Update Extracted Data

Update Extracted Data

Update Data Extraction Table Automatically

 

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Update Extracted Data Manually

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You can update the extracted data in a table or external file manually.

If the drawings that were used for the data extraction have changed, you can manually update the data. To update a data extraction table, you can use either of two methods.

• Open the drawing that contains the table and use the Data Extraction wizard to edit the DXE file that contains the extraction settings.
• Right-click the data extraction table to access its shortcut menu. Click Data Extraction Update Data Extraction.

To update the extracted data that was output to an external file, you use the Data Extraction wizard and specify the DXE file that was used for the extraction.

Using the data extraction (DXE) file, you can also edit an existing data extraction to add or remove drawings, add or remove objects, or select different properties from which to extract data. Tables that reference the same DXE file, even if those tables are in other drawings, will display the changes when those tables are updated.