6.1 CSV Connector

CSV-Connector

Summary

This CSV Connector app can be used to import CSV file. (*.csv) from local or online. This app is pre-installed in Origin. You can launch it from

• menu Data: Connect to File: Text/CSV, or
• the CSV Connector App icon on the Connectors tab of the Apps Gallery

For more information of importing CSV data, please refer to this document.

Tutorial

1. Create a new Workbook. Select menu Data: Connector to File: CSV. Browse to Origin’s grogram folder and select CSV file \Samples\Import and Export\ASCII CSV with Quotes.csv.
2. In the Import Options dialog that opens, Origin auto-detects the optimized settings:
   • Main header lines is checked and Origin auto-detects there is no main header in this file
   • Data has column name is checked so Origin auto-detects 1st row as Long Name
   • Data has units is checked so Origin auto-detects 2nd row as Units
   • Data has Comments is set to None, which means no Comments line is detects in the file
   Click OK to import the file.