This is the fourth and last post of a series dedicated to Viney@rd features. Find the first here, the second here and the third here.

One of the Viney@rd groundbreaking features is enabling the user to fully control the model content by simply compiling a worksheet in Excel. Two things, nonetheless, may be particularly annoying while doing this.

Viney@rd uses codes to identify the dimension key. If you compile the table by hand, remembering the right code for a dimension element may be a pain. So the "Assisted Input" feature is implemented. When turned on, a textbox and a list appear on the screen. Simply select the code column, type the few first letter of the dimension element description and it will be selected on the list, along with other matching elements. Simply hit enter or click on the element to add it to the table.

Rather than adding rows manually, it is likely the user will have to copy and paste data received from other sources. Often, human-made tables do not have codes but simply have descriptions. Getting the right codes is a very time consuming process. So, simply paste descriptions in the proper column and then click "Add Codes". The "Add Codes" command infers the code from the description. It works perfectly when the description is exactly the Viney@rd description, but can also "Guess" what the right code is. False positives are rare because, when it is "unsure", it rather leaves the code blank. The assisted input can help the user compile the codes left blank.

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