCASE.

- However, the Quantity, Traverse and Set columns may appear in UPPERCASE, if they have been saved as Extra Columns using the Save Processed File or Rotate Data options.